FreeBSD Friends,
Like many of you, I'm both a FreeBSD user and a hobby musician.
I'm running 11.1-RELEASE-p1 on my desktop, which lacks audio hardware. It's a Supermicro A1SRM-2758F, which I know is an oddball desktop, but it works surprisingly well (with an Nvidia board in its open-ended x8 slot).
My microphone's a Shure SM58, and my mixer/pre-amp is a Behringer UB802.
In the past, I've plugged the Behringer's output in to the cheap built-in audio hardware of various computers, with OK results.
I'd like to invest in audio hardware for my desktop that's a match to the grade of these other components, more or less. I'm not a talented musician, but I'd like to avoid limiting the recording quality with whatever I buy (edit: CD quality digital audio's good enough; I don't aim to exceed that, though I'm not opposed to it if it's a "may as well" situation).
I have one open PCI-e 2.0 x4 slot, and some USB 2.0 ports.
I've gleaned the idea from other threads that USB DAC devices generally work, yet I see some listed for $20, and others for $300--and I don't know the difference, nor do I know whether FreeBSD will work well enough with them, to make the cash worth it (for a $300-grade one).
What should I buy, to add quality record (and playback) capabilities to my computer?
Continued FreeBSD glory to you all!
Like many of you, I'm both a FreeBSD user and a hobby musician.
I'm running 11.1-RELEASE-p1 on my desktop, which lacks audio hardware. It's a Supermicro A1SRM-2758F, which I know is an oddball desktop, but it works surprisingly well (with an Nvidia board in its open-ended x8 slot).
My microphone's a Shure SM58, and my mixer/pre-amp is a Behringer UB802.
In the past, I've plugged the Behringer's output in to the cheap built-in audio hardware of various computers, with OK results.
I'd like to invest in audio hardware for my desktop that's a match to the grade of these other components, more or less. I'm not a talented musician, but I'd like to avoid limiting the recording quality with whatever I buy (edit: CD quality digital audio's good enough; I don't aim to exceed that, though I'm not opposed to it if it's a "may as well" situation).
I have one open PCI-e 2.0 x4 slot, and some USB 2.0 ports.
I've gleaned the idea from other threads that USB DAC devices generally work, yet I see some listed for $20, and others for $300--and I don't know the difference, nor do I know whether FreeBSD will work well enough with them, to make the cash worth it (for a $300-grade one).
What should I buy, to add quality record (and playback) capabilities to my computer?
Continued FreeBSD glory to you all!