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toaster.waffle · 10-19-2005, 07:26 PM

Not sure how it works with midi (I haven't had any luck with midi and my SoundBlaster so I never attempted it on this)

Didn't try using the digital in/out either... Basically just left that attachment thing in the box and just used the stereo RCA from a small mixer.

Works excellently, and is detected with all recent alsa versions. I used it for recording guitar and bass.

I had it in with an ISA SoundBlaster AWE64... try to only have one soundcard.

No serious problems.

forrest44 · 09-21-2006, 06:12 PM

This is a great sound card

Remember to RTFM it'll help you understand a lot about how the card works internally.

You'll want to use the envy24control mixer program from the alsa-tools package. (I couldn't find it for slackware so I got it from an RPM) Simply using alsamixer is a nightmare.

Awesome quality, works great with ALSA

Haven't tried the S/PDIF or MIDI yet but I'm planning to

To record from the internal digital monitor mixer, you'll need something like this in your ~/.asoundrc:
(from http://alsa.opensrc.org/1712+.asoundrc)

Code:

pcm.ice1712 {
    type hw
    card 0
    device 0
}
pcm.mon_mix {
    type plug
    ttable.0.10 1 # digital mix left
    ttable.1.11 1 # digital mix right
    slave.pcm ice1712
}

then you can 'arecord -D mon_mix -f cd -t wav recording.wav' to record from the monitor mixer :)

I would definately buy this card again if I was in the same situation.

Patrick K · 04-23-2007, 07:44 PM

I've had this card for about 15 months. Used it in windows and now in Linux. It is one of the better card available and an excellent value. Sound is superb. I'm very happy with it. My only regret is not getting the 1010 with it's ten inputs. Two line ins (one stereo pair) is a bit confining.

sycamorex · 09-19-2007, 03:35 PM

I bought this card one month ago. Great sound, easy installation, still trying to get MIDI up and running

dreadmeat · 06-03-2010, 06:55 PM

Nice card, I’ve never had a problem with it, I’ve been using it for about 6 years now.

that's $450 NZD 6 years ago...

edit Sat Feb 02 2013: At some point I sold the boxen I had this card in and the card went too, I had another card the same which I'm still using now.
This second card cost quite a bit less, I think it was closer to $250 NZD

3.2.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Jun 11 17:24:18 UTC 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux

satrionics · 06-23-2010, 10:12 AM

just bought one of these. works like a charm. im running it with the envy24control app. i use it for recording. the midi works fine also via jackctrl. i havent tried the digital in and out though. excellent product. highly recommended.

Cedrik · 01-25-2012, 09:59 AM

Excellent sound card, I bought it 6 years ago, still works fine.