Re: [ARSCLIST] A/D conversion, USB Audio and etc.

[Eugene Hertz <eugene_hertz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the reply... My field recordings are of edison cylinders, which probably adds a lot of context to the discussion. 

 

I am looking for an inexpensive solution...Need monitoring and low noise, beyond that....?

thanks again

Eugene

Konrad Strauss <konrad.strauss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> on 1/23/04 11:40 AM, Eugene Hertz at eugene_hertz@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Anyone have any experience/thoughts on a product called Indigo IO? It is a
> > PCcard (pcmcia) ADAC that has some good specs...
> >
> > According to this review, the noise floor was -91.6db for 44Khz/16-bit and
> > -90.2dB for 96Khz/24-bit. I know that one can do better than this, but I
> > thought this was pretty good without spending an arm and a leg..These can be
> > had for about $150 or so.
>
> These specs are not particularly good. The fact that the noise figures get
> worse at the higher resolution are suspicious. Without knowing more about
> how the measurements were made it looks like your are getting about 15 bits
> of performance out of this card.
>
> Depends on what you're recording, this might be sufficient for spoken word,
> but take a look at the Met!
>  ric Halo
>  Mobile I/O, it goes for about a grand.
>
> http://www.mhlabs.com/index2.html
>
> --
> Konrad Strauss
> Recording * Editing * Mastering * Production
> http://php.indiana.edu/~kstrauss

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