I always made sure PCI was a precondition for any motherboard I bought. But I finally decided guitars and monitor/mouse/qwerty don't work well together and bought a Zoom R24. I'm still working out my workflow. When writing I tend to use the zoom drum sequencer. Right now I've imported all my tracks into Ardour, and created an LTC track for later when I want to sync the zoom with Ardour/Hydrogen/Rosegarden. In the meantime I just use placeholder rhythm tracks in standalone mode. I'd do the same if I had RG driven synth tracks, just copy a stereo bounce onto the Zoom, unplug and go track some more.
The Zoom also does audio interface (but has no Linux driver) and Mackie format control surface. With Linux support on that driver and native sync capabilities the solution would totally rock. As it is its close enough for rock n roll. On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 9:12 AM, 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. > -- > D. Michael McIntyre > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Rosegarden-user mailing list > [email protected] - use the link below to unsubscribe > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user >
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