14 May
2009
14 May
'09
11:58 a.m.
Hi all,
Any recommendations on a 6-channel USB soundcard that also possibly has a
preamp mic input or two on it? E.g. http://www.esi-audio.com/products/u46xl/
(but not sure if it is support by ALSA).
Best wishes,
Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
Composition, Music Technology
Director, DISIS Interactive Sound & Intermedia Studio
Assistant Co-Director, CCTAD
CHCI, CS, and Art (by courtesy)
Virginia Tech
Dept. of Music - 0240
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-6139
(540) 231-5034 (fax)
ico(a)vt.edu
http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/bukvic/
14 May
14 May
5:55 p.m.
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Ivica Ico Bukvic <ico(a)vt.edu> wrote:
Hi all,
Any recommendations on a 6-channel USB soundcard that also possibly has a
preamp mic input or two on it? E.g. http://www.esi-audio.com/products/u46xl/
(but not sure if it is support by ALSA).
USB1/audio can't support that many channels.
USB2/audio on Linux .. I think you know the story.
--p
15 May
15 May
4:43 a.m.
Paul Davis wrote:
USB1 can just barely support eight channels with 16 bits at 48 kHz (the
SB Audigy 2 NX does this in full-speed mode), but it eats all available
bandwidth on the bus.
Best regards,
Clemens
Any
recommendations on a 6-channel USB soundcard
USB1/audio can't support that many channels.
6:27 a.m.
: Re: [LAU] usb soundcard with 6 outs
Paul Davis wrote:
USB1 can just barely support eight channels with 16 bits at 48 kHz (the
SB Audigy 2 NX does this in full-speed mode), but it eats all available
bandwidth on the bus.
Thanks all for the replies. I actually missed some of the earlier discussion
regarding this so if you don't mind summarizing what is exactly preventing
us at this point in time from having a better support of USB2 cards? Is it
simply that there is no particular standard and companies are not being open
to sharing the specs? It appears (at least AFAIK, based on tests) that
Edirol UA-1EX seems to be working fine (at least at 48KHz--is this perhaps
because it is being used in USB1 mode? It seems to me that the kernel loads
usb2 module), and certainly Edirol UA-101 is almost there in terms of
support (apart from the known sync issue, not sure about its MIDI support).
Ico
Any
recommendations on a 6-channel USB soundcard
USB1/audio can't support that many channels.
4:09 p.m.
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Ivica Ico Bukvic <ico(a)vt.edu> wrote:
: Re: [LAU] usb soundcard with 6 outs
according to Clemens, the standard for audio over USB2 exists but
either none or very few devices implement it.
so far, the USB2 devices that have come out have their own per-device
drivers even on windows & linux.
Clemens indicated the other day that ALSA has no USB2 audio device
support yet, and that it being added is a chicken and egg situation -
no devices that use the spec, no reason to write drivers etc.
Paul Davis wrote:
USB1 can just barely support eight channels with 16 bits at 48 kHz (the
SB Audigy 2 NX does this in full-speed mode), but it eats all available
bandwidth on the bus.
Thanks all for the replies. I actually missed some of the earlier discussion
regarding this so if you don't mind summarizing what is exactly preventing
us at this point in time from having a better support of USB2 cards? Is it
simply that there is no particular standard and companies are not being open
to sharing the specs? Any
recommendations on a 6-channel USB soundcard
USB1/audio can't support that many channels. 
3:22 p.m.
Hallo,
Paul Davis hat gesagt: // Paul Davis wrote:
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Ivica Ico Bukvic
<ico(a)vt.edu> wrote:
6 channel out are fine, though, it's pretty standard on many USB cards like the
Terratec Phase 26, too.
But 4 in + 6 out as the ESI card offers shouldn't work - but funnily it did
when I could test that card borrowing it from a friend for a while! I don't
know why it workd and if it translates to machines different from mine - but it
definitely did.
Ciao
--
Frank
Any recommendations on a 6-channel USB soundcard that also possibly has a
preamp mic input or two on it? E.g. http://www.esi-audio.com/products/u46xl/
(but not sure if it is support by ALSA).
USB1/audio can't support that many channels. 
23 May
23 May
9:15 p.m.
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 07:23:00PM +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote:
Hallo,
Paul Davis hat gesagt: // Paul Davis wrote:
i am pretty sure its stops working, when you turn pd off :D
--
torben Hohn
http://galan.sourceforge.net -- The graphical Audio language
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Ivica Ico Bukvic
<ico(a)vt.edu> wrote:
6 channel out are fine, though, it's pretty standard on many USB cards like the
Terratec Phase 26, too.
But 4 in + 6 out as the ESI card offers shouldn't work - but funnily it did
when I could test that card borrowing it from a friend for a while! I don't
know why it workd and if it translates to machines different from mine - but it
definitely did.
Any recommendations on a 6-channel USB soundcard that also possibly has a
preamp mic input or two on it? E.g. http://www.esi-audio.com/products/u46xl/
(but not sure if it is support by ALSA).
USB1/audio can't support that many channels.
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