Dear colleague, You can try with Delta 1010LT which is approx 4000 US$. That is very good card with many good features and it is not too much expensive. All the best, Vedran Vucic On Saturday 08 February 2003 13:20, you wrote: > I want to build a small home studio. I'm planing to record > electrical and acoustical instruments (including voice). > I already do have an external mixer (with mic preamplifiers). > I do need MIDI and (maybe) SPDIF I/O. > > While I do think that about 6 analog inputs will do, I know > that some more could become handy some day... > > Looking around in the net I have got the impression that both > RME Hammerfall (PCI Interface + Multiface) and the Midiman Delta 1010 > would be good (but expensive) choices and about equally supported > in Linux. > > Do you think that these cards would be comparable regarding quality > and Linux compatibility? Are there other suggestions to consider? > > > I have seen some complaints about RME MIDI timing problems, but I > do not think it was the PCI Interface + Multiface combination. > Is that right? > > BTW: how long is the cable between PC and Midiman Delta 1010? > > How is the collaboration between M-audio/RME and the free software > community? (we should honour this ;-) > > I know websites for Linux printer recomandations and such, but did > not find something similar for sound equipment. Pointers welcome. > > Thank you for taking your time to share your experience, > Robert Epprecht
