23 Nov
2020
23 Nov
'20
4:06 p.m.
Sam Kuper <sampablokuper(a)posteo.net> writes:
On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 02:03:00AM +0100, David
Kastrup wrote:
That does not match my prejudices :) For my particular use case, sound
quality and to some degree noise floor are secondary considerations
compared to standard compliance, reliability, latency. While I am
personally more of an audio quality buff with a focus on recording, if
the U-Phoria supposedly checks the boxes I need, that would be the
pricing on the cake.
I need to ask the exact model of Behringer that my one orchestra
colleague got. That one's performance (regarding latency/dropouts) did
not really appear to improve upon my stone-age Tascam US-122L brick
(which you can throw basically in any bag without worrying about
anything breaking off). Maybe something related to drivers.
--
David Kastrup
I think one guy has already gotten a Behringer
interface new (I'd not
be overly surprised if it's some laptop-like USB1.1 chip of the "don't
expect more than 15kHz" kind with some somewhat more tolerable preamp,
which would not be the first time I've seen gear from Behringer where
the outside was more impressive than the inside) and there are more
dropout problems than previously (with my old Tascam soundcard) even
though it's on its own USB connector (hopefully on its own
controller/port but I don't know the laptop in person).
I'd not want to suggest anything for which I've not had good
experiences myself, and the budget would likely be at most around what
the Behringer cost new.
I don't have personal experience of them, but I have seen many people
post positive experiences of using the Behringer U-Phoria line of USB
audio interfaces (UMC202, UMC204, UMC404, UMC1820), including under
Linux. I see them secondhand sometimes for very reasonable prices, but
they are also quite cheap new and widely available.
Apparently they are USB class-compliant, with low latency & reasonable
build quality. Audio quality reportedly close enough to Focusrite for
most uses. Here are some of my bookmarks: