[linux-audio-user] Re: External interface with many inputs

[Lee Revell]

On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 23:08 +0200, Arnold Krille wrote:
> On 9/17/05, Esben Stien <b0ef at esben-stien.name> wrote:
> > How are users experiences with this?. What latency are you running at
> > with your USB hardware? (a stable one without dropouts no matter what
> > the load).
> 
> 8msecs latency. the lower combinations of buffersize and -count
> (always dividable by 3) don't work with my 3-year-old laptop and
> USB1.1...
> 
> If you want to be mobile, go for usb i'd say.

Make sure to check the status of Firewire support too.  Last I heard the
freebob guys have some 1394 audio interfaces working.

Lee