[PlanetCCRMA] Suggestion for sound card
Andreas Bergsland
andreas.bergsland at hf.ntnu.no
Thu Apr 16 14:12:53 PDT 2009
Hi Rocco,
and thanks for your tips! I have checked out the Saffire Pro10 and it looks very promising, and not too expensive either. And thanks for the tips of ffado as well. I wasn't aware of that project.
Great with those HOWTO's - for me as a newbie those are really priceless!
Best,
Andreas
Hi,
If you want to go with firewire, I have purchaced the Focusrite Saffire
Pro 10. It may be more in/outs that you need, but focusrite works
closely with ffado developers and as a result produced pretty solid
results for a few of their firewire interfaces. They fit all your
criteria, and are known to have great preamps.
Look at the device support page. I (think) there's a 2 channel focusrite
interface that may work for you. This will take you right to the
focusrite interfaces...
http://www.ffado.org/?q=devicesupport/list&page=1
Make sure it has a satisfactory rating (like "full support") listed next
to it, if you want to be safe.
Also, I get the impression that there's (not) a lot of firewire
interfaces that work well with ffado. But, Texas Instruments controllers
are said to work well (mine is a Texas Instruments firewire interface in
my laptop).
I wrote a HOWTO to get up and running with the Pro 10 and CCRMA/Fedora10
that probably will be helpful no matter what firewire device you choose...
http://ccrma-mail.stanford.edu/pipermail/planetccrma/2009-March/015554.html
The only thing I forgot to mention in the HOWTO is what CCRMA Packages
to install...
bash> yum install jack-audio-connection-kit qjackctl ffado
I'm currently writing a manual on how to get the Pro 10 working with
ffado-mixer. You'd think I was building a rocket with the amount of time
it's taking me. But I'll link it here when it's done.
Hope this helps,
Rocco
> Andreas Bergsland wrote:
>
>> Dear list,
>> I have been a win user for many years, but I have now decided to give
>> linux a go. Now, I am going to get a new external sound card for my
>> laptop, and I want the new card to be easily included in my setup in linux.
>> My criteria for the sound card are:
>> - low latency
>> - low noise
>> - XLR/jack ins/outs, at least 2
>> - decent mic preamps
>> - price tag: not above $700
>> I am running fedora 10 with the latest ccrma rtkernel and the whole
>> software package. I have a relatively new Dell Latitude E6500.
>>
>> Any suggestions for sound cards that fit these criteria?
>>
>> I have borrowed the RME HammerfallDSP - RPM card which I will test,
>> since I know RME are known for low latency and low noise. But this card
>> only have one single xlr/jack input and phono-out (designed for DJ use),
>> so it is not ideal.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Andreas Bergsland
>>
>
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