Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Quattro USB
From: Wade Winright (wade_AT_northwestvision.com)
Date: Wed Apr 21 2004 - 22:10:31 EEST
First, I would like to thank everyone for their advice and opinions. THey have
been extremely valuable to me.
Can anyone else back up the Emagic 6|2m statement? Does it really work? I see
no reference to it on alsa-project.org.
If this is a decent working usb solution, I'll probably jump on it.
Thanks again,
Wade
On Wednesday 21 April 2004 3:56 am, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> Reuben Martin wrote:
> > > As I am only in the posession of a laptop, PCI is not an option.
> > > Are there any PCMCIA otions out there, or should I wait until
> > > Firewire/USB 2.0 becomes more available?
> >
> > I don't think the audio spec changes with USB 2.0.
>
> Indeed. USB 2.0 has 8000 subframes per second, but this doesn't
> change things much.
>
> > That would make backwards compatability a little tough, but I may
> > be wrong.
>
> The USB 2.0 spec says that 2.0 devices should work in 1.x mode, too.
>
> The only 2.0 device tested so far is the Audigy 2 NX, and it doesn't
> really work. (It doesn't work in 1.x mode, either, so I think the 2.0
> support in the driver isn't broken.)
>
> > Wade Winright wrote:
> > > Not having purchased the Quattro yet, can you or anyone else
> > > reccomend the Quattro, or is there a better USB multi-input unit
> > > out there that I should look at?
>
> Edirol devices usually work reliably with Linux. However, the only
> device with more than two inputs is the UA-1000, having ten inputs and
> outputs, which may be more than you want.
>
> AFAIK the Emagic EMI 6|2m works.
>
>
> HTH
> Clemens
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