>===== Original Message From Loki Davison <loki.davison@xxxxxxxxx> ===== >On 3/22/06, Lee Revell <rlrevell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 22:35 -0500, Dana Olson wrote: >> > Well, if price is not an issue, I suppose he could pay someone to >> > engineer a new kind of laptop with removable soundcards, similar to >> > PCI, but in a more compact fashion, and then he could use those? >> >> I think they have that, it's called "PCMCIA" and I completely forgot >> about it when posting my last message ;-) >> >> Lee >> >> > > >Is there a reason no pcmcia stuff was suggested? it seems in everyway >much better than usb. All the echo stuff seems well supported. Ranging >from the echo io to the layla/mona, though they need external power, >because they are somewhat huge. Well, actually, I already have a pcmcia RME HDSP multiface, but was looking for something even more portable in terms of having built-in preamps and possibly drawing power from a laptop. I must admit that I've been ignorant in respect to the whole USB-audio scene. > >The mona or layla24 would destroy all compeditors for all listed >things apart from being usb, and if battery only power is required. It >has mic and instrument pre's and great fidelity. Also 8 in 8 out plus >adat is more than anything usb can do. I'd go it for sure if money >wasn't an issue. http://www.echoaudio.com/Products/CardBus/ Both Layla24 and Mona have been discontinued: http://www.echoaudio.com/Products/Discontinued/index.php :-( Seems like mobile options for Linux audio are dwindling and that USB2.0/ieee1394 are finally taking over. I sure hope that FreeBoB guys are close to releasing at least a rough beta driver soon... Best wishes, Ico
