agree with what everyone else has said, for a basic "cheapie setup" there is also a m-audio delta 410 pci card, they are frequently, although supplies seems to be running out, on ebay, generally less than $20 dollars or so. (there is one there now at 15, btw), they have a db25 for an output connector, that can be easily wired, especially if you get a db25 to screw interface, (again under $20). there are 1 (stereo) in, 4 (stereo) out, and so far, i have had no problems with any versions.
they are 96 khz, if that makes a difference, and unbalanced. On Thu, 2014-11-13 at 00:10 -0700, Lorne Tyndale wrote: > Hi, > > If you're looking for a good solid card that can be found on ebay at a > reasonable cost, the M-Audio Delta 1010 has 8 analog in's and 8 analog > outs (so 4 left/right pairs). It's also got digital in/out. Its > balanced audio (or as close as you'll find on an inexpensive card), and > they sound good. > > The one issue I've run into on the 1010's - in the breakout box there > are 2 capacitors which like to go bad - they're on the main power in. > I've repaired 3 of these breakout boxes which have all failed with the > same issue. The symptoms - you'll lose power and all audio (or > sometimes audio will just sound really bad) in the breakout box. > Replace the capacitors (there are 2 of them that can go - I usually > replace both - and they don't always show visible signs that they are > bad) and the unit works again. > > If you're looking for unbalanced audio, then M-Audio has a Delta 1010LT > - which is essentially the same card as the 1010 but without the > breakout box, and with unbalanced audio. But they work. > > There's also the M-Audio Delta 44 and 66, both of which have 4 analog > in's and 4 analog outs (2 pairs each), the 66 has an additional digital > in/out.show > > For other cards, if audio quality isn't an issue then I've had luck with > soundblaster live 5.1's and even super cheap c-media based no-name cards > (yes, the cheap cards don't sound very good, but if all you're trying to > do is set up a demo unit on some local CUE quality speakers, they work > well and everyone seems to have a stack of them sitting in a corner > somewhere that they're willing to give away) > > I generally avoid USB stuff - not only for the sound quality issues I've > run into, but even when I set the USB cards to be a specific ID within > the alsa configuration, they still randomly like to grab different card > ID's upon a reboot, making a reconfiguration of audio within Rivendell a > necessity. I've also had USB stuff randomly die, plus one time I had > someone unplug the USB audio card so they could plug in their "phone > charger cord" (and yes - this was a USB plug on the back of the > computer... I never understood why the person dug around on the back of > the computer especially when a perfectly good USB port was on the front > of the computer)... fortunately it was just a demo machine. But not > something I'd want to do on a production unit (I don't even like using > USB stuff on a demo unit) > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: [RDD] Audio Cards > > From: Ryan Kingham <[email protected]> > > Date: Wed, November 12, 2014 6:02 pm > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > Hey Guys..... > > I want to run multiple audio cards in my machine, at least 3 out/5 in. > > Could I use multiple audio cards that are USB-based or 5 regular PCI > > based cards? > > If not, what kind of cheap audio cards that would be able to run on my > > machine or stuff I can find on eBay that would be able to work with > > Rivendell? > > _______________________________________________ > > Rivendell-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
