On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 19:06:06 +0100 Frank Barknecht <fbar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hallo, > hollunder@xxxxxx hat gesagt: // hollunder@xxxxxx wrote: > > > Most don't qualify because I want a mic in without needing a preamp > > and midi as well. > > I think, the UA-25 has preamps and phantom power. Thanks, it looks good. I looked at it previously but hadn't seen the midi and discarded it. > > I haven't found the Alesis IO/2 on the usb or the alsa page, > > For USB cards, you're better off with the qbik.ch page. That's what I meant by usb page. Thanks, but there is no alesis product to be found there. Too bad :/ > > but it looks nice. Others my search has turned up: tascam us-122l > > (http://www.tascam.com/details;9,15,69,14.html) and terratec phase > > 26 > > (http://www.terratecproducer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=6) > > which has only a jack connection for the mic.. > > The Phase 26 doesn't have preamps or phantom power for mics, you'd > need to use condenser mics with it. It's still a great card, though, I > have it myself. It's out of this race then. > And careful with the Tascams. Some of these require firmware to be > loaded, so make sure that's included with your live Linux CD/stick. Uh, ok, thanks for the warning. I'll try to find some more info on that. > > They aren't the cheapest but around 200 is still fine for me and I'm > > gonna get me one and give the whole thing a try if I can decide on > > one. > > The Phase 26 can be bought without the MS-Windows software for much > less (a wellknown large mailorder in Europe has it for 129,- and the > Alesis IO|2 for 139,-) > > Ciao Ok thanks for the help, the list of competitors is: Edirol UA-25 Alesis IO|2 (in case it has drivers) Tascam US-122L (in case it doesn't cause firmware troubles) Now it shouldn't be too hard to find the one that suits best ciao _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
