Sound Cards with Optical Output? 12
Scrambler asks:
"I was looking around for a cheap sound card
with optical output. I want it so I can record high quality
MP3 music and recorded music/messages from my PC to my
minidisc player. If anyone knows of a reasonalbly priced
card would they please post it?"
hoontech (Score:1)
henri
anyone know where i can find a cheap stand-alone DAC?
Re:hoontech (Score:2)
A few choices (Score:1)
Another choice is the Xitel Platinum storm. It has a TOSLINK out and I have been happily been recording CDs and MP3s to my minidisc with it. This one is a little more expensive, around US$80. I bought it from:
http://www.minidisco.com/specifications/xitelpl
I haven't tried it under Linux.
Aureal Vortex2 Chip (Score:1)
///Gonzo
Re:hoontech (Score:1)
AWE32/64 S/PDIF for MIDI only (Score:1)
Yup. In the Creative Labs documents (I've only seen it on paper) it says that the S/PDIF output on the AWE series is only for MIDI, not for waveform data. I suppose you could hack something together that streams a wave to a SoundFont; and plays a MIDI that uses that soundfont, but I don't know how.
Does anyone know how to do this? (It would also allow a Sound Blaster Live to hardware accelerate 2048 voice streams, instead of the current limit of 32.)
Turtle Beach Montego & some Soundblasters (Score:1)
My friend's Sony receiver (not sure the model number) has a "coax in" port that can talk S/PDIF, and Toslink (optical) outputs to connect to his minidisc. We are planning on connecting his AWE32 to his receiver via this input, email me if you want to know how it turns out. (remove the nospam and spamsux :)
Here are some links you may find useful:
Integrated on mobo (Score:1)
Parallel port sound devices (Score:1)
Most modplayers and many trackers supported it as well as many demos. There was even a Win3.1 driver available (Covox Speech Thing).
It was through all this stuff I ended up buying a GUS. One of the best computer purchases I ever made. It cost CAN$215 and I'm still using it right now (listening to some PF Station, ahh yeah).
To be on topic, the adjacent computer has a TB Montego in it, I thought it to be a worthy successor to the GUS. You can get a SPDIF daughterboard for it with optical I/O. You can also buy a montego (or Montego II) with the daughterboard already on it. They're sold as "home recording studio" versions. While there are no open-source drivers available, the 4Front drivers work fairly well, and their support is awesome (I got an email within 10 minutes).
Compared to SB junk, the prices are a little high, but in my opinion are really cheap for the 18-bit quality and high bandwidth. They're comparable to more professional cards.
Built in *accessable* digital IO? & CD Changer?? (Score:1)
Note: with the SbAWE, the S/PDIF was only for midi.
BTW: Anyone got experience building a CD changer/jukebox?
Re:Warning (Score:1)
And yes, the SBLive is SMP capable now. Granted, there were some initial problems with the drivers, but they have all been rectified. I should know, I wrote the first online review of the SBLive.