My computer started flaking out after running like a top for 6-7 years, and I decided to use that as an excuse to replace it. I bought my first ever off-the shelf, big box retail machine. The bright side is I put more gigas in my hertz, and I can boot from USB sticks now.
It has a bunch of solder plugs where the PCI slot would have gone. Somebody decided to save $0.39, because nobody uses PCI anymore. That means the old mAudio Audiophile 24/96 (ice1712/envy24) joins my collection of obsolete and useless soundcards, and I don't presently have any way of getting the audio signal from my computer to my amplifier, as I was using SPDIF. Taking a quick look around, it appears to be the age of USB audio dongles. This would be a good time to look at what I'm actually likely to do with my setup, and come up with one neat, tidy solution to replace the tangled morass of random bits of kit I accumulated over the years. I might record from two different microphones at once. I might record from two different line level inputs at once. I need a way to monitor the mix on headphones so I don't record the mix as background noise on subsequent tracks. I need coax SPDIF output (or possibly something else, and a new amplifier, as this thing is kind of limping anyway) I'm likely to continue with Ubuntu, so if the dongle I buy needs firmware, it should be something readily and easily available through Ubuntu. Anyway, I thought I'd see what more modern people are using these days, and fish for suggestions. -- D. Michael McIntyre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-user mailing list [email protected] - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
