I just picked up an edirol UA-1000 in the hope that it would "just work" w/Linux. The feature set looked perfect for what I wanted to do - 4 mic preamps, 1 high-z interface, 4 balanced line inputs, midi... It's not recognised properly by linux (at least, at present), and panics the system on removal. I'm going to play with it for a few days but it's already got one flaw that makes me want to send it back - when my laptop's plugged into power it feeds hum through the whole system via the usb connector. So I'm looking over the various bits of RME gear in the hope I can assemble something that WILL work under linux 'cause I'm sick of doing stuff in windows. It looks like the RME cardbus card (299$ US) + the multiface (~700$ US) will work best. I wish it came with mic preamps but I guess you can't have everything. Is there any hum issues with the RME stuff, or any alternative box/card/firewire/usb-2.0 thing that works well under linux that combines both balanced 1/4 I/O with mic pres? On 6/25/05, Peter Lutek <plutek@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Nathan Curry wrote: > > Hey all, > > I'm relatively new to computer audio recording, and have been using > > Linux for about a year and a half, and I need some recommendations as > > to what hardware I should get. > > > > I'm trying to set up a recording studio capable of at least recording > > drums (4 or 5 channels?), guitars (2 channels), bass (1 channel), and > > vocals (1 to 4 channels). I also need a MIDI controller. I'm looking > > at the RME Hammerfall line of products because of what I've heard > > about their compatibility with Linux. > > > > The equipment I already have is: > > 1. A couple SM57s, as well as a set of drum mics > > 2. An EZ-BUS (8 track mixer with optical ADAT i/o, 2 channels XLR w. > > phantom power), unless my friend in Mexico sold it (this will also > > determine whether or not he's my friend). > > 3. A computer. > > > > My questions: > > 1. From what I understand, the wordclock available in the 9652 models > > is to syncronize all the audio, and that sounds like something I need. > > Is this true? > > yes, all of your digital audio devices should be clocked from one source. > > > 2. The DIGI line doesn't have MIDI, and the HDSP line does. How hard > > would it be to use an emu10k1 midi in and syncronize it with the rest > > of the audio? Is it worth the trouble? > > don't know about that, but i use an HDSP multiface, and it is delightful > -- rock-solid for both midi and audio. i use it as my wordclock master > as well. > > > 3. I was looking at a Berhinger ADA8000, because it would provide 8 > > channels with phantom power, and ADAT I/O. Does this look like a good > > idea? Any other suggestions? > > i use an RME octamic and a focusrite octopre (both with the digital > option cards). they're both great. the focusrite has a basic but useful > dynamics section on every channel, and is perhaps slightly more "open" > sounding. the octamic, on the other hand, has a cool resettable peak > hold feature and can be operated on batteries. the multiface can also be > operated on batteries, so if off-the-grid portability is at all useful, > a laptop with multiface and octamic gets you eight channels without ac > power. > > best- > -p > -- Mike Taht PostCards From the Bleeding Edge http://the-edge.blogspot.com
