Thanks, James. From a quick google search it looks like one can still get these. But just to make sure I'm talking about the same one-- what's the difference between the oldest one you referred to and the one you've got? And has anyone had success with the new shiny little one with top knobs? Thanks, Jonathan --- On Tue, 3/15/11, James Shatto <wwwshadow7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: James Shatto <wwwshadow7@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: MobilePre USB support > To: alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 2:04 PM > I have the mobile pre (old one, but > not the oldest one). It just > works. USB compliant, at least for USB 1.x > standards. i.e. 2 > channels input, 16 bit, 48kHz max. The gray one with > buttons on > front, and pretty much any analog connection type known to > man. > Although the line input (3.5mm) does not provide the plug > in power for > cheap-ish / camcorder type mics. And the phantom > power is known to be > a bit under volt, but good enough for most mics IMO. > > Worked out of the box for me. But there is some > wonkyness in Debian > Lenny(5.0) with freezes (wasn't an issue in sarge). > But then again > mine is old enough that the blue LED light comes and > goes. And I'm > running the distro supplied kernel 2.6.26. As some of > the changes in > the current version of things makes it a lot more difficult > to run a > custom kernel. At least with old school ways and a > working config > from a previous install. I may upgrade to 6.0 as soon > as some of my > current projects are wrapped up. But for $80 off of > craigslist, I'm > not complaining. > > - James > > > On 3/15/11, Jonathan Wilkes <jancsika@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm looking for a relatively > inexpensive USB audio interface that will > > work (painlessly) on a laptop running Gnewsense, which > would basically > > mean either Hardy or Squeeze. After some looking > and reading I'm thinking > > about something like > > > > Maudio Fast Track (one with the knobs on the top) > > > > Fast Track Pro > > > > or MobilePre (one with the knobs on the top). > > > > Can anyone tell me which of these works the most > reliably with ALSA? Or > > if there's some other interface in this price range > that has an XLR input > > and works as well as the USB Transit seems to do? > > > > I basically want to record into Ardour or Pure Data, > and monitor with > > headphones. > > > > Thank you, > > Jonathan > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > > A question and answer guide to determining the best > fit > > for your organization - today and in the future. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > > _______________________________________________ > > Alsa-user mailing list > > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > A question and answer guide to determining the best fit > for your organization - today and in the future. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
