25 Aug
2015
25 Aug
'15
12:23 p.m.
On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Felix Homann <linuxaudio(a)showlabor.de>
wrote:
Thomas Janu <thomas.janu(a)gmail.com> schrieb am
Di., 25. Aug. 2015 um
09:23 Uhr:
This thing looks rather promising, thanks a lot!
Hi List,
for a project at work (nothing to do with music, sadly, but at least
audio) I'm looking for an audio interface that supports at least
16bit/48kHz (24bit/96kHz would be even better, we're potentially looking
for rather high frequency signals...) for two mics that need phantom power
and where the preamp gain can be controlled remotely by software,
I'm using a Behringer XR18 for a couple of months now and I'm pretty happy
with it (*). I have not really used it for recording though besides running
some simple tests. It's 24bit/48kHz AFAICT, its frequency range 10 Hz - 22
kHz.
It is primarily a rack mixer that doubles as a class compliant audio
interface. Everything can be remotely controlled via their control apps for
Linux/Mac/Windows/Android/iOS (**) and via OSC.
The smaller versions XR12/XR16 lack the audio interface.
I use it as a mixer on stage. The audio interface is only used for
playback purposes at the moment. But if you have concrete questions that I
might be able to answer with a reasonable amount of testing time I'll
gladly help.
So if I understand this correctly there is a USB connection for audio and
one would need an additional ethernet or wifi connection for controlling it?
The only things I'm interested in here is the control of the various gains
and a two channel recording - seems like that could easily be done with
this thing.
I'm guessing the audio interface is class compliant and simply exposes all
18x18 channels via alsa?
Kind regards,
Felix
(*)
Documentation is awful/not present. Behringer will delete any kind of
criticism on its forum, especially when it comes to critcising not
delivering on their own and their CEO's claims and promises in time. There
still seem to be some bugs in the firmware, like wrong parameter bindings
for some effects. My first device had defect pre-amps on 2 inputs but was
immediately replaced by the seller. *Do not* rely on the internal router,
you'd better not use it at all.
You mean the internal Wi-Fi router?
Thanks again,
Thomas