On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, James Stone wrote:
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 07:04:47PM +0000, rob
wrote:
I
don't use USB, but IIRC USB1 has insufficient bandwidth for >2 channels,
and there are zero USB2 soundcards that work under Linux.
Interesting. What would you suggest instead?
Firewire. There are several firewire interfaces that are supported.
I'm using a Focusrite Saffire pro 26. There are also supported mixers
(Mackie Onyx line) which sport a firewire interface, delivering all
channels as well as the main mix to the computer. Excellent for mixing a
live show, and delivering a multitrack to the laptop at the same time.
For a smaller budget (and 'you pays your money, and you take your choice')
there's the Phonic Helix line, which is not officially supported, but is
'reported to work'.
See
http://ffado.org/?q=devicesupport/list for additional options.
I have a Behringer U-Control UCA-202 USB1 sound device here. It works
fine for outputting 2 channels. Trying to output 2 channels AND record 2
channels produced great big skips in both output and recording ...