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.

Hi, Maybe a silly off-topic question, but how would, say, 4 ART Usb devices connected (and 'jack'ed with alsa_in or zita_ajbridge) compare to 1 (firewire?) device with 8 XLR inputs ? Is having multiple USB devices for audio a good idea on Linux (or in general) ? Thanks, Kees plutek wrote: > From: yvan volochine<yvan.sc(a)googlemail.com> > Subject: [LAU] small usb interface (1in 2out) > Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:35:00 +0200 > >> hi, >> >> 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 have seen the 2 following ones and I wonder if you guys and girls >> could give me some wise advices about them (or any other tip really): >> >> - esi ugm96: >> www.esi-audio.com/products/ugm96/ >> the output seem weird, there's a line-out and a headphone >> out. wondering if there's any difference between the 2 (i.e. can I use >> both as mono-out?). >> pros: very small, +20v for mic input >> cons: no level control, wondering about outputs.. >> >> - m-audio fast track usb: >> http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/FastTrack.html >> pros: input/output levels, cheap >> cons: RCA output (bouh) > hi yvan! > > 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. > > http://artproaudio.com/art_products/signal_processing/usb_audio_devices/pro… > > > i believe it meets your requirements (and more) -- here in Canada, the > street price is about CDN$155. > > cheers! > .pltk.

On 27/04/12 07:54, Kees van Veen wrote: In principle not a silly question at all because if one found a way to get it to work... it would give much more flexibility, modularity etc. ... the possible issues I see are sync and overall latency? Lorenzo. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user

Hi, Maybe a silly off-topic question, but how would, say, 4 ART Usb devices connected (and 'jack'ed with alsa_in or zita_ajbridge) compare to 1 (firewire?) device with 8 XLR inputs ? Is having multiple USB devices for audio a good idea on Linux (or in general) ?

Thanks, I remember reading it, but not the intro (or too carelessly), just the howto to get it working.