From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 14 15:27:54 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D699B37B401 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:27:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from spadger.best.vwh.net (spadger.best.vwh.net [192.220.100.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7108943FAF for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:27:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from spadger@spadger.best.vwh.net) Received: (qmail 76039 invoked by uid 25849); 14 Apr 2003 22:27:53 -0000 Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 22:27:53 +0000 From: Andrew Sparrow To: multimedia@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030414222753.C91573@spadger.best.vwh.net> References: <20030414171117.GE59368@holmes.jimramsay.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20030414171117.GE59368@holmes.jimramsay.com>; from lists@jimramsay.com on Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 11:11:17AM -0600 Subject: Re: Soundcard Recommendation X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 22:27:55 -0000 On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 11:11:17AM -0600, Jim Ramsay wrote: > I'm thinking of doing some home recording with my FreeBSD system, > but the onboard CMI soundcard seems to do a poor a/d conversion - > it's pretty noisy. Not that I'm surprised - I'm sure it's mainly > because it's part of the motherboard / cheap. If you're recording from line-in, it's worth a quick check that the microphone is muted, or vice versa... Even cheesy modern soundcards shouldn't be all that bad unless you're an audiophile. The original SB-16 was notorious for the "frying bacon" sound effects, but anything made since then should be better (most cards made at the same time were, too)... Cheers, AS