25 Jan
2006
25 Jan
'06
11:05 p.m.
On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 03:31 +0100, Björn Lindström wrote:
Rui Nuno Capela <rncbc(a)rncbc.org> writes:
See above:
" I specially love its control surface when directing ardour via MMC
(for which I've contributed some code to us428control in alsa-tools,
btw)."
So, I think yes.
Lee
Björn Lindström wrote:
On thing I'm wondering about the US-224 is whether you have use of all
the extra controllers. Can you use the transport control buttons with
Ardour, for instance?
I've been offered a slightly used TASCAM
US-224. I see in the sound
card matrix that it should be fully supported by ALSA.
Is anyone here using one of these with multitracking software under
Linux, and what do you think about it? Is it stable, are all its
features supported, and so forth?
As an alternative, I'm considering getting a new US-122. Would there
be any reason at all to go for that one instead, or are they equally
well supported?
I do have a US-224 pumping low-latency full-duplex 2 channel audio on
JACK (-p128 -n2) and full MIDI I/O. I specially love its control
surface when directing ardour via MMC (for which I've contributed some
code to us428control in alsa-tools, btw).
It works great, but not without some attention. You have to take care
about tunning your linux audio system accordingly i.e. using a recent
kernel/alsa-driver (snd-usb-usx2y module). The now famous Ingo
Molnar's realtime-preempt kernel patch is highly recommended if not
mandatory to get the best experience.
OTOH if you can't live without 48v phantom power, then the US-122 is
the right choice. Otherwise the US-224 is a awesome addition to a
laptop based studio, as I take it ;)