I recently upgraded myself to an M-Audio Delta 44 and positively love it. It includes a breakout box with 4in/4out and runs beautifully under debian (easy to configure with a recent alsa). I use it in my basement studio and feed several sound inputs through a Yamaha MG 10/2 mixer ($100 new, if you shop around) and it's a superb combo. Only thing missing is MIDI but you don't sound like you it anyway. You can usually pick up a Delta on ebay for under $100. Best, Jon Hoskins --- reuben <rf@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm hoping to spend no more than $200 to get a sound > card that'll do > everything I need from it. It will function as the > center of the sound > system in my art gallery; I'd like to connect it to > a mixer via RCA. 2 > output channels + headphone monitor would be ideal, > although I could > live with just two of the three. I do not need > digital, and I do not > need surround, although neither would hurt. I do > like the idea of an > external interface but that is not necessary. > > I'm running Ubuntu 5.4, 2.6 kernel, etc etc. I don't > really have a lot > of time to spend futzing with compiling & > recompiling drivers; I'd like > something that is easily (& well) supported by ALSA > or some other > alternative. > > I'd read a lot of good things about the M-Audio > cards -- which one if > so? Or would you spring for one of the SB Audigies? > Or other? > > Thanks > Reuben > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- In a world without walls who needs gates or windows? --unknown __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/