Edirol has an audio out only with rca outs and doesn't need extra sound, its only 16 bit 4100khz, but should be pretty well perfoming, they're cheap too, probably around $60 used, some people also had talked about being able to use the iMic with audio output, and that doesn't need extra power. http://www.brianredfern.org On Sun, 13 Apr 2003 toby@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > is it capable of full duplex (digital in and digital out)? and if so - does > > it do it on Linux? What kind of latencies are we talking about here? (just > > curious - have a laptop myself with USB ports (no PCMCIA))... > > > > The problem with the M-audio usb stuff is that it > needs a very specific quality of AC voltage to operate, > which makes destroys the key advantage of having an audio > interface on a laptop. One company researched and developed > a battery pack for these devices, but admits that hum > is introduced into the signal. > > I've been looking for a long time, and decided that the > Apogee Mini-me is the best solution, but at $1200.00. > > If you don't cream over 24/96k, you can look at the > mbox. Edirol has one with great features, but apparently > the mic pre's are very noisy. VXPocket looks good, > but has no phantom power. These can be had on ebay for > a reasonable price however. > > >