I recommend to have a close look upon DA/AD-Convertor-Quality, 2 channels at top notch quality are better then 8 with compromized sound, especially, if you want to use your recordings later on for professional studiowork. I use a Hi-End 2-channel card (Terratec EWX 24/96) and i am very pleased with that even though i had to pay only about 200,- EUROS for it. Plus: the card is perfectly supported by alsa - means, it is better supported as by the Factorydriver terratec is offering for Win32 :-) Duplex is also very important and not an issue with 24/96. The chain is as weak as its weakest segment: take care for good Cables, preamps etc Am Mit, 2003-11-26 um 02.12 schrieb Erik Steffl: > 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 >
