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Aurélien Leblond

13 Sep 2011 13 Sep '11

9:02 p.m.

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Any issues or happy stories about this Saffire USB interface? I'm planning to buy one usb interface soon.

Sorry never tried this one...

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Also any reliable USB audio device with pre-amps.

The Edirol UA-25Ex is very good and very well supported in Linux. Mine has served me well for years. One thing though: if your USB port is of type EHCI, check exactly which version you have (using lspci) and google it before! I'm saying this because I changed laptop few months ago, and some EHCI USB ports have a bug that makes Jack/Alsa and USB 1 soundcard not working at all... I'm now using a M-Audio Fast-Track Ultra (USB2, so I don't have issues with EHCI anymore), but it's not 100% supported yet (although the Alsa developers are working on it)... Hope this helps! Aurélien

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Moshe Werner

13 Sep 13 Sep

10:55 p.m.

http://www.sounddevices.com/products/usbpre2.htm Have you looked at this one?

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From my experience Sounddevices products are reliable and have superb audio

quality. I've used their on location mixer and the pre's and AD is outstanding. Never used the usb device, but maybe someone else did... On their site they state that the usbpre2 is supported under Linux. Interesting. Hope this will be helpful, Moshe On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Aurélien Leblond <blablack(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:

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Any issues or happy stories about this Saffire USB interface? I'm planning to buy one usb interface soon.

Sorry never tried this one...

Also any reliable USB audio device with pre-amps.

Hartmut Noack

14 Sep 14 Sep

10:12 a.m.

Am 13.09.2011 22:54, schrieb Moshe Werner:

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http://www.sounddevices.com/products/usbpre2.htm Have you looked at this one?

From my experience Sounddevices products are reliable and have superb audio

quality.

... and this seems to have a price-tag on it. It is sold here for 860,- Euros -- the Focusrite would be 175,- Enybody out there, who knows reliable and Linux-proof USB2-devices for say, less than 250,- ? Preferably devices, that are available in stores...

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I've used their on location mixer and the pre's and AD is outstanding. Never used the usb device, but maybe someone else did... On their site they state that the usbpre2 is supported under Linux. Interesting. Hope this will be helpful, Moshe On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Aurélien Leblond<blablack(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:

Any issues or happy stories about this Saffire USB interface? I'm planning to buy one usb interface soon.

Sorry never tried this one...

Also any reliable USB audio device with pre-amps.

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10:38 a.m.

Il 14/09/2011 10:12, Hartmut Noack ha scritto:

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Enybody out there, who knows reliable and Linux-proof USB2-devices for say, less than 250,- ?

i bought a Terratec DMX 6Fire USB for 170,- few months ago. Supported in linux since 2.6.32 afair; both audio and midi. da.

Moshe Werner

12:53 p.m.

Ahh oops. Just got exited over the fact that it is supported under Linux. On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Hartmut Noack <zettberlin(a)linuxuse.de>wrote;wrote:

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Am 13.09.2011 22:54, schrieb Moshe Werner: http://www.sounddevices.com/**products/usbpre2.htm<http://www.sounddevic…

Have you looked at this one? From my experience Sounddevices products are reliable and have superb

audio

quality.

Never used the usb device, but maybe someone else did... On their site they state that the usbpre2 is supported under Linux. Interesting. Hope this will be helpful, Moshe On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Aurélien Leblond<blablack(a)gmail.com>** wrote: Any issues or happy stories about this Saffire USB interface? I'm

planning to buy one usb interface soon.

Sorry never tried this one... Also any reliable USB audio device with pre-amps.

http://lists.linuxaudio.org/**listinfo/linux-audio-user<http://lists.lin…

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Hartmut Noack

2:16 p.m.

Am 14.09.2011 12:53, schrieb Moshe Werner:

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Ahh oops. Just got exited over the fact that it is supported under Linux.

And I thank you for the hint: it seems to be a really nice piece of hardware and since it supports Linux officially, it is a gem indeed. So, as soon as my budget reaches a level that fits its pricetag ;-)

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On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Hartmut Noack<zettberlin(a)linuxuse.de>wrote;wrote:

Am 13.09.2011 22:54, schrieb Moshe Werner: http://www.sounddevices.com/**products/usbpre2.htm<http://www.sounddevic…

Have you looked at this one? From my experience Sounddevices products are reliable and have superb

audio

quality.

> planning to buy one usb interface soon. > Sorry never tried this one... Also any reliable USB audio device with pre-amps. > The Edirol UA-25Ex is very good and very well supported in Linux. Mine has served me well for years. One thing though: if your USB port is of type EHCI, check exactly which version you have (using lspci) and google it before! I'm saying this because I changed laptop few months ago, and some EHCI USB ports have a bug that makes Jack/Alsa and USB 1 soundcard not working at all... I'm now using a M-Audio Fast-Track Ultra (USB2, so I don't have issues with EHCI anymore), but it's not 100% supported yet (although the Alsa developers are working on it)... Hope this helps! Aurélien ______________________________**_________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@lists.**linuxaudio.org<Linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/**listinfo/linux-audio-user<http://lists.lin…

Jeremy Jongepier

1:09 p.m.

On 09/14/2011 10:12 AM, Hartmut Noack wrote:

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Enybody out there, who knows reliable and Linux-proof USB2-devices for say, less than 250,- ?

Hello Hartmut, Maybe this Wiki page could be helpful: http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/wiki/current_audio_gear Best, Jeremy

Hartmut Noack

2:21 p.m.

Am 14.09.2011 13:09, schrieb Jeremy Jongepier:

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On 09/14/2011 10:12 AM, Hartmut Noack wrote:

Enybody out there, who knows reliable and Linux-proof USB2-devices for say, less than 250,- ?

Hello Hartmut, Maybe this Wiki page could be helpful: http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/wiki/current_audio_gear

nice page, looks very promising. :-)

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Peter Crighton

21 Sep 21 Sep

8:27 p.m.

I also really did want to buy the Focusrite Saffire 6 USB, but unfortunately it does not seem to work. See these discussions: http://goo.gl/lXzWe http://goo.gl/fu0zr http://goo.gl/pHxfL As far as my research goes, similar devices are: – Presonus Audiobox – M-Audio Fast Track Pro – M-Audio Mobile Pre MK II (it's in my list, but I can't remember if it works as flawlessly as the others) – Lexicon Alpha/Lambda/Omega Studio They are all selling for 100-200€ in Germany (apart from the Lexicon Alpha, which is smaller and cheaper). There is also the Roland (or Cakewalk or Edirol) UA-25(EX), which seems to be a favourite for many people, but it is discontinued and disappeared out of the big German stores only some days ago. I am not decided yet which device to buy. Is there one device, that has clearly better (or worse) quality than the others? Especially in regard to the mic preamps? I heard only good of the Focusrite preamps, so I'm quite sad that it does not work. (Looking at the Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 as well, but I need a small USB device first for use with my laptop.) 2011/9/14 Hartmut Noack <zettberlin(a)linuxuse.de>de>:

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Am 14.09.2011 13:09, schrieb Jeremy Jongepier:

On 09/14/2011 10:12 AM, Hartmut Noack wrote:

Enybody out there, who knows reliable and Linux-proof USB2-devices for say, less than 250,- ?

Hello Hartmut, Maybe this Wiki page could be helpful: http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/wiki/current_audio_gear

nice page, looks very promising. :-)

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Ronald Stewart

22 Sep 22 Sep

3:36 a.m.

fast track pre amps suck roland or edirol ex 25 is your best bet.... lexicon omega is cheap and has four inputs (cool) I have mobile pre usb mkI (works great and has midi and phantom) presonus works out the box too but they all break and have huge return issues at retailers ex 25 is small and metal as well, my personal favorite cuz it is dj/road ready and is built to take a hit. thnx ron Indamixx On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Peter Crighton <petecrighton(a)googlemail.com

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Am 14.09.2011 13:09, schrieb Jeremy Jongepier:

On 09/14/2011 10:12 AM, Hartmut Noack wrote:

Enybody out there, who knows reliable and Linux-proof USB2-devices for say, less than 250,- ?

Hello Hartmut, Maybe this Wiki page could be helpful: http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/wiki/current_audio_gear

nice page, looks very promising. :-)

Best, Jeremy _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user

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Ronald Stewart

3:40 a.m.

oops sorry the focusrite does not work, tried to get it going in linux but it's a bust..... don't listen to the reps, atleast the ones in USA as they don't really know what a driver is barely so to speak to class compliant or linux needs is a waste of your time thnx ron Indamixx On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Ronald Stewart <ronaldjstewart(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:

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Am 14.09.2011 13:09, schrieb Jeremy Jongepier: > > On 09/14/2011 10:12 AM, Hartmut Noack wrote: >> >> Enybody out there, who knows reliable and Linux-proof USB2-devices

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> say, less than 250,- ? Hello Hartmut, Maybe this Wiki page could be helpful: http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/wiki/current_audio_gear

nice page, looks very promising. :-)

Best, Jeremy _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user

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Thomas Vecchione

4:08 a.m.

This depends on who you talk to. The sales reps maybe(I don't have any direct contact with them much), but the tech support guys I found to be fairly knowledgeable and I had been attempting to track down a problem with the Focusrite drivers on OS X with them for some time on their Firewire line, it got addressed a year or so ago. So my point is that not everyone at focusrite doesn't know what they are talking about:) Seablade On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 9:40 PM, Ronald Stewart <ronaldjstewart(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Jeremy Jongepier

12:01 p.m.

On 09/22/2011 03:36 AM, Ronald Stewart wrote:

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presonus works out the box too but they all break

Thomas Vecchione

5:34 p.m.

I will second ron's opinion on Presonus, their interfaces break a lot in my experience. Can't say I have seen nearly the same thing from Focusrite, but then again I haven't dealt with as many Focusrite interfaces(I have my Pro40, but few others I know have one) as compared to Presonus where for a while it seemed like every other person I worked with was purchasing one, and out of those at least every other interface broke, if not more. Seablade On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 6:01 AM, Jeremy Jongepier <autostatic(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On 09/22/2011 03:36 AM, Ronald Stewart wrote:

presonus works out the box too but they all break

Same goes for Focusrite, at least for me. My Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 has one faulty channel so I have to return it and I had to return my Saffire Pro 10 IO twice now because of faulty contacts and/or preamps. Maybe I'm just unfortunate, my bandmate has two Pro 10 IO's and never had any issues with it (but then he doesn't use the preamps). Best, Jeremy _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user

sevol

23 Sep 23 Sep

3:34 a.m.

On 9/22/11, Thomas Vecchione <seablaede(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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I bought one of those every-other-interfaces. PissOnUs tired to cover up their bad firewire chips by calling inappropriate behavior & locking threads that mentioned the problem on their forum. & their reps were nothing but duplicitous about Linux support.

Thomas Vecchione

12:56 p.m.

Well the one thing I will say in Presonus's defence is that I have no issue using their standalone hardware, just their interfaces I avoid. The ACP88 from them is one of my favorite Compressor/Gate units for live use, for drums especially. Seablade On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 9:34 PM, sevol <sevols.ear(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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sevol

5:56 p.m.

On 9/23/11, Thomas Vecchione <seablaede(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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You're being objective. That's hardly fair. Dissing Presonus whenever there's an opportunity is probably s/t I should stop. Fun as it is, I hate feeling responsible for seeing anyone defend them 0_- They have s/slippery tactics, but there are worse companies. -s

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On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 9:34 PM, sevol <sevols.ear(a)gmail.com> wrote:

sevol

26 Sep 26 Sep

10:52 a.m.

Hi Seablade, I feel a bit lame for my flippant reply. I don't like Presonus, but really had no reason at all to be a smart-ass with you. Sorry. best, -s On 9/23/11, sevol <sevols.ear(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On 9/23/11, Thomas Vecchione <seablaede(a)gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 9:34 PM, sevol <sevols.ear(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Thomas Vecchione

12:54 p.m.

That was being a smart ass? You obviously haven't spent time around me;) I honestly didn't even realize, and certainly wasn't offended, part of the fun of reading emotions in text and all that. Seablade On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 4:52 AM, sevol <sevols.ear(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Hi Seablade, I feel a bit lame for my flippant reply. I don't like Presonus, but really had no reason at all to be a smart-ass with you. Sorry. best, -s

sevol

1:58 p.m.

On 9/26/11, Thomas Vecchione <seablaede(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Hey, you never know. I feel better already! Thanks, -s

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On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 4:52 AM, sevol <sevols.ear(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Seablade, I feel a bit lame for my flippant reply. I don't like Presonus, but really had no reason at all to be a smart-ass with you. Sorry. best, -s

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