[LAU] USB2 Audio, PreSonus Audiobox 1818VSL -- was: Sound Devices USBPre2, UAC2 status

[drew Roberts]

On Saturday 26 January 2013 17:40:46 Robin Gareus wrote:
> On 01/26/2013 05:13 PM, drew Roberts wrote:
> [..]
>
> >>> I have access to a PreSonus Audiobox 1818VSL today, and it gets
> >>> instantly recognised with 18+18 channels. I tested the analog inputs
> >>> and outputs, and these work fine with up to 24/96.
> >>
> >> It is known to work well under GNU/Linux:
> >>
> >> http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/wiki/current_audio_gear#presonus_-_1818vsl_us
> >>b2
> >
> > Anyone recorded multiple tracks at once into ardour using this interface?
>
> Certainly. All 8 analog inputs at once without any issues. - Ardour3 in
> this case, but Ardour does not care: Since jackd (actually ALSA) works
> reliably, all is good. You get a constant stream of 18 ins and 18 outs.

Thanks so much.
>
> I have not yet had any need for recording mixed analog+digital sessions
> but I've done some S/Pdif capturing and tested ADAT.

What sort of latency can you get down to?
>
> ciao,
> robin

drew