Lorenzo wrote: >> USB1 works OK with ALSA but what is the status for USB*2*-Soundcards? > I guess this makes me think: what about the new USB 3.0? This morning I > was reading that the kernel shipped with the new version of Ubuntu > supports the standard, and new devices should start to be on the > market... From what I've read there should be a great improvement in > speed (as usual one has to understand what is media and market hype and > what is the real performance) > > Could this at last free linux (but not only them) musician from > expensive an usually-badly-supported firewire cards? there are some excellent and very well-supported firewire devices out there. personally, i've been using the saffire pro26 and the mackie onyx 16ch mixer - both work very well on a properly tuned system. both would qualify as "expensive", though, even though price/performance is more than adequate. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user