** I've lived in the real world enough, we're all here because we aint all there ** I am turning one of my Suse boxes into a video editing-movie/dvd creating box.. at least that is the current plan I am looking for information about the best semi pro sound cards you might recomend, along w/ "if money is no object" recomendations. ( Might as well have an idea how high the bar is . IT helps purchasing decisions in a peicemeal setup sometimes. The box we are building upon is a "purpose built polywell, which has been rebuilt by them several times, now Athlon 1700 ( xp) although I expect it wont belong before the asus board gets tossed for soemthing that could handle several athlons. Got 1.5gig ram on it... presently an nvidia video card which is already for the bin , I am sort of looking at a topline ati or matrox , since the video cards I tend to hand me rounds when new boxes come in w/ onboard chips etc.. I am still investigating the capture card situation .. prefer to spend my money on quality especially something that has a Linux positive company rather than the usual types who are willling to take you money but don't care to let anyone know they might even *work* in a linux box. Partially their laziness, and the fact that there is still a heavy MS thumb on the hardware folks. One hopes they are begining to see the light , tho. Sound , however is really important... anyone ever been around film, animation , anything knows how sound can really help move a story along, and add a lot to a picture. IF you don't believe it, rent a dvd of jaws, and turn your lights out and the sound up.. at least til the dialog take over the picture. W/o that theme and the sound editing, it was a really average summer flick. Might even go so far as to say "incredibley average" I'm not overly worried about the price of the equipment being the lowest posible bidder, looking more for the middle range ( which is why , I guess I asked also about proces of the top kit... Best to know what the setup is going to take when I get round to building a couple of these things that by then I'd want ( need) to have top level stuff on. -- j -- nemo me impune lacessit it's just an afterthought; okay ? : SYSTEM ERROR: Place sacrifice at keyboard to continue....