On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 9:51 PM, James Harrison <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm wondering if anyone has a recommendation for a cheap (sub-£150)
> sound card, ideally USB, which just has two inputs (optionally two
> outputs) on XLRs (or jacks), balanced, with the ability to handle
> pro-level or consumer-level input, no gain or silly nonsense, just a
> really straightforward rugged ADC (optionally a DAC) with an input level
> select switch (+8), maybe some little screwdriver-operated gain pots?
>

Would something like a used zoom h4 work for you? USB. XLR inputs. Input
gains have low medium and high settings.

Manual can be found here: http://www.zoom.co.jp/downloads/h4/software/

Probably overkill but I have enjoyed mine and see them on ebay used in your
price range.

drew

>
> Just hunting around for cards for a streaming encoder and I simply can't
> find anything close to this - everything's got big friendly gain knobs
> or the connectivity sucks or it's absurdly expensive. I'm pretty sure
> there must be something out there like this, I'm just not looking in the
> right places. ASI cards are all too expensive for us, even the cheap ones.
>
> Any experience on what cards you've gone for in this situation? (It's
> being fed by a Sonifex DA6G distribution amplifier - the PC sound card
> we're using presently is turned right down and it's still clipping, as
> to be expected I suppose...)
>
> (USB preferred because the box is a half-height chassis, and USB is a
> bit more versatile, but I'd be interested in anything - can always
> rehouse the box...)
>
> --
> Cheers,
> James Harrison
>
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