I assure you, you get the very same data in a recording via Jack if you
play the same patch of the same synth on a work station with a RME
Hammerfall or on a Laptop with a built-in HDA.
The only level on wich a soundcard is related to a softsynth is the one
on wich you actually hear the stream. And some synths can render
differntly, if Jack is running at 96KHz instead of 48 or 44.1.
But this has only remotely to do with the sound card let alone its quality.
And soft synth already do sound less good than real
old synth. Unfortunately those real old synth can break and there're no
microchips available to repair those synth, resp. they are hard to get,
very expensive and without warranty.
My two TerraTec EWX 24/96 needs to be replaced,
Tell me where you dump them, these 2 more stereo-dacs would be most
welcome in my box ;-)
All the trouble with the envy24-cards is related to (mis)configuration
and to stupidities like automatically zeroing all channels caused by PA
in most cases.
As of now these problems can be solved by the user. They are *not*
acceptable, they are bugs that need to be solved. But these bugs are not
show-stoppers.
before I don't have got
the money anymore. FWIW S/PDIF doesn't work for my Ubuntu Studio with
the TerraTecs, hence I can't use "good analog IOs" that would be
available via S/PDIF. Btw. "good analog IOs" in this context does mean
consumer DAT Sony DTC-670 and Aiwa HD-S1, both are without any loss of
sound quality, when listening by my consumer equipment. At least good
consumer sound quality is what I expect of a "professional" sound card,
even if internal Linux there still would be loss caused by JACK or
caused by what issue ever.
Jack does not cause any "loss in sound-quality" because Jack does not
have any influence on the way, the pcm-stream is produced by the
driver/sound-card.
Once Brauner borrowed me a Mac with a Motu
firewire device.
The MOTUs are quite okayish and they sound exactly the same on any
system that supports them.
the Mac's sound quality
There is no such thing.
No Mac-expert would endorse something like a special "Mac-related" sound
quality. Do not mix that up with "sound performance" that has to do with
latencies and stability but *not* with how good it sounds in the end.
You know why? Because no professional would want to buy/use any
computer/OS, that attempts to manipulate the sound produced from a
pro-interface, be it for better or worse.
OS/Driver etc *has* to be absolutely neutral in that, everything else is
"super-bass-enancer" nonsense that one my expect in a cheap MP3-player
but certainly *not* in a computer-system built for pros.
accomplished this requirement! No, I'm not using Brauner microphones for
my home studio ;), all I need is good consumer sound quality.
All your experience is fired by the real quality of the DAC/ADC-hardware
on the cards you have used and to some extend may be influenced by
mixer-settings.
no offence ment but RTFM please.
best regs
HZN
Two question about the RME card, I'll read more about sound cards later
and during the weekend and maybe I'll order a card next week.
http://www.thomann.de/gb/search_dir.html?xsid=294c1645e0e16b761c35fa8f9ebcec51&sw=HDSP+9632&x=0&y=0
At a max of 4 analog IOs? The unbalanced breakout cables are part of the
product content?
Cheers!
Ralf
