[TriLUG] Slightly OT: Audio Digitizing Hardware Question

[Ken MacKenzie]

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Audio-Interfaces-Recording.gc

And for linux compatability there are some maintained lists:

http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/wiki/hardware_support

On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Scott Chilcote <scottchilcote at ncrrbiz.com>
wrote:

> Hi Brian, Ken,
>
> I'm not glued to the Behringer solution, it just happened to be the
> first product that looks like it would meet all of the basic
> requirements.  The main problem appears to be terminology, it seems hard
> to find the keywords that bring up this class of devices.
>
> No worries regarding the amplification.  I use a Samson 120a amplifier,
> and it's been a great performer for my modest needs.
>
> My digital recording is multipurpose.  I am preserving some music tapes
> before my old cassette deck kicks the bucket, and going through some
> inherited vinyl records as well.  I've also begun recording some musical
> ideas that I want to preserve, from keyboard and acoustic pickup
> sources.  I'd like to use these in compositions if I can get my skills
> to improve enough.
> Since I use an analog mixer, the audio source is line level and no
> better than CD (44KHz) quality.
>
> I recall using an Ensonic PCI sound card (years ago) that did a decent
> job of digitizing.  The ASUS laptop has a Realtek ALC269 chip, but for
> whatever reason it records ugly.  If it's gain staging, I would not
> expect the USB audio "dongle" that I tried
> (
> http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-Virtual-External-Surround-USB-AUDD/dp/B00D69U1B0
> )
> to be such an improvement, but it's unmistakeable.  Unless the hardware
> itself is glitched, they designed it for skype and not much else.
>
> Thanks again for all of the help.  I'd like to get to the point where
> "pro" quality matters, in a year or so.
>
>    Scott C.
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