John Haxby wrote, on 2007-05-02 21:40: > Jean-Michel Pouré wrote: >>> I am looking for a cheap two channels USB audio card, with two XLR >>> entries and preamp. This is for an Internet Podcast. Of course, I need >>> good Alsa support. >>> >> I lost hours connecting on Websites to look for information. >> Can anyone help me, this would be very nice. >> >> Is there a single fully-supported card answering my needs? >> > You'd have to check, but Edirol make a couple of USB sound cards with > XLR connectors. The UA-101 certainly has phantom power and it has a > smaller, cheaper brother whose model number I forget. Support for the > UA-101 is in the 2.6.21 kernel (http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_21) > and, obviously, in recent ALSA distributions. > > It's very nice, but not especially cheap (Dolphin Music in the UK are > selling it for €442). A possibly cheaper solution is to get a small > mixer (the Behringer Xenyx 802 is nice and Google showed me one for > £40). I've used the mixer with an aging SoundBlaster Live! and a Griffin > iMic (which is USB) and I've had good results with both. > > Of course, the UA-101 is very tempting ... but I'm not likely to make > good use of its microphone amplifiers. Thanks for the posting, I checked a local store and saw the Edirol UA4FX (1 XLR mic input, AUD$369) and the Edirol UA-25 (2 XLR mic inputs, AUD$429). Must try to save up for one, although I have no idea about the Linux compatibility. Arthur. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
