Hi, I was considering the m-audio stuff, but Im not so sure on its compatibility in Linux. I did post in here and got few replies. Most of my searches on google seemed to show poor compatibility and major work to get going, I dont need or want that. While controlling the clock might be important to "real" musicians for me, well I dont even know what it is.....What I do want at this stage is a good recording. regards Thing Malcolm Baldridge wrote: >>unless someone can advise of something more suitable? >> >> > >Unless I am mistaken, most of the Creative Labs stuff is pretty substandard >since they don't allow genuine controls over the word clock for the audio >playback/sampling rates. > >I remember seeing a website test report on the Audigy cards and it revealed >tell-tale noise at anything but 48KHz playback/recording. > >If you're willing to spend that kind of money on an Audigy Platinum, may I >suggest you consider the Audiophile 2496 made by M-Audio. Or the Revolution >7.1. > >They are clean cards, and offer genuine multi-rate controls with good >quality. You can find independent audio evaluations online. > >=MB= > >