-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jörn Nettingsmeier schrieb: > 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? ... >> 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. OK - that is confirmed > 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", and that is the point - I am about to set up a box for a friend. It is a HP PIV 1GB RAM for 80 E whithin his budget. Unfortunately it is just 5-6 mm too small for his TerratecEWX-PCI-Soundcard. We know that these envy24-cards are the gold-standard for Linux if you cannot afford a hammerfall. USB2-Cards that are much better than any built-in chip come by the score nowadays. But if you want something for about 50-60E as a class-compliant USB1 interface the air is getting thinner and thinner. Anything beyond the Behringer U-control in terms of quality is USB2 today. Firewire is OK but lets face it: interfaces working with alsa are more fun. A USB1-interface that is properly supported by alsa is plug and play without any hassle. Even supported FW-devices can fail severely if you happen to have the wrong controller-chipset. Many older/cheaper computers especially laptops do not have a FW-port in the first place. And FW-interfaces are excluselively available via jack - so VLC and/or xine *must* support jack to have fun with videos et al... So again a last try: can anybody recommend any USB-interface recently available for about 50 Eur/USD ? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkrzVGsACgkQ1Aecwva1SWNMdgCgjejb46SgAtRAT/opZJavd5jZ +/cAn3UqT+4gEVVTYBEoaH8g4z8JN0xk =bKkL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
