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Midiman's Audiophile 2496 is tasty and cheap: good-quality stereo analog I/O, S/PDIF, MIDI, ALSA drivers, $150 street. The Delta 1010 is droolworthy: 8-channel analog with -108dBA floor, plus S/PDIF and MIDI and word clock. But $600.
By eyeing absurd flyhammer gear like that, I can think of the Delta 44 as a sensible compromise: only four channels, only $275, expandable. But, honestly, do you know how many channels of respectable mic input I have to feed it? Two. Stick with the 2496 until you at least get back into making music regularly, you gearhound. Also, the 44 has no MIDI.
The Hoontech DSP24 Value is another nice entry-level card, except nobody's gotten around to writing a Linux driver yet.
Hmm. I should count and see if I need more than 16 MIDI channels. Then I'd need a dedicated MIDI card, so I might as well get the 44...
By eyeing absurd flyhammer gear like that, I can think of the Delta 44 as a sensible compromise: only four channels, only $275, expandable. But, honestly, do you know how many channels of respectable mic input I have to feed it? Two. Stick with the 2496 until you at least get back into making music regularly, you gearhound. Also, the 44 has no MIDI.
The Hoontech DSP24 Value is another nice entry-level card, except nobody's gotten around to writing a Linux driver yet.
Hmm. I should count and see if I need more than 16 MIDI channels. Then I'd need a dedicated MIDI card, so I might as well get the 44...
