<div>fast track pre amps suck<br>roland or edirol ex 25 is your best bet....<br>lexicon omega is cheap and has four inputs (cool)<br>I have mobile pre usb mkI (works great and has midi and phantom)</div>
<div>presonus works out the box too but they all break and have huge return issues at retailers</div>
<div>ex 25 is small and metal as well, my personal favorite cuz it is dj/road ready and is built to take a hit.<br>thnx<br>ron<br>Indamixx<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Peter Crighton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:petecrighton@googlemail.com">petecrighton@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">I also really did want to buy the Focusrite Saffire 6 USB, but<br>unfortunately it does not seem to work. See these discussions:<br>
<a href="http://goo.gl/lXzWe" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/lXzWe</a><br><a href="http://goo.gl/fu0zr" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/fu0zr</a><br><a href="http://goo.gl/pHxfL" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/pHxfL</a><br><br>
As far as my research goes, similar devices are:<br> Presonus Audiobox<br> M-Audio Fast Track Pro<br> M-Audio Mobile Pre MK II (it's in my list, but I can't remember if<br>it works as flawlessly as the others)<br>
Lexicon Alpha/Lambda/Omega Studio<br><br>They are all selling for 100-200 in Germany (apart from the Lexicon<br>Alpha, which is smaller and cheaper).<br>There is also the Roland (or Cakewalk or Edirol) UA-25(EX), which<br>
seems to be a favourite for many people, but it is discontinued and<br>disappeared out of the big German stores only some days ago.<br><br>I am not decided yet which device to buy. Is there one device, that<br>has clearly better (or worse) quality than the others? Especially in<br>
regard to the mic preamps? I heard only good of the Focusrite preamps,<br>so I'm quite sad that it does not work. (Looking at the Focusrite<br>Saffire Pro 40 as well, but I need a small USB device first for use<br>with my laptop.)<br>
<br>2011/9/14 Hartmut Noack <<a href="mailto:zettberlin@linuxuse.de">zettberlin@linuxuse.de</a>>:<br>> Am 14.09.2011 13:09, schrieb Jeremy Jongepier:<br>>><br>>> On 09/14/2011 10:12 AM, Hartmut Noack wrote:<br>
>>><br>>>> Enybody out there, who knows reliable and Linux-proof USB2-devices for<br>>>> say, less than 250,- ?<br>>><br>>> Hello Hartmut,<br>>><br>>> Maybe this Wiki page could be helpful:<br>
>> <a href="http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/wiki/current_audio_gear" target="_blank">http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/wiki/current_audio_gear</a><br>><br>> nice page, looks very promising. :-)<br>><br>>><br>>> Best,<br>
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