Re: [LAU] looking for a USB soundcard

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 4:55 AM, Cedric Roux <sed@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
 I plug the thing
> in the USB port and ALSA sees a new input device (whatever
> that means, I don't know much about ALSA but I'll learn; I
> don't want to bother with something else than ALSA like JACK,
> it's already painful enough, OSS come back! open("/dev/dsp")
> was perfect... (yes I'm old and lazy)).

lets clarify some things. ALSA and JACK are not replacements for each
other. JACK lives "on top" of ALSA or FFADO (the current driver model
for Firewire audio devices) or even on top of OSS, and provides
services that these other layers do not. if you want to use most of
the tools available on linux for music creation or pro-audio, you
*will* end up using JACK in all likelihood but not as a replacement
for ALSA.

almost all USB 1.0 audio devices work on Linux without any work on
your part. you just need to make sure the device you get mentions that
it needs no drivers for windows or os x - a sure sign of a "class
compliant" device that will work on linux too.

others will likely mention some specific devices that they have good
experiences with.
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Received on Thu Feb 3 16:15:02 2011