On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 03:31:17PM -0400, David L. Craig wrote: > I'm looking at getting an M-Audio Delta 1010 for the > music workstation I'm building and have a few questions > about supporting hard/software requirements. Does the > 1010 route all ten inputs discretely into the PCI > interface such that there is no need for a hardware > mixer to process the inputs? If so, what software > provides the best alternative to an eight channel > mixer? depends what you want to do with it. if you just want to set levels, configure the card's options, and patch inputs to outputs, try envy24control. if you want a more full-featured mixer, I dunno... qamixer might be useful: http://www.suse.de/~mana/kalsatools.html ardour has a pretty nice /flexible mixer even if you don't record. but that requires jackd and some configuration of inputs/outputs. but if you just want a consistent mixing desk, once configured you could save it as a session and load that when you want to mix. note that you would probably use this in addition to envy24control. > Are the outputs assignable or are they tied to > their respective inputs? Assignable with envy24control. > What other hardware do I need > aside from input sources, cables, balanced to 1/4" TIP > adapters, amplifier(s) and speakers to handle 8 channel > recording/playback? all you need is some audio sources that you can connect with 1/4" plugs ... -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com
