On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 09:31:42AM -0400, Dave Phillips wrote: > Greetings: > > eBay lists a number of these cards for sale, some with pretty good > prices. However, I do have a couple questions before laying out the dinero: > > Is the Omni breakout box just as usable under Linux as the regular > 4x4 box ? I use the omni i/o with my delta66 with out any issues. I don't think the sound card really knows the difference between the 4x4 box and the omni i/o. I don't use the s/pdif at all. I only got the 66 with the omni i/o because at the time sweetwater had a deal on the package that was cheaper than buying the 44 and the omni i/o separately. As someone else already said, their is no midi on these cards. > I'm also in the market for a new mobo, but I can't break the bank on > it. I'm currently using an 800 MHz Duron CPU: what would be a suggested > upgrade for a Delta 66-based studio, especially WRT the CPU ? I'm using an asus a7v8x w/ athlon XP 2800+. It runs a bit hot, but is plenty of CPU for my uses. -Eric Rz.
