28 May
2008
28 May
'08
4:21 a.m.
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Al Thompson <biggles58(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
----- Original Message ----
From: Loki Davison <loki.davison(a)gmail.com>
To: schoappied <schoappied(a)gmail.com>
Cc: Al Thompson <biggles58(a)sbcglobal.net>et>;
Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 1:04:58 AM
Subject: Re: [LAU] hardware: recording voice and acc. guitar
Of course your opinion is welcome. It's just the fact that many pci
cards do phantom power fine and within spec for any phantom powered
mic. I can't see how usb has anything better for this. Usb for audio
has a pile of problems technically. It's latency is bad, channel count
is low and in that case it was more expensive than the option i
showed. The echo mixer and envy mixer apps for pci cards are also
really nice with good VU's and easy direct routing. I don't think at
any point even for laptops usb was the best solution as pcmcia layla's
etc exist. I'm sorry if I sounded like an arse though ;) I just had an
annoying usb card for a long time and get vengeful if i think about
it....
Loki
wow. This is so wrong it hurts... You say phantom
power not possible
from a pci slot or computer power supply but with usb mixer? ARRG! USB
is a great way to plug in your mouse. For audio, go pci, or if you
can't got pci, firewire or pcmcia.
10 channel in 14 out. and yes, to Al, ......... phantom power on both
mic pre's from a pci card! wow.... like standard... The linux mixer
Just out of curiosity, where is the 48V coming from? There is no 48V
available internally. There is 12V, if you want to limit yourself to AKG
and Shure mics, but I wouldn't want to draw that much current from a
computer supply.
usb = crap. Oh, just in case you missed it. I
think usb is a bad choice.
What's your dislike of USB? You can do 2x2 even over USB 1.1. Until the
latest version of the Firewire standard, it couldn't hold a candle to USB.
FYI - in my project studio, I use a pair of 1010 PCI cards (which also
refuse to work simultaneously under Linux). I just thought the goal here
was to find something inexpensive, versatile, easy to use, with lots of
features (which is why I use a USB mixer at home). If the goal was to have
many ins and outs, 192/96 AD/DAs, and lightpipes, I'd have suggested
something different.
Forget it, I guess my opinion's not welcome here.