From: Jan Depner (eviltwin69_at_cableone.net)
Date: 01/12/04 17:43 EST
Subject: Re: [Ardour-users] Hardware Questions From: Jan Depner <eviltwin69@cableone.net> Message-Id: <1073947397.3961.7.camel@eviltwin> Date: 12 Jan 2004 16:43:17 -0600 Eric, > > First, I'd like to be able to record four mono tracks > at a time. At this time, I can record two mono tracks > at a time with my Soundblaster live. I'm wondering, > should I get another Soundblaster live (so I would > have 2 of them), or should I get a professional sound > card? If a professional sound card would be better, > what type(s) would you recommend? Also, how well does > recording work with USB devices? > Using two consumer sound cards to do sample-synced multitracking is what we might call an urban legend - you can't do it with any degree of accuracy. The reason being that they each use their own clock. I would recommend using an M Audio Delta card. The most economical that has four inputs is the Delta 44. This family of cards is very well supported in Linux and many people on this list and Linux Audio User use these cards. > Also, I have a bit of an issue with my mixing board. > Whenever I plug an instrument into one of the mono > inputs, it picks up a radio station. And the radio > station gets louder the more I turn up the gain input. > (on the mixer, not on Linux) Anybody know how I can > keep my mixing board from picking up radio stations? > I'm not really up on this - it might have something to do with trying to run professional signal level (+4dBu) into a consumer card (-10dBu) - another good reason to get a pro card. It might be a grounding issue. As I said, I'm not an expert. Jan ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Perforce Software. Perforce is the Fast Software Configuration Management System offering advanced branching capabilities and atomic changes on 50+ platforms. Free Eval! http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html _______________________________________________ Ardour-users mailing list Ardour-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ardour-users
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