> Are usb devices a decent option for recording and > playback? How about > both at the same time? Yes. Theoretically 12MBit are enough to work with 8 channels simultaneously. 1 Stereo in and 1 Stereo out works great. > Would the latency be noticable to me or > listeners of my recordings? My cheap Terratec card currently runs @ 40msecs latency which is way too much, but I hope to improve this one day. I was told that other people got 10msecs on Edirol USB devices. > Which USB devices are best wrt Linux compatibility? Is > MAudio good here too? AFAIK the Edirol devices usually work really out of the box, I don't know anything about m-audio (except the Midisport 8x8 which works great for me). Best regards ce
