[TriLUG] Slightly OT: Audio Digitizing Hardware Question

[Brian Henning]

Hi Scott,

Ah, I see.  Yeah, I lean toward stuff that's "prosumer" quality, and likely outside your ideal budget for your current project.  The Creative EMU audio/MIDI interface is discontinued, and the AKAI EIE ( http://www.akaipro.com/product/eie ) audio/MIDI interface I use now is in the $200 range.  It features 44.1kHz 16-bit (CD quality) recording and playback across four channels.

What's your source?  Are you simply trying to record speech, or are you trying to mic a larger area such as a band or group of speakers?  Or are you trying to record the output of a headphone jack or some such?  For recording a single person's voice on the cheap, go pick up a $30 USB headset.  For recording multiple tracks of audio you'll mix into a single final product, find a good USB interface by a reputable professional audio company and a high-quality dynamic mic such as a Shure Beta 58 (also around $200).

"Professional audio interface" is pretty much standard terminology.

~B

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Chilcote [mailto:scottchilcote at ncrrbiz.com] 
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 2:10 PM
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Cc: Brian Henning
Subject: ***JUNK*** Re: [TriLUG] Slightly OT: Audio Digitizing Hardware Question

Hi Brian,

I'm starting at a bit lower level than that.  I've run some searches on "Audio digitizing hardware for laptops" and "Analog to digital converters for laptops" and the results are all over the place.  Can you give me some particulars about which products you used?

A mac user I know recommended the Apogee Duet, which was helpful, but it turns out to be Mac only.  It also costs $600 retail, kind of steep for where I am in this project.  It's called a "Professional Stereo Audio Interface".  Is that generic terminology?

Thanks,

   Scott


On 11/03/2014 01:46 PM, Brian Henning wrote:
> I've used Creative Labs and AKAI hardware with good results.  YMMV.
>
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> Behalf Of Scott Chilcote
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> Subject: [TriLUG] Slightly OT: Audio Digitizing Hardware Question
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> Hi TriLUGers,
>
> I have been making some audio recordings with Audacity for a home project, and the results are pretty bad.  I have decided that the digitizing hardware at the audio input in my ASUS laptop is really low quality.  Every recording sounds compressed and muffled, regardless of the source.
>
> Just for grins, I tried this $6 gadget that I had in my junk drawer:
> http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-Virtual-External-Surround-USB-AUDD/dp/B0
> 0D69U1B0 While not great, it was a HUGE improvement over the built-in 
> hardware!
>
> Do any LUGgers use external devices to convert analog to digital?  For this application, Linux compatibility is not essential.  Audacity is multi-platform.  But it wouldn't hurt...
>
> A have a friend who does professional recording, and he uses a rack mounted A to D converter that cost $$$$.  I'm not going for the pro level, but I'd like to find out if there's hardware that can do a respectable job on a hobbyist's budget.
>
> Thanks muchly,
>
>    Scott C.
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