[LAU] Audio interface - which way now?

[Brett McCoy]

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 12:28 PM, James Stone <jamesmstone at gmail.com> wrote:

> My trusty SB Live! is slowly giving up the ghost, and I was wondering
> what people would recommend for a cheap audio interface compatible
> with linux? It seems USB is a dead end - with all the USB2 stuff being
> non-compatible with Linux.. firewire seems to be being phased out, and
> I'm not sure about PCI?
>
> I really just need something basic, but that is relatively quiet
> (unlike a no-name cheapo USB interface I bought a while back). 1 x
> stereo in would be fine for my purposes.

M-Audio Audiophile 2496 is good one for Linux:

http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Audiophile2496.html

$99 retail, Amazon sells 'em for about $70. They have "zero latency"
hardware monitoring, too.

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Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com
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