On Wed, Jan 08, 2014 at 05:05:48AM +0100, Robin Gareus wrote: > I can't confirm neither directly. But I think it works these days: > > http://focusritedevelopmentteam.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/linux-and-focusrite-novation-products/#comment-104 Interesting. > The reason I lost interest is that I think the device is crap. > > The volume dials don't latch. I set a gain on the Focusrite 18i6 and a > minute later it's off by +-1dB. The 'rubber controls' effect. > Compared to the other two USB audio-device that I have, the [preamps of > the] Focursite 18i6 is the noisiest. Measured with a 200 Ohm > termination and jnoisemeter: ~-72dBFS (Flat, RMS) -- the Edirol UA-25 is > at -81dBFS and the Presonus 1818VSL at -84dBFS. Those numbers by themselves mean nothing, you need to consider the gain as well. If e.g. the 18i6 has 9 dB more gain than the UA-25 then they have the same input noise. > That make we wonder which award those 'award winning' preamps of > Focusrite actually won :) A marketing award ? > It has gain labels from 0..10 -= other comparably priced devices have > latched dials properly labeled and calibrated with dB. If you can trust those dB marks is another matter... I'm enquiring about this for a friend who needs an USB card to be used with the RPi, with 4 mic inputs. Application is environmental noise monitoring AFAIK. All suggestions welcome ! Ciao, -- FA A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow) _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
