[LAU] USB soundcard recommendation

[Joshua Boyd]

On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 09:59:26AM +0200, Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
> On 10/04/2010 09:20 AM, allcoms wrote:
> >>> So there are no known USB 2 audio cards that work with ALSA or OSS?
> >>
> >> I don't know. ALSA's site might have a list.
> > 
> > Doesn't look like there is a way to filter by hardware type on the
> > ALSA site unfortunately and I have not been able to find a USB card
> > that could do more than 48K
> > 
> > 
> >> I'm not the original poster. My 5-year-old low-budget Toshiba laptop came
> >> with a Firewire port. As did the Sony Vaio Superslim Pro my wife used to
> >> have. Don't know about modern stuff, I don't have any of that around here!
> > 
> > Yes, FW used to be common on mid to high end laptops. First Sony
> > pulled it off their PS3 then that ignited a trend that spread into the
> > PC world where FW has become rare on new laptops and there has been
> > rumours of the intentional 'murder' of firewire so these days you
> > often need an expresscard slot if you want firewire.
> 
> Supported USB2 cards that I know of:
> - Cakewalk by Roland UA-101: http://www.roland.com/products/en/UA-101/
> - Edirol UA-1000: http://www.roland.com/products/en/UA-1000/
> - M-Audio Fast Track Ultra:
> http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/FastTrackUltra.html