Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Hardware recommendations for recording under kernel 2.6/Alsa
From: Alexander MacLennan (maclenna_AT_cs.curtin.edu.au)
Date: Mon Aug 23 2004 - 12:42:27 EEST
Ah, I was assuming that the I/O was analogue
But for $10US for a card based on these, would the clock be very tight?
On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 17:32, Tim Orford wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 03:25:04PM +0800, Alexander MacLennan wrote:
> > You can find this chipset in quite a few cheap sound ( not audio cards )
> > I use one for music playback in a shop, I wouldn't use it for anything
> > more than that. Its on par with a soundblaster / onboard motherboard
> > sound solution
>
> the Cmi8738 is a very good quality cost effective way of doing
> non-resampling 16/24bit digital i/o.
>
> that is not true of Creative cards.
>
> even the analogue output on some of the better implementations
> (eg Maudio) is not substantially worse than something like an RME Pad
> which in many ways provides the same functionality for about 3 times
> the price.
--Alexander MacLennan PhD Student Curtin University of Technology +61 8 9266 2129
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