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Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 18:06:23 -0500 (EST)
From: Michael Stutz <stutz@dsl.org>
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Subject: Re: Newbie recommendations/Ensoniq
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On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, Jesse Kaufman wrote:

> i, unfortunately, have an Ensoniq AudioPCI, which is GREAT for windoze,
> but (until ALSA) was nothing but trouble in linux...

How well does it work with ALSA? Since I plan to use ALSA, not OSS, that is
my concern. I should mention that full-duplex is also important to me -- I
would like to be able to record with multitracking software.


> Michael Stutz wrote:
> 
> > Hello--
> >
> > I'm new to ALSA, and was wondering if anyone can recommend a sound card that
> > would be best for my purposes. The main thing that I want to do is to
> > digitize my 4-track recordings and other things that I have on cassette
> > tape. So I am looking for a card that has a good stereo line-in jack and
> > that can reliably record cd-quality sound. (Until now I've been using my gus
> > with the old ultra driver, and using "brec" to make the recordings but I
> > still get buffer problems where the sound drops out; if someone could
> > recommend a better program to use for the actual recording, I would also
> > appreciate it).
> >
> > Thanks.


