RE: [linux-audio-user] Re: What is currently the best USB audio interface for Linux? - Linux-audio-user

22 Mar 2006

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 ===== Original Message From Loki Davison
&lt;loki.davison(a)gmail.com&gt; =====
On 3/22/06, Lee Revell &lt;rlrevell(a)joe-job.com&gt; wrote:
  On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 22:35 -0500, Dana Olson
wrote:
  Well, if price is not an issue, I suppose he
could pay someone to
 engineer a new kind of laptop with removable soundcards, similar to
 PCI, but in a more compact fashion, and then he could use those? 
 I think they have that, it's called "PCMCIA" and I completely forgot
 about it when posting my last message ;-)

 Lee

Is there a reason no pcmcia stuff was suggested? it seems in everyway
much better than usb. All the echo stuff seems well supported. Ranging
from the echo io to the layla/mona, though they need external power,
because they are somewhat huge. 
Well, actually, I already have a pcmcia RME HDSP multiface, but was looking 
for something even more portable in terms of having built-in preamps and 
possibly drawing power from a laptop. I must admit that I've been ignorant in 
respect to the whole USB-audio scene.

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The mona or layla24 would destroy all compeditors for all listed
things apart from being usb, and if battery only power is required. It
has mic and instrument pre's and great fidelity. Also 8 in 8 out plus
adat is more than anything usb can do. I'd go it for sure if money
wasn't an issue. http://www.echoaudio.com/Products/CardBus/ 
Both Layla24 and Mona have been discontinued:

http://www.echoaudio.com/Products/Discontinued/index.php  :-(

Seems like mobile options for Linux audio are dwindling and that 
USB2.0/ieee1394 are finally taking over.

I sure hope that FreeBoB guys are close to releasing at least a rough beta 
driver soon...

Best wishes,

Ico