8 Dec
2005
8 Dec
'05
10:18 a.m.
After several frustrating weeks playing with my Audiophile USB I'mgoing to punt and
get something else.
For the archives: ALSA users interested in high-end capture should_not_ buy this
device.(FWIW it sucks in windows too)
- Its only a USB 1.1 device and 24bit 96k is half-duplex only.- Its (almost) S24_3BE so
you have to use plughw or jackd has to bepatched to use it. I say almost because the few
times I did get thecard to record something I had to reorder the byte data to get it notto
sound like white noise.- As of ALSA 1.0.10 capture is broken.
So I'm looking for a replacement. I bought this card because it had areally good
recording specs (I just missed the half-duplex part) and Idont' need a pro-multi
channel since all I'm tyring to do is recordLPs to CD.
Can someone recommend a 24bit 96kHz full-duplex card that they thinkhas good enough
recording specs for LP's that not going to cause me topull all my hair out trying to
work with ALSA.
--Richard A. Smith