semi-pro PCI snd crd for linux

Chris Aitken chris-n/jUll39koHNgV/OU4+dkA at public.gmane.org
Mon Jul 23 15:08:24 UTC 2007


Lennart Sorensen wrote:

>On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 04:51:29PM -0400, Chris Aitken wrote:
>  
>
>>I am upgrading my home recording studio.
>>
>>I need a linux-friendly PCI sound card with co-axial S/PDIF input that 
>>will work in a PIII 733 MHz machine.
>>
>>Background: Unless I get better advice, I am going to get Focusrite's 
>>Trakmaster Pro microphone preamplifier/compressor and their Platinum Pro 
>>ADC add-on. I'll get these from Long & McQuade in Toronto. What L&McQ 
>>can't help me with is a linux-friendly PCI sound card (for my PIII 733 
>>MHz processor PC) that has a digital in (co-axial S/PDIF). My PC 
>>currently has the SoundBlaster Live 5.1 which does not have digital in 
>>(let alone co-axial S/PDIF).
>>    
>>
>
>Might not be the easiest thing to find.  Many new motherboards come with
>spdif on the motherboard, so there isn't as much demand for cheap cards
>with that available.  Most people using add in sound cards do it because
>they want some specific high end feature.
>
>My old SB Live Platinum has spdif coax, and the platinum 2 came with
>optical as well (which mine doesn't have).  Both are very well supported
>by alsa.  I don't know the state of support for the newer audigy or x-fi
>line, but I expect at least the audigys to be supported.
>
>Now for something impresive looking there is this:
>http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=011735&cid=SC
>  
>
It does look nice. However, after reading the specifications and looking 
at the pictures, I'm still not sure if it has co-ax s/pdif input. Maybe 
their so-called "s/pdif combo" somehow takes both (co-ax and optical)...

Thanks for your help here, Lennart.

Chris

>Looking at the alsa development, there has been a number of checkins in
>cvs over the last few weeks relating to the cmi8788 chip, so at least
>support is being worked on, although it is probably still not complete
>at this time (perhaps in a month or two).  One could always help out
>with debuging and testing.
>
>Something like an SB Audigy OEM card also supports spdif coax, although
>you need a 1/8" jack adapter to hook it up as far as I know.
>
>--
>Len Sorensen
>
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