On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 09:12:05 -0400 "D. Michael McIntyre" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. I've still got a trusty 24/96 in one of my machines, but when I go semi-mobile I use a Komplete Audio 6. It's audio class compliant, has analogue (line and mic), MIDI, SPDIFF and a built in headphone amp. I've had it working with an eeePC900, an ancient AMD, and a dual core 32bit Intel. I got it from Thomann (Germany). Their deliveries, packaging and customer support is second to none. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-user mailing list [email protected] - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
