Subject: Re: Sound cards for psychoacoustics From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9_Ignacio_Alc=E1ntara?= <jia10@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:36:55 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail-5--242032665 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This question came up a few months ago, and I believe the consensus =20 was that M-Audio, Edirol, Echo and Tascam were quite good brands, and =20= that SoundBlaster should be avoided. See previous thread "advice on =20 equipment (headphones, microphones, sound cards)" for more details. Jose On 13 Nov 2007, at 10:45, Lopez-Poveda, Enrique A. wrote: > Dear list members, > > I would appreciate some advice on sound cards. Our aim is to perform =20= > psychoacoustical experiments with a standard PC equipped with a =20 > sufficiently good sound card. Ideally, the sound card should have an =20= > excellent signal-to-noise ratio at the headphone output and be =20 > accessible (programmable) from Matlab. Any recommendations would be =20= > very welcome. > > Thanks in advance. > > - Enrique A. Lopez-Poveda > > > Enrique A. Lopez-Poveda, Ph.D. > Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y Le=F3n > Universidad de Salamanca > Av. Alfonso X El Sabio S/N, 37007 Salamanca, Spain. > Phone: (+34) 923 294 500 ext. 1957 > Fax: (+34) 923 294 750 > E-mail: ealopezpoveda@xxxxxxxx > http://web.usal.es/~ealopezpoveda/ __________________________________ Jos=E9 Ignacio Alc=E1ntara, M.A., Ph.D. University Lecturer Department of Experimental Psychology University of Cambridge Downing Street Cambridge CB2 3EB Fellow and Tutor, Director of Studies in Natural Sciences (Biological) Fitzwilliam College Storeys Way Cambridge CB3 0DG Phone: 44 (0)1223 764412 (Department) 44 (0)1223 477170 (College) Fax: 44 (0)1223 333564 Web: http://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/lara http://hearing.psychol.cam.ac.uk __________________________________ --Apple-Mail-5--242032665 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">This question came up a few = months ago, and I believe the consensus was that M-Audio, Edirol, Echo = and Tascam were quite good brands, and that SoundBlaster should be = avoided. See previous thread "<span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-weight: bold; ">advice on equipment (headphones, = microphones, sound cards)"</span> for more details.<br><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Jose</div><div><br><div><div= >On 13 Nov 2007, at 10:45, Lopez-Poveda, Enrique A. wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite">Dear list = members,<br><br>I would appreciate some advice on sound cards. Our aim = is to perform psychoacoustical experiments with a standard PC equipped = with a sufficiently good sound card. Ideally, the sound card should have = an excellent signal-to-noise ratio at the headphone output and be = accessible (programmable) from Matlab. Any recommendations would be very = welcome.<br><br>Thanks in advance.<br><br>- Enrique A. = Lopez-Poveda<br><br><br>Enrique A. Lopez-Poveda, Ph.D.<br>Instituto de = Neurociencias de Castilla y Le=F3n<br>Universidad de Salamanca<br>Av. = Alfonso X El Sabio S/N, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.<br>Phone: (+34) 923 294 = 500 ext. 1957<br>Fax: (+34) 923 294 750<br>E-mail: <a = href=3D"mailto:ealopezpoveda@xxxxxxxx">ealopezpoveda@xxxxxxxx</a><br><a = href=3D"http://web.usal.es/~ealopezpoveda/">http://web.usal.es/~ealopezpov= eda/</a> <br></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited=3D"true"> = <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; = font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: = auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; = "><div>__________________________________</div><div>Jos=E9 Ignacio = Alc=E1ntara, M.A., Ph.D.</div><div>University = Lecturer</div><div>Department of Experimental = Psychology</div><div>University of Cambridge</div><div>Downing = Street</div><div>Cambridge CB2 3EB</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Fellow and = Tutor,</div><div>Director of Studies in Natural Sciences = (Biological)</div><div>Fitzwilliam College</div><div>Storeys = Way</div><div>Cambridge CB3 0DG</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Phone:<span = class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space: pre; "> </span>44 = (0)1223 764412 (Department)</div><div><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space: pre; "> </span>44 (0)1223 477170 = (College)</div><div>Fax:<span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space: pre; "> </span>44 (0)1223 = 333564</div><div>Web:<span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space: = pre; "> </span><a = href=3D"http://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/lara">http://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/la= ra</a></div><div> <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><span = class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space: pre; "> = </span><a = href=3D"http://hearing.psychol.cam.ac.uk">http://hearing.psychol.cam.ac.uk= </a></div><div>__________________________________</div></div></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-5--242032665--