Sorry...Lynx one again.

[PRiZ]

sorry for all the posts about this...
What exactly can The lynx one not sample at 96...?
I feel like I'm getting mixed messages.
It says I can record digital at 96, is this not MIC, is mic only recorded by analog...? If this card has support for up to 32-bit wouldn't 32/41khz sound better than 24/96khz...
basically what is digital I/O used for...
I'm sure this will be easy to answer.
here are some quotes.

"Sound quality sets a new benchmark for a single card solution with support for up to 32 bit/96 KHz recording. A/D and D/A conversion is 24 bit."

"Some musicians will be put off by the lack of 96kHz capability for analogue recording and playback."

"The Lynx One drivers support MME, DirectX, and ASIO, along with 8, 16, 24, and 32-bit file types (32-bit files contain 24-bit data with padded zeroes, and can reduce processor overhead compared with 24-bit ones)."

"Supported digital sample rates: 32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, and 96kHz."

"although these chips are capable of 24-bit operation, they are limited to a maximum sample rate of 50kHz; I subsequently discovered that the Lynx One was first launched in America in October 1998. Its digital I/O can, by contrast, be used at rates of up to 96kHz."

"96kHz sample rate is only available for digital I/O."

"Only its lack of full 24/96 analogue capability and an optical digital interface will dissuade musicians, along with its comparatively high price for a stereo-only card."

P.S. If this card can't record at 96, why is it so worshipped for it's great sound...? I'm stumped, I know 96 sounds better and makes a noticable difference.

This card might not be the one, but I can't find any other cards that are...is RME's DIGI96/8 pro sound better than this, but more importantly does it work with an athlon computer, It' has this spec written that says "Windows driver with Pentium¢ç optimization (quad times memory transfer)" is this for athlon too, I'm confused if I can run this soundcard...help!
and I always here about Lucid, but I havn't ever found a soundcard by them just converters.

 

[Slackmaster2K]

Sample rate doesn't determine the quality of the converters. A 24/48 card can sound better than a 24/96 card. Don't get caught up in the numbers. Many people only record at 24/48 even if they do have a soundcard capable of 96khz operation. 96Khz means a LOT of data transfer and a lot more DSP work.

The 32bit crap exists for compatibility. If you record 32bit audio, you're just recording 24bit with 8bits worth of zeros. Lots of software will work with 32bit wave files, because they work internally at 32bit. This has no effect on playback or recording bit depth because the converters are still 24bit.

Digital I/O is exactly what it sounds like...digital input/output...digital transfer. It's moving data from one digital device to another digital device without converting to analog. Because the clock is derived from the signal, supporting 96khz or ANY sample rate for digital transfers is not costly. This is not the same thing as having a 24bit converter driven by a 96khz clock, which is certainly more expensive.

Maybe the RME card is more suited for what you're doing. So look for comparisons between RME and Lynx....do NOT look at the numbers. Both companies make high quality hardware. What you should be concerned with is a) how will it SOUND b) how do I want to record c) what do I want to record. The fact that the LynxOne is a stereo card is a major turnoff to me...since most people need more than 2 channels when tracking.

Slackmaster 2000

 

[PRiZ]

thansk!!

Here's a question I'm still wondering even though I'm sure it's analog..."It says I can record digital at 96, is this not MIC, is mic only recorded by analog...?"

I only need two channels, because I'm only using a MIC to record and later a keyboard...

The lynx is the perfect card for me, exactly, but I want 96 recording... If only the Lynx two went down in price, it has a 200khz sample rate, what's up with that...? isn't that inhumanly extreme.

The RME is appealing because it's newer technology, and has a whole buch of features like full duplex, and asio 2 etc and has a long list of these qualities, and low latency, but what about quality, all I get is it's good quality... what's that supposed to mean, they say that for every card on the market today.

Has anyone used the lynx one or any of the digi96/8 series...?
Or the card deluxe, this loks like another even combatant...?