M-Audio's PCI cards are probably the best supported cards in Linux (along with the Hammerfall cards). Jan On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 02:34, thing wrote: > 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= > > > > > >