Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] So what's your laptop sound like ?
From: Brian Redfern (bredfern_AT_calarts.edu)
Date: Mon Aug 26 2002 - 04:12:47 EEST
This is a very interesting topic, I've been making do with just the
audio in/out on my i810 soundcard, but its very limited. It would be
ideal if the edirol usb devices worked with linux because they're under
$100 and they have a digital i/o usb device for $79. I haven't spent any
money on usb devices because I was afraid they're too hard to install. I
was thinking of getting a serial midi device, but wasn't sure if usb
midi was going to be a lot better and worth waiting for. My friend has
an all 24 bit 96 khz digital studio that I want to collaborate with, but
I would ultimately need digital i/o for my laptop to collaborate without
adding any noise. Maybe that's overkill and the maduio quattro might be
good enough and has both audio and midi, I've seen that people have been
using roland usb midi devices,
On Sun, 2002-08-25 at 10:12, Dave Phillips wrote:
> Greetings:
>
> I'm putting the finishing touches on an article about setting up sound
> on my laptop, and it occurred to me that there may be some common models
> that are advisable to new users who particularly want to get decent
> audio from their laptop machines. If any of you have the time to
> respond, I'm curious about the following information:
>
> 1) What laptop do you use (if any, of course) ?
>
> 2) What audio chipset does it have inside ?
>
> 3) What sound driver(s) do you use ?
>
> 4) Are you using any of the following:
> (A) serial port MIDI interface
> (B) USB audio equipment
> (C) PCMCIA audio card
>
> 5) Was your experience setting up sound on your laptop:
> (A) Dismal - too much trouble for too little reward
> (B) Dedicated - took a little work but you're happy now
> (C) Delightful - installation & configuration was an easy breeze
>
> 6) How do you use your laptop audio system, i.e., listening to XMMS,
> composing with realtime output from Pd or Csound, soundfile editing with
> Audacity or Snd, etc. ?
>
> 6) Anything else ?
>
> Please feel free to comment as needed, e.g. "Output is good at 16-bits
> but mic/line-in are hardwired to 8-bits", "Internal speakers are weak
> but headphones/line-out sound good", and so forth. TIA !
>
> Best regards,
>
> == Dave Phillips
>
> The Book Of Linux Music & Sound at http://www.nostarch.com/lms.htm
> The Linux Soundapps Site at http://linux-sound.org
-- http://www.brianredfern.com ;-)>
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