Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Questions about the Delta66, drums
From: Paul Winkler (pw_lists_AT_slinkp.com)
Date: Sat Jan 26 2002 - 23:18:28 EET
On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 02:43:10PM +0100, Mitch Pirtle wrote:
> Ok, so I'm looking at the Delta66 now. One question, does it use
> phantom power for the breakout box, or will I have another wall wart?
No wall wart. Power comes from the PCI card.
> This is important, as I'm living in Zürich, and planning on buying in
> New York next week. The power is different here, and I can't record
> audio through something that hisses from a bad power
> converter/transformer...
The Delta is pretty darn quiet. I assume they do *heavy* filtering and
regulating of the internal power supply.
> Oh, and thanks to Paul Winkler for the advice. If this doesn't work
> Paul, it'll all be your fault -;^>=
Oh no, not again! Years ago I bought a Turtle Beach Malibu and posted
some notes to comp.os.linux.hardware about how I got it working. I
reported that it sounded good for a 16-bit game card. Then I started
seeing posts from other people, referencing *my* post, saying they'd
bought one because of me and now they were having noise problems. :(
Later on, I moved the Malibu to another computer and it suddenly got
very noisy. It was because of that experience that I started the
Audio-Quality-HOWTO.
> Another question about the Delta66 - I will be miking guitar/bass
> cabinets, and want to know if I will really need the AudioBuddy mic
> preamp?
You will need *something* with mic preamps if you want to record
microphones. The Delta 44 / 66 / 1010 inputs & outputs are line-level
only.
You could go a couple ways here... M-audio's own Audio Buddy or DMP-3
models. I don't know how good these are, never used them. They also
make a version of the Delta 66 package that comes bundled with the
Omni I/O instead of the basic breakout box. That gives you two mic
pres which double as guitar/bass inputs, and two line-level inputs, a
headphone amp, some knobs to play with. Basically a stripped-down
mixer. Or you could try preamps from any number of other companies.
Or you could buy a cheap mixer, which often costs about the same as a
standalone preamp and gives you a lot more flexibility. Used Mackie
1202s are a good buy. Probably the most minimal mixer that's any good
would be the Spirit Notepad.
--paul winkler home: http://www.slinkp.com music: http://www.reacharms.com calendars: http://www.calendargalaxy.com
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