(d) The stuff you tellin' me is greek, is all of that file systems that can be put into fstab? Or are they drivers, or programs???
You should have an entry in /etc/fstab something like:

/dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000 0 0


for the card reader to work. (If it will work.)

FWIW, I use a Zio reader which works fine with Maxwell and (opens camera) eFilm CF cards (and whatever comes as stock with Canon Ixus 3s).
OK, Zio is a type of CF card reader made by microtech. (They're pretty common in Europe.) Maxwell and eFilm are 2 manufacturers of CF cards. The Canon Ixus 3 is a common make of digital camera which comes with CF cards.


Note that a mass storage device is not generally accessed in quite the same way as a CF card.

For the sound artefacts, you might try playing around with the gain. Otherwise, see what the Alsa folk have to say.