On Thu, 2009-11-26 at 10:49 -0800, Ronald Stewart wrote: > ok I will chime in I guess... > > for your/any mic Centrance makes a clean mic interface called Mic Mate > Pro. I love mine, its quiet, has decent pre amp, runs 24 bit and will > run with Indamixx at 2msecs in Jack. I suppose you're actually referring to the Centrance MicPort Pro? Just checked it out, looks similar to the Shure X2U. Unfortunately, at that price range I may as well pay a bit more to get an audio interface that does more than one input and some output as well. A bit BELOW my budget =). Thanks for the suggestion though. Actually, if I was to buy a separate unit for pre-amp, I'd buy a proper pre-amp and plug it into my audio interface (or my laptop if I don't buy that) instead of a USB device. The pre-amp is more generally useful I'd think, useable outside the context of computer DAWs. > I am pretty sure Robin Gareus wrote in another respone about 'on > soundcard' buiilt in processing with UA EX 25/ others and basically > said all that stuff does not add up to a hill of beans..... I tried searching the archives and could not come up with anything, a pointer please? But yes, I wouldn't be looking for the 'built-in processing' stuff, I prefer a clean sound to apply my own effects on (not really a rock/distortion fan, which is the only reason I can think of to apply 'built-in processing'). <snip> > > Again I would suggest going with UA EX 25 because I think I read in > LAU that you can get 24bit mode going on the card. > > Sorry to break anyone's heart with the 80 cent part fact but that's > the tale of the tape. Thanks, that information sounds good to know. And I am considering the EX-25, though its a bit out of my budget. > However, now that I know where the difference is measured between > audio cards, I would choose Echo because Milo is at the top of his > game, AND Echo has been Linux friendly for quite some time. Echo Audio, as far as I can tell, doesn't have a USB audio interface, looks like firewire or built-in laptop card stuff from their website. Which is a pity because the fork discussion on dB floor for their equipment sounds interesting. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
