On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:30:24 +0100 Robin Gareus <robin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Giso Grimm wrote: > > Robin Gareus wrote: > >> Andrew C wrote: > >>> <...> > >>> I'm considering buying a USB Audio interface from thomann.de, can > >>> anyone reccommend one that's under 100 or 200 euro that works > >>> under linux? > >>> http://www.thomann.de/ie/cat.html?gf=usb_audio_interfaces&oa=pra > >> <...> > >> > >> I own a Edirol UA-25 and am very happy with it, alas it does not > >> seem to be available from thomann.de. > >> > > > > It is now called 'cakewalk' > > OMG. Thanks for keeping me up to date. > > > http://www.thomann.de/ie/cakewalk_ua_25_ex_cw.htm > > just for the record: They're cheaper elsewhere. > > > My experience with that device is very good (although I only used > > the former Edirol version). A good feature is that it is completely > > USB powered (without significant distortion). > > Indeed, even with the built-in phantom power it is. The Hi-Z switch is > also very handy; and it has pretty good pre-amps. On top of that the > device is very robust. All in all it's IMHO one of the best /cheap/ > sound-cards. > > Compared to the UA-25 the UA-25 EX CW also includes an analog > compressor. Given that it only has one knob (for the threshold), I > doubt it's very useful. FWIW the limiter on the UA-25 is similarly > useless. The new ground-Lift feature seems handy, though. > > > It works with no problems, and I did not even notice any problems > > with 24bit mode and full duplex (at least the driver or jack are not > > complaining). My colleague reported problems with the "Advanced > > mode" on Windows. > > ~2 years ago it only worked in "Advanced Mode" with Linux ;) - I never > flicked that switch to off. > > It works with `jackd ... -r48000 -p64 -n3` ~4ms latency; `jdelay` > reports 440 frames@48kSpS round-trip without x-runs. > > robin I have a UA-25 as well, just thought I comment on the last point: -p64 -n3 always was the lowest possible setting for me, and to stay x-run free I need to raise this to -p128 -n3. If someone can tell me how to get lower or run -p64 -n3 in a stable way, please tell me ;) Otherwise I'm pretty happy with it. One flaw I noticed on my particular piece is that when I turn the output all the way down, at the end the right channel goes quiet first. This appears only on the very quietest settings, so it's not a real issue for me. Philipp _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
