[linux-audio-user] Just how bad is USB audio?

[Rick Taylor]

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.

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http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/sid=030206084203066092132254996599/g=rec/s=computer/search/c=4891

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

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/manufacturer.php?id=121&cat_parent=26&action=catlisting&sortby=catalogprice&sortor=asc

...

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~
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Rick Taylor <ricktaylor at speakeasy.net>
The Dispossessed