Also, does anyone have any experience with the MOTU units in this class? they seem to go for pretty cheap on ebay, but they aren't listed on the ALSA matrix. -spencer On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 04:17:33AM -0600, Spencer Russell wrote: > Hey all, > So I'm looking to put together a more serious recording rig, and > trying to do so for under about $1500. I've got a couple ideas on > how I'm going to procede, and I've been looking at a variety of > PCI audio interfaces. I'm looking for 8-10 channels of analogue > I/O, probably expandable with some ADAT lightpipe I/O, MIDI > (although if I can't get it in the PCI card, it's not a big > deal), Word clock would be nice. I don't really need onboard mic > pres, as they're bound to be crap anyways, so I'd rather just get > a semi-decent mixing board. Most of the cards I've been looking > at have rackmountable breakout boxes, which is great, because I'm > planning on rackmounting the computer anyways. The M-audio Delta > 1010-LT seems to be a pretty good option, too, as it seems to > have most of the functionality of the regular 1010, but about 100 > cheaper on eBay. Neither have ADAT, though. The Echo Layla 24/96, > also seems like a great card, and it seems to be exactly what I'm > looking for, but slightly more pricey than some other options. > The DSP2000 c-port seems to have everything I need, but I can't > figure out how well it's supported under Linux. There're some > posts on the alsa-devel archives about trying to get it working, > but it's not listed on the Alsa soundcard matrix, so I'm not > optimistic. > > Does anyone have any great or terrible things to say about any of > these cards? about any other similar cards? about a completely > different way of setting up such a DAW? > > thanks! > -spencer
