[Cialug] Linux audio card and driver

[David Champion]

James Shoemaker wrote:
> 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.

You still have to worry about "noisy" signal processor chips - which is 
different than analog signal noise. You'd hope that anything new enough 
to have spdif would have decent hardware, but I bet that's not always 
the case.

-dc