Re: [LAU] Focusrite Novation

On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 21:18:51 +0100 Lorenzo Sutton
<lorenzofsutton@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> On 14/03/18 17:16, Christopher Arndt wrote:
> > Am 14.03.2018 um 16:57 schrieb Kirk Reiser:
> [...]
> >
> > This USB VID/PID combo designates a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (first
> > gen) interface. There are a newer (2nd gen) versions of all Scarlett
> > interfaces. These should work out of the box under linux, but I've
> > heard about erratic behaviour of the 1st gen ones and experienced
> > this myself with a Scarlett 6i6 1st gen. In my case, just
> > re-connecting / power cycling the interface usually helps.
>
> I used a Focuserite 2i2 for quite a while and it worked out of the
> box without major problems. One thing I did notice with USB audio
> devices in general is that on laptops they seem to behave differently
> among different USB ports (for example on this machine one port seems
> to be very stable and never gives problems compared to the other two
> - incidentally it is on the opposite side, but I don't think this
> would really make a difference :)

This actually makes sense as the power distribution on motherboards and
laptops is not as even as one likes it to be. Add to it the
availability of space to add capacitors to compensate for momentary
inequalities in power consumption. And add the pickiness of audio
circuits about power supply and you might end up with a usb audio
device connected to your laptop that restarts the stream every time you
move the mouse (worst case;-)). And it runs rock-stable when connected
to the other side of the laptop…

- Arnold

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