-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 laurent.bellegarde wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm writting a book about audio-video editing with free software for a > famous editor in France. I'm talking a lot about ubuntu studio. > > As i'm not a musician, i have few question about > > for someone who wants to run GNU/Linux for MAO > > - what's a cheaper price for an amateur sound card ? > - what's a good price for a medium sound card ? > - What's a good price for a professional sound card ? > I am not sure what delineates each category.
> what's the main difference between a first price sound card and a > professionnal one ? I am not sure what the differences are between the categories. These days I am not sure that differentiating between an amateur and professional is even useful in this context. I am not sure where I would place me on that scale, and almost no one knows me as well as I do :) > > I need too examples of sound card that runs without any trouble or very > easily under GNU/Linux, > I have heard that the M-Audio Delta series works well. I can personally vouch for the RME 9652 as that is what I have at home. The 9652 worked out of the box under 64Studio and Ubuntu Studio, and that was more than 2 years ago. My current rig has a PCI 9652, an RME ADI-8 DS and an Alesis ADAT (which acts as an analogue to digital converter for the 9652). This gives me 16 simultaneous inputs. You can have 3 of the 9652s in a given system so this solution scales beyond medium use. > for beginners (and cheaper) : > Some of the cheaper M-Audio stuff. Of course onboard sound will probably work well enough. It really depends on what one hopes to accomplish. > for medium use, semi-pro : > > for professionnal use : > I would lump the last two categories together. IMO there is nothing to be gained by distinguishing between them. Instead of a scale with amateur to pro, how about just price ranges. Leave the choice up to the end user. I would not consider myself a pro, but the quality of the 9652 and the ADI-8 DS was worth it to me. Hth, -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJhztowRXgH3rKGfMRAjK5AJ99ab70BYO6KJl8tNk3j8+O8FzZgwCfetB9 +8L9qLGcOzDc8Wb5/039Qk0= =X9ns -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
