Lee Revell wrote: >On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 22:12 +0100, Mathias Lundgren wrote: > > >>Hi all, >> >>I caught the flu last week and between feeling sick and sleeping I >>managed to pull together a new mix (hopefully the last) for my old tune >>"Computerville". You can listen to it at: >> >>http://mattematik.is-a-geek.com/audio/made_with_linux/Lunar_Shuttle_Disaster-Computerville_v4.ogg >> >>Apps used: >>MusE-0.7.1 with simpledrums + various LADSPA effects >>ZynAddSubFX-1.4.3 >>Jamin >> >>Non-software stuff used: >>El cheapo mic + preamp >> >> > >What soundcard did you use? This would be good info to post in these >"music made with Linux" threads. > >Lots of hardware has a reputation for good or bad sound and it would be >helpful to have some evidence to back it up. > > i kept meaning to mention this, so here's a full rundown of what i used, in all it's ugly glory (gee, i hope this is going to be used as evidence as "good" sound!): * soundcard: SoundBlaster Live 5.1 * guitar: Yamaha EG 112 (Strat copy) * bass: some generic piece of crap i borrowed from a friend ... it says "Custom Craft" on its neck. * microphone: Sony ECM-MS907 (it's a mini-disc mic, great for recording live performances, probly not the best for vocals, but ...) i plug my guitar into the mic input of my mini-disc recorder (Sony MZ-R701) and have a lead going from the MD's headphone jack to the line-input of the SBLive (i've read in various places that the line-in of the SBLive gives much better quality than the mic-in). this gives me pretty good control over the input signal from the convenience of the mini-disc recorder (setting the "Rec Volume" on the MD to "Manual" from "Automatic"). i do pretty much the same for the mic as i do with the guitar. same with bass. shayne