i really just need to point out that frank seems to have a personal vendetta against the quattro. it does violate the USB spec in a minor way that pretty much every os manages to deal with fine. for a short time the 2.6.x linux kernels didnt support the quattro, but there is a fix for that now. the quattro is *far* from a "total piece of junk", its actually a great deal. Frank Barknecht wrote: >Hallo, >Wade Winright hat gesagt: // Wade Winright wrote: > > > >>Thanks again for the reply, and I may take your advice and stay completely >>away from USB. >> >> > >On a laptop, USB is a decent way to get sound. Just not with the >Quattro. Which is a total piece of junk. I own one, I know it. Stay >clear of the Quattro and - to make things simple - of all M-Audio USB >devices as many are just crap. > >Having said that, there are many good USB devices, that do actually >work. This ranges from simple inexpensive multichannel devices like >the Audiotrak USB devs up to the Tascam USB devices or the Terratec >Phase 26, which all provide high quality recording. I tested a lot of >devices (~20) and most also worked decent with Jack. > >Of course, PCMICA cards have various advantages, but in general they >tend to be much, much more expensive as well. Why not just try USB >out - either from a mailorder which takes it back - or in a shop? > >Ciao > > -- ________________________________________________________________ live experimental electronic music -- http://bluevitriol.com independent u.s. drum'n'bass -- http://vitriolix.com
