If you don't need digital I/O then the Delta 44 is just as good as the Delta 66 at a somewhat lower price. If you want 8 I/O channels then I would spend the extra money on the 1010 (not the 1010LT), the DSP 2000 C-Port, or the EWS88MT. The MIDI support for the DSP 2000 is apparently not there yet (I don't do MIDI) so you probably don't want that. I'm not sure about the EWS88MT. M-Audio seems to be the best choice at the moment. Jan On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 19:12, Erik Steffl wrote: > I would appreciate some advices as to what HW do I need to do some > simple recording. > > Here's what I would like to be able to do: > > tasks: record a guitar, possibly other instruments (not neccessarily > at the same time), record old vinyl from turntable etc. [using linux PC] > > in: > > few audio channels (I can think of using 2 or 4 so I guess I should > plan for about 8?) > > midi > > out: > > just stereo audio? or optical digital something? does it make sense > to have many outputs? > > midi > > other: > > full duplex, I think built in midi wavetable synth is good enough for > me, not sure about external mix (I've read recommendation to have one > but I'm not sure why). > > I've read that Delta* cards are fairly good and well supported under > linux - looks like delta 66 is what I want? What about Delta 1010-LT - > same price, more in/out but no external box (=lower sound quality?). > > What about midi? I'd like to have midi in/out and wavetable synth > (not sure if I really need synth). The sync-ing midi and audio is done > by apps so I don't have to worry about cards working well together? > > I can read the specs but I'd really appreciate practical advices > since I have almost no experience (well, I have few audio cards:-). > > TIA > > erik >
