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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: darkcoder on July 30, 2004, 04:02:10 PM

Title: which sound board?
Post by: darkcoder on July 30, 2004, 04:02:10 PM

Hello!
 
 I would like to buy a soundcard for my Amiga4000.

Which one do you suggest? I need it mainly to be able to
transfer music from analogic sources (vinyl, cassette)
in digital formats.
An of course also to improve output quality of music played by the Amiga.

sauggestions are welcome!

Title: Re: which sound board?
Post by: billchase on July 30, 2004, 06:15:45 PM

The Delfina flipper card sounds like a good card, but
the clockport version is the only one available that
I know of.  The specs of the clockport version are very
close to that of the planned zorro version.  The
repulse card, if you can find one, is a great card.
I wish these were still in production.  They're some
older cards that are still very popular, but the delfina
flipper and repulse are the most recent.

C Snyder

Title: Re: which sound board?
Post by: redrumloa on July 30, 2004, 06:28:13 PM

If you have an available clockport, you really can't beat the price of the Delfina Flipper (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4598&item=4131148565&tc=photo)!

Title: Re: which sound board?
Post by: tjaoz on July 30, 2004, 07:35:52 PM

If you have Mediator or G-REX take Terratec 512i Digital.
Terratec has much better sound quality than Delfina.

Below the Terratec 512i spec:

With 8- and 16-bit mono and stereo playback and 16-bit stereo recording plus user-selectable sampling rates from 5kHz to 48kHz, the Terratec 512i Digital produces precise audio fidelity.
TOS-Link optical output lets you store your valuable recordings on external devices such as MiniDisc- or DAT-Recorders, at a sampling rate of 48kHz without quality loss. With up to 4 channels for connecting 2 or 4 loudspeakers and top-quality recording and playback at up to 48 kHz you can enjoy crystal clear sound all around.

Features:
• PCI DMA sound card
• 32-bit interface; PCI 2.1 compliant
• 8- and 16-bit mono and stereo recording and playback
• 18-bit codec with analogue 3D stereo enhancement
• Enhanced Full-Duplex (recording and playback)
• Recording and playback of all audio sources
• Very small CPU overhead; Terratec 512i Digital works as a PCI busmaster
• User-selectable sample rating from 5kHz to 48kHz
• Digital output; optical 48kHz (TOS-Link)
• 2 line outputs; stereo (3.5 mm)
• Line input; stereo (3.5 mm)
• Microphone input; mono (3.5 mm)
• CD-Audio input; stereo (MPC3)
• Aux In; stereo (MPC3)
• TAD I/O

Title: Re: which sound board?
Post by: fragment on July 30, 2004, 08:11:53 PM

@billchase:

The clockport card is the actual soundcard. The flipper interface card allows connecting the card to zorro and PCI slots...

Title: Re: which sound board?
Post by: billchase on August 04, 2004, 03:29:58 AM

It was never clear to me how zorro version worked.
Has the flipper interface ever been released.
The reason I thought the zorro/pci version was a
different card was due to slightly enhanced specs
when used in a zorro/pci setup.  Thanks for the
clarification.

C Snyder

Title: Re: which sound board?
Post by: locutus on August 04, 2004, 10:48:52 AM

the Zorro/PCI interface board also adds some extra features yes (iirc Toslink among others)

Title: Re: which sound board?
Post by: Zadoc on August 04, 2004, 12:16:16 PM

Again, as I mentioned in a similar thread last year - the Delfina Flipper is not perfect, I had many problems with getting mine to play ball with my A1200T (yes, I tried connecting it to the clockports on the mobo, Z4 board, and the Highway's clockport - which was the ONLY one I got any sort of luck with).

Although the card has onboard DSP, the MHI drivers are extremely buggy (and now no longer developed) for MP3 players.

See this old thread (http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=3179) and this one too. (http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=3078)  (Also this one (http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=3157), as it deals with the bugs in DelfinaMPEG.device and it's MHI driver status)

If you're looking to work more from AHI rather than trying for getting the MHI drivers to work without locking up your system, then the Delfina is still probably your best bet for it's price and availability.

On the upside, I think I remember somewhere hearing that someone had 'unofficially' patched DelfinaMPEG.device for the older Delfina cards which has been rumored to work with the Flipper edition - however as newer versions of DelfinaMPEG.device are patched for usage on Highway/Algor clockports, this might possibly break the possibility of getting the driver to play ball if connected to the clockports on those cards.  I'm not entirely sure about that though as I gave up on getting mine to work long ago and have since retired my A1200T.