Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] RME boards for Linux/Csound
From: pma (Armstrong.Peter.DMA_AT_aya.yale.edu)
Date: Fri Aug 09 2002 - 00:21:06 EEST
Good. Now I believe my perspective. Thanks!
Peter
David Gerard Matthews wrote:
> Hello,
> The Hammerfall has a great reputation, but it might be more
> cost-effective to go with one of the M-Audio cards if you don't need
> 16-24 channels of audio. The biggest selling point of the Hammerfall
> cards (besides their legendary low-latency performance) is the massive
> number of channels, and the ability to use external converters.
> However, if you're not going to be using external D/A's, or a digital
> mixer, then you're probably better off going with a card that uses an
> external breakout box for the A/D/A, because that offers better
> isolation from the CPU than you would get from the Hammerfall's
> daughterboards. I personally use an M-Audio Delta 1010 and have been
> quite happy with its performance under Linux; other cards from
> manufacturers like Terratec which also use the Envy24 chipset should
> work well too. All of this, of course, is not meant on a diss on the
> Hammerfall cards - they really are great cards, however, if you're
> mostly just doing CSound, with a bit of analog tape transfer, it
> probably is severe overkill.
> HTH,
> dgm pma wrote:
>
>> Hi, Everyone.
>>
>> As my digital-audio-hardware savvy is wanting, I would much
>> appreciate any critique of the following (not very long) purchase
>> proposal.
>>
>> My old sound card, a vintage '91 MTU MicroSound running with Csound
>> under MS-Windows, died recently. I am in search of a replacement,
>> to run in a newer
>> box under Debian Linux. My use of the system use will consist
>> mainly of Csound generation to disk (no realtime issues) and the
>> CD-burning of selected results. I'll want to hear directly from disk
>> too, and record occasionally from analog tape.
>>
>> My proposed solution is an RME Hammerfall Lite, together with its two
>> analog expansion boards, the AEB4-I & AEB4-O. If I understand, the
>> main board on its own will format output appropriately for audio-CD,
>> but requires the AEB4-I to record from analog sources, and requires
>> the AEB4-O to play directly from disk.
>>
>> Question 1: Do I understand these essentials correctly? (Already
>> have also the ALSA-0.9 sources, CD-burner, amplifier and speakers.)
>>
>> Question 2: Does the RME constitute overkill -- for someone mainly
>> wanting sound _quality_ (not whatever new fancy functionalities) in
>> his old-fashioned style of use? If a simpler alternate could serve
>> me as well, any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your time.
>> Peter
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