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"sonofzev@iinet.net.au" <sonofzev@iinet.net.au><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> ardour-users@lists.ardour.org; Rob Quin <robquin@uklinux.net><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Fri, 18 December, 2009 2:34:36<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Ardour-Users] suitable multi-channel recording card?<br></font><br>Focusrite Saffire Pro 10io (although I think it might be EOL) has served me well<br>for most of this year.. <br><br>However the ffado driver and mixing app is not as stable or reliable as what is<br>available for the Delta 1010 .. I used to have one of them.. <br><br>I don't regret the change though as the Focusrite has a better sound. <br><br>On Fri Dec 18 9:30 , Rob Quin sent:<br><br>>Maudio 1010lt on Debian 5.0.3 with Ardour 2.8 works fine for me.<br>>No fancy breakout box, no phantom power but if your mixer has got channel <br>>outputs or
insert points then it gets the job done on a tight budget. If <br>>you're handy with the soldering iron then you can make up your own multicore <br>>breakout cable which will make the wiring a bit neater.<br>><br>>Rob<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>>On Thursday 17 December 2009 20:48:53 Hein Zelle wrote:<br>>> Dear Ardour users,<br>>><br>>> I hope you don't mind me posting this here, I'll also subscribe to<br>>> alsa and linux-audio lists to give it a go. I'm looking for a new or<br>>> second hand sound card that can do multi-channel analog recording for<br>>> my band, using linux and ardour. Preferably 6 channels or more<br>>> simultaneously (analog), 4 will do if we really have to.<br>>><br>>> I'm trying very hard to find suitable cards, but not finding much<br>>> apart from hammerfall and maudio 44/66/1010(lt). Is that really
all<br>>> of the suitable candidates? I understood (but would like to stand<br>>> corrected) that USB is perhaps not the best choice for 6 channel<br>>> simultaneous input. The alsa sound card matrix has too little<br>>> information to be of much help.<br>>><br>>> Of course our budget is small, so the maudio 1010lt looks tempting, or<br>>> a second-hand 1010 for roughly the same price. All the firewire cards<br>>> I've looked at so far (especially maudio) don't seem to have good<br>>> linux support. If a good and affordable external firewire solution<br>>> were available, I'd be very much in favour of it.<br>>><br>>> Suggestions for sound cards (or similar solutions) that will allow 6<br>>> channel analong recording and will definitely work with Ardour are<br>>> very very welcome!<br>>><br>>> Kind regards,<br>>>
Hein Zelle<br>>><br>>> >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-<br>>><br>>> Hein Zelle <a ymailto="mailto:hein@icce.rug.nl" href="mailto:hein@icce.rug.nl">hein@icce.rug.nl</a><br>>> <a href="http://www.icce.rug.nl/%7Ehein" target="_blank">http://www.icce.rug.nl/~hein</a><br>>><br>>> >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-<br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> Ardour-Users mailing list<br>>> <a ymailto="mailto:ardour-users@lists.ardour.org" href="mailto:ardour-users@lists.ardour.org">ardour-users@lists.ardour.org</a><br>>> <a href="http://lists.ardour.org/listinfo.cgi/ardour-users-ardour.org"
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