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.
