On Fri, 28 Jan, 2005 at 04:14AM -0600, Jan Depner spake thus: > On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 02:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Thu, 27 Jan, 2005 at 04:00PM -0500, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki spake thus: > > > On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 08:18:02PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Hi peeps. > > > > Just looking for some quick advice about a new soundcard. > > > > I'm looking at getting something like the M-Audio Audiophile 2496. > > > > This is to replace a SB Live! Value. > > > > Does this seem like a sensible (though cheap) move? I'm expecting a > > > > better card. > > > > > > Certainly. > > > > > > > The reason I'm thinking about changing to something not hugely > > > > dissimilar is because under ALSA, I'm rally not impressed with my SB. > > > > The volumes seem wrong - loudest seems to clip before it's off the > > > > card. I have no use for all those fancy effects that it does, since I > > > > can't make use of them in my setup anyway. > > > > > > There's been a thread going on for the past week or two on > > > linux-audio-user about an alternative driver for the emu10k1 cards. It > > > sounds like a lot more of the functionality is useable with this driver. > > > I didn't pay close attention to the thread, though, since I don't have > > > one of these cards. Check the archives. > > > > > > > Up until now, I've been using headphones mostly, with a couple of sets > > > > of cheapo speakers as monitors, with a super cheap amp. > > > > I'm about to splash out on some real nearfield monitors and a real > > > > monitoring amp, although I'll still be spending less than �350 (That's > > > > UK pounds, in case the symbol doesn't come out as it should - there's > > > > a reason I'm not sure it will, but let's not get into that). > > > > > > came out fine here. I think it depends on the recipient system's locales > > > setting or something. > > > > I was more worried about Emacs' refusal to write it without C-q before > > it. I thought it might decide to do some weird encoding. It has done > > in the past. > > > > > > With a nicer monitoring setup, obviously I want a decent soundcard. > > > > Does the Audiophile work well with ALSA? Are there any better > > > > alternatives? Am I being silly, and can just somehow "fix" my > > > > SBLive/ALSA setup? > > > > > > The audiophile, like all ice1712 cards, is very well supported by alsa. > > > The delta series (44, 66, 1010, 1010lt) all use this same chipset and > > > driver, as do several good cards by some other manufacturers. > > > envy24control is a great mixer app included in the alsa-tools > > > specifically for use with these cards. Many linux users are happy with > > > their flavor of ice1712, myself included. > > > > Hmm. Maybe I'll splash out on the Delta 44. I can get it for around > > �100 ($200 ish). > > > > But why get the 44 for $200 ish when the 1010LT is now $230 ish? > Even if you don't use all of the channels now you will later ;-)
Here they're selling at more like $350-$400. If the difference was just �15, I'd buy that instead. Plus the 1010LT doesn't have the breakout box, which I would find quite handy. > Jan > > > > -- "I'd crawl over an acre of 'Visual This++' and 'Integrated Development That' to get to gcc, Emacs, and gdb. Thank you." (By Vance Petree, Virginia Power)
