Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Just how bad is USB audio?
From: Rick Taylor (ricktaylor@speakeasy.net)
Date: Thu Feb 06 2003 - 19:39:55 EET
On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 05:30, iriXx wrote:
> Frank Barknecht wrote:
>
> >>The M-Audio Quattro has MIDI, but is too pricey for you.
Audiophiles {usb }are 199 {check the reviews}
terratecs cards aren't all that pricey {dmx6s for instance}
:} I guess you could help write the Mia driver... {179} {This is for a
laptop though, right?
...
These guys have some affordable maudio stuff
...
There are a lot of cheapish aardvark usb things around. I don't know if
they're supported though.
...
Yamahas are fairly cheapish here {tho' about a hundred out of your price
range.}
http://www.zzounds.com/love.music?p=c.s&z=1609176662231
{audiophiles {pci} are only 150}
I have seen some RME hammerfall cards in your price range {ardour} I'm
tired of searching though.
Check the back pages of some of the retailers out there some of them
have really high end refurbished stuff really cheap.
http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/
> > I *might* shell out a bit more eventually.
>
>
> i would reccomend it then... when i bought mine i saw it as an
> investment... then again with my kind of work i have use for the 4
> outputs particularly...
>
> one thing about the Quattro is it isnt bus-powered, its mains powered
> ... this i find helps because its less of a drain on my modest little
> thinkpad 600E... (PII 366Mhz, 224Mb ram)... but for portability's sake i
> did enjoy trying out the Edirol UA-3 - if you're not likely to want as
> many inputs, and if you want something thats really light to carry
> around with you and has bus power... then i'd suggest going with the
> UA-3... cant remember what the UA-20 is, i dont think i got that one on
> review but it might fit the bill better....
>
> i had absolutely no problems running the UA-3 once i had usb-audio set
> up too,... just plug it in, get alsa up and running, and go....
>
> m~
-- Rick Taylor <ricktaylor@speakeasy.net> The Dispossessed
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