On Fri, 26 Aug 2016, at 11:23, jonetsu@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi all, > > What's there on the market nowadays that works very well in Linux ? > > I use many in/out lines on the 1010LT. I use 5 line outs, 4 line > ins, 2 XLR ins. I find it practical not having to re-connect things. > Nice for recording. And also, not needing extra hardware to connect > many lines to an interface limited in I/O is good. > > The replacement audio card should have a good number of I/o lines, as > well as XLR inputs. > > Just got recently an ART MPA II pre-amp which I'm slowly exploring. So > phantom power from an audio interface is not a criteria. Unrelated, but consider replacing the tubes in that MPA. I swapped the stock (unbranded) tubes in mine with a set of JJ 12AX7 and it improved the sound markedly. Cheap upgrade, too: the JJ tubes ran me about €12 apiece. On the subject of the audio interfaces, I've been having an excellent time with an RME Multiface + the HDSP PCI card. Can be had on ebay for a couple hundred and well worth it. It's getting on there in years, but it's aged wonderfully, and it has 8 channels of ADAT optical i/o if you want to add more channels in the future (which I did). -w > Browsing the M-Audio site, the M-Track Eight rack mount USB unit might > be something along those lines, although since I also have things > connected to the 3 USB ports, I would tend to prefer one that does not > use USB. Also, it sounds like it comes with controlling software that > could be not available on Linux, or available with limited > capabilities. Some for the Octane Preamp Technology M-Audio is > boasting about that interface: not needed. I'd prefer putting money > into the interface itself. > > The other offerings from M-Audio are those rather limited-looking > interfaces with a big knob sitting on top. > > I do not know of any other serious audio interfaces out there - > suggestions and comments are welcomed ! > > Cheers. > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
