26 Apr
2012
26 Apr
'12
3:49 p.m.
On Thu, 26 Apr 2012, plutek wrote:
From: yvan volochine <yvan.sc(a)googlemail.com>
I'll second that nomination, as I just purchased one also. It has a
noise floor about 5db worse than my Focusrite firewire interface, but for
the money ($149 USD) it's a great product. It also has an SPDIF output, so
I can use it as an expansion of my focusrite firewire interface as well as
standalone. (But alas, no wordclock in, so in order to utilize those
extra two channels, I have to slave the focusrite to the SPDIF clock.)
A friend who didn't need the SPDIF out, but only a two-channel pre with
phantom to expand his band's PA also bought the solid-state version ($69
USD). I had a chance to check it out, and it also 'just works' on
Ubuntustudio 12.04beta. I didn't make noise floor measurements on that
one, however.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/615405-REG/ART_USBDUALPREPS_USB_Dual_…
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-Benjamin Franklin
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-President Barack Obama 20 Jan 2009
sorry to post YAThread about usb interfaces but I need a small usb one
with 1 in and 2 out (basically a mic and a loud stereo out).
i don't know about those devices, but i just purchased an ART USB Dual
Tube Pre and am very happy with it. works ootb as a class-compliant USB
device, with no drivers or firmware required.