[linux-audio-user] Hardware recommendations

[Lee Revell]

On Sat, 2005-06-25 at 14:48 -0700, Mike Taht wrote:
> I just picked up an edirol UA-1000 in the hope that it would "just
> work" w/Linux. The feature set looked perfect for what I wanted to do
> - 4 mic preamps, 1 high-z interface, 4 balanced line inputs, midi...
> 
> It's not recognised properly by linux (at least, at present), and
> panics the system on removal.
> 

That was a kernel bug, you need to update your kernel to 2.6.12 or get a
newer ALSA.

> I'm going to play with it for a few days but it's already got one flaw
> that makes me want to send it back - when my laptop's plugged into
> power it feeds hum through the whole system via the usb connector. 

Sounds like your laptop is poorly shielded.  I'm not sure this is the
audio interface's fault.

Lee