Rui Nuno Capela <rncbc@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Björn Lindström wrote: >> I've been offered a slightly used TASCAM US-224. I see in the sound >> card matrix that it should be fully supported by ALSA. >> Is anyone here using one of these with multitracking software under >> Linux, and what do you think about it? Is it stable, are all its >> features supported, and so forth? >> As an alternative, I'm considering getting a new US-122. Would there >> be any reason at all to go for that one instead, or are they equally >> well supported? > > I do have a US-224 pumping low-latency full-duplex 2 channel audio on > JACK (-p128 -n2) and full MIDI I/O. I specially love its control > surface when directing ardour via MMC (for which I've contributed some > code to us428control in alsa-tools, btw). > > It works great, but not without some attention. You have to take care > about tunning your linux audio system accordingly i.e. using a recent > kernel/alsa-driver (snd-usb-usx2y module). The now famous Ingo > Molnar's realtime-preempt kernel patch is highly recommended if not > mandatory to get the best experience. > > OTOH if you can't live without 48v phantom power, then the US-122 is > the right choice. Otherwise the US-224 is a awesome addition to a > laptop based studio, as I take it ;) On thing I'm wondering about the US-224 is whether you have use of all the extra controllers. Can you use the transport control buttons with Ardour, for instance?
