[LAU] Fwd: looking for a USB soundcard

[Cedric Roux]

----- "Fritz Meissner" <meissner.fritz at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 3 February 2011 11:55, Cedric Roux <sed at free.fr> wrote:
> > Hi Linux Audio Users,
> >
> > I am looking for a "USB soundcard" (if that has a meaning at
> > all).
> >
> > Here are my needs:
> > I want to record myself.
> > I want 24 bits / 44.1KHz.
> > I want a basic device with one stereo input plug (minijack or RCA)
> > and one USB output (fast enough to send audio digital data to the
> > comupter in realtime).
> 
> Cakewalk UA1-EX does exactly what you describe and is plug-and-play
> recording with Audacity in plain vanilla Ubuntu.
> 
> Fritz

Fritz, thanks for your reply. The device looks indeed
almost perfect (expect those little knobs that may
well break with time; hopefully that won't be a big
problem).

I just took a look at the manual and there seems to
be a "special driver" for 24 bits processing for win&osx.

Do you (or anyone on the list) know if ALSA handles
that case? I mean, if I buy the thing but it can only
work in 16 bits mode, that won't be very useful...
I digged a bit on the web, nothing conclusive.

So if someone is using this device in 24 bits mode
(to record music), show up!

Regards,
Cédric.