Arnaud Gomes-do-Vale wrote: > I would like to buy an external audio interface (mainly for a laptop, > but I may use it with my desktop machine too). My requirements are: > > - must work with Linux (obviously) and MacOSX, > - at least 4 inputs, 8 would be better (for recording drums among > other things), > - at least a couple preamps would be nice, but this is not an absolute > requirement. > > AFAICT, most USB interfaces have only 2 inputs. I found the Edirol > UA-101 and the Lexicon Omega Desktop Recording Studio which look like > what I want, does anyone have any experience with these two? Nothing is known about the UA-101. The UA-1000 is partially supported (playback doesn't completely work). If the UA-101 is similar, it requires an addition to the driver before it will work. The Omega seems to be supported out of the box. HTH Clemens