Hi everybody, I think it will be a good idea to tell to the list what equipment we are using with Ubuntustudio, that will help in coming up with recommendations for what to get. We can make a list on the web about what equipement is working well with Linux.
At the moment I'm use a fastrack from M Audio wich is working well under unbuntu studio hardy 8.04. Regards. Teza ................................................................. Le jeudi 08 octobre 2009 à 22:17 -0400, Mike Su a écrit : > Yeah, I should've just stuck with 8.04. > > @Jason - I found this USB interface, which is $150 new: > http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Computer+Recording > +Interfaces/product/Lexicon/Lambda/10/1 > > I got mine for $80 off ebay. > > On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 11:49 AM, <beej...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Oct 8, 2009 9:50am, Andrew Oikle <aoi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Stick to 32 bit for audio. 64 bit has absolutely zero > benefit for recording. Benchmarks show that in some cases 64 > bit can underperform 32 bit and it's only beneficial to > extreme number crunching scientists that need that level of > precision, and also for gigantic databases. Selling 64 bit > processors to consumers was a scam to trick people into > upgrading their computers... again. I repeat, 64 bit has > practically no use for consumer use or audio recording. Does > anyone here disagree? > > > > Andrew > > Austin, TX > > > > > I'm not too familiar with some of the technical details, but I > believe you are correct in saying that, at this point, 64-bit > seems largely useless to the average user, particularly as far > as audio goes. > > When it comes to versions of Ubuntu, I have personally found > that Hardy is far and away the most stable and efficient OS of > the current Ubuntu releases. This applies to my computer, > though, and your mileage may vary. I am looking forward to > Karmic, and hope that it solves some of the many problems I've > been having with the Jaunty RT kernel (and, no, I do not know > how to compile my own kernels. Maybe one day). > > Jason, as for a good set-up that gives you no noise, if you're > going to need to buy some kind of pre-amp/DI or > audio-interface as well as a mic, you will have a hard time > keeping it under $200. But it is possible. When I first > started recording, I used a very cheap $60 Behringer mixer > (which came with two channels that could be used as pre-amps, > and phantom power which I did not need at the time.) and a > used $50 EV dynamic mic. I ran the mic into the mixer, and > then ran the mixer's RCA tape-out direclty into my computer's > on-board soundcard, using an RCA to 1/8" cable. Whenever I > listen back to those recordings, I am actually surprised that > they sound fairly decent. I guess the moral of this story is > that $200 won't get you anything 'nice', but it should get you > something that will work, and probably fairly well. > > By the way, what equipment do you have right now? That will > help in coming up with recommendations for what to get. > -- > 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 > > -- 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
