Thanks for the reply, As I am only in the posession of a laptop, PCI is not an option. Are there any PCMCIA otions out there, or should I wait until Firewire/USB 2.0 becomes more available? I seem to remeber seeing something like a PCMCIA/CF card that might work...but only for 2 channel... Thanks again, Wade On Tuesday 20 April 2004 8:56 pm, Reuben Martin wrote: > > Not having purchased the Quattro yet, can you or anyone else > > reccomend the > > Quattro, or is there a better USB multi-input unit out there > > that I should > > look at? > > I would recommend against USB audio devices. I'm sure there are plenty of > people who would swear they've had nothing but positive experience with USB > devices, but just the same they are a nightmare. The USB audio specs are > are defined in a manner that create a real mess for people who write the > drivers for them. > > From the jack dev list: > "USB spec defines the isochronous data packets for the fixed > time length (1ms). and, obviously, 44100Hz cannot be split by 1ms in > integer." > > Also, read this: > http://boudicca.tux.org/hypermail/jackit-devel/2003-Sep/0167.html > > I would strongly recommend using a PCI device if at all possible. > > -Reuben
