[LAU] Audio Interface for live Processing

James Stone jamesmstone at gmail.com
Sat Jan 26 09:17:13 UTC 2013


What issues did you have with sapphire 6? That should be absolutely fine..
or a scarlett 2i2 or 2i4 .

J
On Jan 26, 2013 9:07 AM, "Saul Rayson" <saul at atonic.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Apologies if these questions have been asked before I can't find a
> definitive answer.
>
> I need an audio interface to work with my thinkpad X60 running Ubuntu
> studio for live processing. At least 2 in 2 out.
>
> My main program is SuperCollider and the main issue I for see is latency.
> With the internal sound card the latency 11.6 ms, which of course is very
> noticeable.
>
> Would usb 2 be adequate for this or should I go firwire?
>
> I've tried Motu ultra light, which I know is not supported, so was not
> surprised when it did not work (but I have heard of some people getting it
> to work).
>
> I've also tried Focurite Saffire 6 USB with no success, I've read there
> are issues but I'm not convinced USB 1 would be up for the job.
>
> I've also read that in order to use a firewire interface you need a
> real-time Kernel, where Ubuntu studio has a low latency Kernel?
>
> I am fairy new to the world of Linux and moving from Mac.
>
> Any audio interface recommendations and advice greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Saul
>
>
>
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