Audio recording hardware (was: Re: audio recorder in linux ... what's its name?)

[Bob McGowan]

Russell L. Harris wrote:

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Within the past year or two there have become available a number of
alternatives to the computer sound card.  These eliminate the pitfalls
(especially the electrical noise) associated with sound cards, as well
as the problem of hardware and software obsolescence.

Some are stand-alone flash memory recorders with broadcast-quality
microphone inputs (i.e., balanced XLR).  These typically have a usb
interface which can be used, after recording, to transfer the
digitized audio to the computer for editing or processing; or you can
make the transfer using a flash card reader.

Also now available are a number of recording interfaces with
broadcast-quality microphone inputs; these also typically interface to
the computer via usb or firewire.  Some claim to require no
proprietary software for recording.

RLH

Hi,



Thanks,

Bob

Could you provide some additional information or pointers to it, regarding your comments about sound card electrical noise, and perhaps some references to the hardware you mentioned?

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