On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 03:31 +0100, Björn Lindström wrote: > 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? > > See above: " I specially love its control surface when directing ardour via MMC (for which I've contributed some code to us428control in alsa-tools, btw)." So, I think yes. Lee
