On 12/9/05, Brett McCoy <idragosani@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> Richard Smith wrote:
>
> > After several frustrating weeks playing with my Audiophile USB
> > I'mgoing to punt and get something else. For the archives: ALSA
> > users interested in high-end capture should_not_ buy this
> > device.(FWIW it sucks in windows too) - Its only a USB 1.1 device and
> > 24bit 96k is half-duplex only.- Its (almost) S24_3BE so you have to
> > use plughw or jackd has to bepatched to use it. I say almost
> > because the few times I did get thecard to record something I had to
> > reorder the byte data to get it notto sound like white noise.- As of
> > ALSA 1.0.10 capture is broken. So I'm looking for a replacement. I
> > bought this card because it had areally good recording specs (I just
> > missed the half-duplex part) and Idont' need a pro-multi channel
> > since all I'm tyring to do is recordLPs to CD. Can someone recommend
> > a 24bit 96kHz full-duplex card that they thinkhas good enough
> > recording specs for LP's that not going to cause me topull all my
> > hair out trying to work with ALSA. --Richard A. Smith
>
> How about the M-Audio 2496 card? It's a PCI card, works right out of the
> box with ALSA and is reasonably priced ($99). And it's full duplex,
> zero-latency monitoring, digital I/O as well as analog RCA I/O
>
> -- Brett
>
>
>
I record vinyl (new) on a very regular basis with my griffin imic.
Cheap usb gear if that's what you need. only 24 / 48k though. Sounds
good to me though. I use ortofon needles and run the turntables
through my ecler mixer. All round sound quality is very good.
Loki
Received on Fri Dec 9 08:15:17 2005
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