[Dream] Cheap soundcard recommendations?

[Mark]

On 3/22/07, andrei.henry at utoronto.ca put forth:
>i was hoping that by going directly from synth into
>computer during recording (bypassing the mixer) i could get a slightly
>better sound by cutting out the mixer.

Well, it depends on the mixer.

The important thing is not to use MIDI volume.

>for $500, i'd rather get a 8 in + 8 out card and skip the mixer
>altogether... unfortunately that's out of my budget at the moment.

With a Lynx you would only get two channels, and still need the mixer.

Anyway, you only need as many channels as you need to record at one
time.  You would get four with that Presonus Firebox for ~$250.

>i can't believe that no one has mentioned the #1 advantage of an external
>interface: higher LBL factor!!!

LBL??