Sound input device?
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From: unruh on 14 Apr 2010 11:05 On 2010-04-14, Rui Maciel <rui.maciel(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I'm looking for a sound input device to be able to do some home recordings and use my computer > as some sort of improvised amp. Is there any sound input device which is explicitly supported There are loads of sound cards, and loads of usb sound cards. I have the relatively cheap MAudio Transit which has very good specs, but there are lots of others out there. You do not use the computer as an amp. The sound card output is very low power. It will drive headphones and that is about it. > on linux? Bonus points if it's a USB device. > > > Thanks in advance, > Rui Macie >
From: unruh on 14 Apr 2010 11:13 On 2010-04-14, Rui Maciel <rui.maciel(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Grant Edwards wrote: > >> Seriously? Every computer I've seen made in the last 15 years has a >> "sound input device". > > Are you sure about that? Netbooks have been around for a while and you will notice that they > only manage to come with a microphone input and headphones output. > > Nonetheless, if someone wishes to record anything on a computer then odds are that person > won't use the computer's default line input. You have NOT tols us what your requirements are. "a little home recording" could mean your baby's first words, or something you want to release of CD. What quality recording do you require? what are you recording (guitar, microphone, streaming audio,???) Your computer's default imput line might be fine. Or it could be terrible. Test it. > > >> There are tons of USB sound cards with line/mic inputs. > > Thanks for that information. Yet, do you know which "sound cards" work well and are fully > supported on linux? That's sort of the gist of this thread. Who knows what the "gist of the thread" is. You did not say. Nor have you said yet what you mean by "works well". www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/soundcard/soundcard.html for a testing program ( although it works directly with OSS. You can do alsa as well by using aplay to play the file, and simultaneously use arecord to record at least 2 sec of that stream having hooked the output to the intput of the sound card.) > > > Rui Maciel
From: Robert Heller on 14 Apr 2010 11:38 At Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:30:38 +0000 (UTC) Grant Edwards <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > > On 2010-04-14, Rui Maciel <rui.maciel(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Grant Edwards wrote: > > > >> Seriously? Every computer I've seen made in the last 15 years has a > >> "sound input device". > > > > Are you sure about that? Netbooks have been around for a while and > > you will notice that they only manage to come with a microphone input > > and headphones output. > > How is a "microphone input" not a sound input device? It is not a *line-level* input. Connecting a line-level signal to a mic input is not a good thing, wrong signal levels and impedence. > > > Nonetheless, if someone wishes to record anything on a computer then > > odds are that person won't use the computer's default line input. > > Why do you say that. I've recorded stuff on computers many times and > never used anything other than microphone and line inputs. > > If you could explain your requiremenets a little more specifically > than "sound input device", it would be a lot easier to help. > > If a standard soundcard/line-input isn't acceptible, what _are_ you > looking for? Studio-quality 16-channel firewire-connected stuff? > > http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2009110700635MMHW > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/FireWire_Recording > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller(a)deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/
From: Grant Edwards on 14 Apr 2010 11:46 On 2010-04-14, Robert Heller <heller(a)deepsoft.com> wrote: > At Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:30:38 +0000 (UTC) Grant Edwards <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > >> >> On 2010-04-14, Rui Maciel <rui.maciel(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> > Grant Edwards wrote: >> > >> >> Seriously? Every computer I've seen made in the last 15 years has a >> >> "sound input device". >> > >> > Are you sure about that? Netbooks have been around for a while and >> > you will notice that they only manage to come with a microphone input >> > and headphones output. >> >> How is a "microphone input" not a sound input device? > > It is not a *line-level* input. The OP didn't say he needed a *line-level* input. He said he needed a "sound input device". A mic in is a "sound input device" isn't it? > Connecting a line-level signal to a mic input is not a good thing, > wrong signal levels and impedence. Nobody said line-level was a requirement. Perhaps the OP has a microphone. Since he's trying to keep the actual requirments a secret, all we can do is guess... -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! This PORCUPINE knows at his ZIPCODE ... And he has gmail.com "VISA"!!
From: Rui Maciel on 14 Apr 2010 13:34
Grant Edwards wrote: > The OP didn't say he needed a *line-level* input. He said he needed a > "sound input device". Please read the other messages in this thread. Rui Maciel |