Subject: Re: need recommendation on PC sound card From: Christian Borss <christian.borss@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:39:29 +0100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Am 21. Feb. 2010 um 19:12 Uhr schrieb G. Robert Arrabito: > I did a quick search on the last two years of the auditory mailing list > archives on pc sound card recommendations and didn't find much on the > topic so hence my post to the list. I am looking for recommendations for > an internal PC high quality sound card that will be used to output > auditory stimuli in my experiments. That depends on your - system architecture - operating system - number of input/output channels - kind of interfaces (analog/digital...) - budget - ... . In our lab we have good experience with RME Multiface sound cards[1]. > Would also be nice if there is an accompanying software development > kit. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks. A sound card shouldn't require a special SDK. Instead, use one of the sound APIs of your operating system. If you are using Linux, use ALSA[2] for general purpose audio applications and JACK[3] for low-latency applications. If you are using Windows, then ASIO[4] is probably your choice for pro-audio equipment. If you want to support any sound card, you can use DirectSound[5] for older Windows versions and Core Audio[6] for newer Windows versions (Vista and 7). OS X users can use Apple's Core Audio API[7]. Regards, Christian [1] http://www.rme-audio.de/en_products_multiface_2.php [2] http://www.alsa-project.org/ [3] http://jackaudio.org/ [4] http://www.steinberg.net/en/company/3rd_party_developer/sdk_download_portal.html [5] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee416797(VS.85).aspx [6] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd370802(VS.85).aspx [7] http://developer.apple.com/audio/overview.html -- Christian Borß, Dipl.-Ing. || Institut für Kommunikationsakustik http://www.ika.ruhr-uni-bochum.de || Ruhr-Universität Bochum Tel.: +49-(0)234-32-22470 || Universitätsstr. 150, IC1/33 Fax.: +49-(0)234-32-14165 || D-44780 Bochum (Germany)