buy a sound card

[Cory K.]

laurent.bellegarde wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm writting a book about audio-video editing with free software for a 
> famous editor in France. I'm talking a lot about ubuntu studio.
>
> As i'm not a musician, i have few question about
>
> for someone who wants to run GNU/Linux for MAO
>
> - what's a cheaper price for an amateur sound card ?
>   

$50

> - what's a good price for a medium sound card ?
>   

$125

> - What's a good price for a professional sound card ?
>   

$150+

> what's the main difference between a first price sound card and a 
> professionnal one ?
>   

The 1st I would say is primarily for playback while the latter can
handle multi-track recording at a high track#.

> I need too examples of sound card that runs without any trouble or very 
> easily under GNU/Linux,
>
> for beginners (and cheaper) :
>
> for medium use, semi-pro :
>
> for professionnal use :

I'd say this is the best resource to answer the question once people
with a little more knowledge can give you specific card recommendations.

http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Main


-Cory K.