On Tuesday 18 August 2020, you wrote:
> > I want to use a soundblaster audigy like card (the one in the old geezer
> > is 32 bit pci), I need one that will fit a modern slot.
>
> Creative still produces sound blasters:
>
> https://us.creative.com/p/sound-blaster/sound-blaster-audigy-fx
>
> Though nowadays the internal sound cards have mostly disappeared. Onboard
> audio on modern motherboards is of very high quality, and people needing
> professional-level audio quality tend to go for external sound cards (for
> reasons I never managed to figure out).
>
Hi Janek

This was actually the card I was looking at.
The reason I don't want to use the onboard audio is they have limitations when 
it come to recording from certain sources. Some mic, phonographs, cassette 
tapes etc. I can use audio tools available through linux but they don't work 
as well with onboard audio. 

It's the middle group between pro gear and oem. The best of both worlds.

Thanks for your input.

Kate