Re: [linux-audio-user] PCI audio interfaces

Also, does anyone have any experience with the MOTU units in this
class? they seem to go for pretty cheap on ebay, but they aren't
listed on the ALSA matrix.

-spencer

On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 04:17:33AM -0600, Spencer Russell wrote:
> Hey all,
> So I'm looking to put together a more serious recording rig, and
> trying to do so for under about $1500. I've got a couple ideas on
> how I'm going to procede, and I've been looking at a variety of
> PCI audio interfaces. I'm looking for 8-10 channels of analogue
> I/O, probably expandable with some ADAT lightpipe I/O, MIDI
> (although if I can't get it in the PCI card, it's not a big
> deal), Word clock would be nice. I don't really need onboard mic
> pres, as they're bound to be crap anyways, so I'd rather just get
> a semi-decent mixing board. Most of the cards I've been looking
> at have rackmountable breakout boxes, which is great, because I'm
> planning on rackmounting the computer anyways. The M-audio Delta
> 1010-LT seems to be a pretty good option, too, as it seems to
> have most of the functionality of the regular 1010, but about 100
> cheaper on eBay. Neither have ADAT, though. The Echo Layla 24/96,
> also seems like a great card, and it seems to be exactly what I'm
> looking for, but slightly more pricey than some other options.
> The DSP2000 c-port seems to have everything I need, but I can't
> figure out how well it's supported under Linux. There're some
> posts on the alsa-devel archives about trying to get it working,
> but it's not listed on the Alsa soundcard matrix, so I'm not
> optimistic.
>
> Does anyone have any great or terrible things to say about any of
> these cards? about any other similar cards? about a completely
> different way of setting up such a DAW?
>
> thanks!
> -spencer
Received on Sat Jan 8 16:15:05 2005