Karlheinz Noise a écrit : > > what's the main difference between a first price sound card and a > > professionnal one ? > > An amateur sound card needs a stereo in/out, for converting tapes and > LP's, gaming, and the usual computer stuff. You can record with these, > but the DAC's are usually not so good (though better than even 5 years > ago). You do not need to have more than 16bit/44.1KHz for these > (though if you do, good for you). > > Medium soundcards are for non-pro musicians and home studio users. > These will probably need MIDI, and AT LEAST 24bit/96KHz stereo. Most > likely there will need to be 4, 8, or 16 discreet channels to hook up > to your mixer. This is where the majority of Linux users are. > > Professional sound cards should be 24bit/192KHz, with oversampling > DAC's, minimum 8 channels I/O, and ideally include a mixer (motorized > faders are nice). The computers that run these cards should NEVER be > connected to the internet, and should have no software on the machine > other than what is needed to run specific music apps. In other words, > it would be a package system. Historically, ProTools is the model for > this sort of system, but others have been tried (e.g. PARIS, MOTU). [cut][/cut] > > -Karlheinz
hi, many thanks to this complete answer. I'have started the same discussion with an home studio amateur owner in France, and a professionnal studio running under GNU/Linux in France too. for them, integrated soundcard, terractec aureon 5.1 usb2 or terractec 5.1 pci are good enough for beginners. if you want to make music, beginner : M-audio series, some edirol series medium : M-audio, Presonus, some cheaper RME Professionnal : RME, foccusfire saphir It seems to be close to your answer. Many Thanks, Laurent -- 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
