Easy enough to simply try, by using say Linux Mint,..download and burn as a .iso image, once burnt. you do not even have to install, to hard drive, ... just run as a Live CD ( but why not install ) lots of info here: DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD. More specialised distro's tailored to sound are: AV Linux, Ubuntu Studio, Dream Studio
mageia 2 A New Linux Distribution: Mageia is shaping up to be a nice all round operating system too
with their second version due in May
Cheers / Chris
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It's supported, as long as you're using a recent enough version of Alsa (which should be the case with most recent distributions).
Matrix:Vendor-Asus - AlsaProject
Matrix:Vendor-Asus - AlsaProject
I would recommend Infrasonic Quartet https://www.nexternal.com/auzentech/storefront/infrasonic-quartet-p46direct.aspx 90USD, decent quality, two crystals - no PLL for clocks (unlike xonar), rather extensive feature set (spdif out/in, wordclock BNCs, MIDI, microphone preamp with phantom power, etc.), fully supported by alsa.
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I'd recommend just using one of the USB based DAC/Amp combos- the ODAC perhaps as it should come out soon. I use a FiiO E7 and a HagUSB until then. Sound cards are fine for what they do but seem very expensive when all you need is either an HDMI or S/PDIF out and a separate DAC. Doing the processing on a card and outputing analogue ties you to one computer, introduces a lot more noise and complications. A USB based solution is driverless (in the kernel already), cheaper, quieter, more flexible and probably provides something more compatible with headphones.
Just my .02.
I'd recommend just using one of the USB based DAC/Amp combos- the ODAC perhaps as it should come out soon. I use a FiiO E7 and a HagUSB until then. Sound cards are fine for what they do but seem very expensive when all you need is either an HDMI or S/PDIF out and a separate DAC. Doing the processing on a card and outputing analogue ties you to one computer, introduces a lot more noise and complications. A USB based solution is driverless (in the kernel already), cheaper, quieter, more flexible and probably provides something more compatible with headphones.
Just my .02.
Hi,
New to the forum but pretty familiar with Linux as an audio system. Depending on what you want to do and what your budget is there are a few cards that work really well under Linux.
The Delta 1010 LT works well as does any of the Echo products. Unfortunately, if you are wanting to do music recording with live instruments and all USB 2.0 is not a great option because of driver issues. It is not actually adequately integrated for recording. Playback should be fine.
There is a full list of supported soundcards at www.alsa-project.org. Just click on the Soundcards link and it will tell you which cards are supported and how well.
Good luck. If you are recording music, I recommend AVLinux found at Bandshed.net - An online Portal of Music and Software.
Good luck,
James
New to the forum but pretty familiar with Linux as an audio system. Depending on what you want to do and what your budget is there are a few cards that work really well under Linux.
The Delta 1010 LT works well as does any of the Echo products. Unfortunately, if you are wanting to do music recording with live instruments and all USB 2.0 is not a great option because of driver issues. It is not actually adequately integrated for recording. Playback should be fine.
There is a full list of supported soundcards at www.alsa-project.org. Just click on the Soundcards link and it will tell you which cards are supported and how well.
Good luck. If you are recording music, I recommend AVLinux found at Bandshed.net - An online Portal of Music and Software.
Good luck,
James
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