[Cialug] Linux audio card and driver

[James Shoemaker]

RTHunt@aol.com wrote:
> I have an audio server application that I need to use a professional 
> level audio card.
>  
> The spec for the project requires a sound card to be a level above the 
> SoundBlaster cards.
>  
>   We are using LINUX OS on the server.  I need to be able to use lineIn 
> to record audio and lineOut/SpeakerOut to play the content back.
>  
> Does anyone know of any high end audio cards that I can also get LINUX 
> drivers.
> This is a radio station application.
>  
> Any suggestions or places to look would be much appreciated.

	Just get a card with spdif in/out and use external encoders/decoders to 
handle the analog stuff.  Nothing exposed to the electrically noisy 
environment of the inside of a PC cabinet will be quiet enough for 
professional work.

James