15 Nov
2008
15 Nov
'08
8:29 a.m.
A quick Q. A friend is building up a little linux box for testing apps.
(He's putting his toe in the linux waters for the first time.)
He'd like to use a cheap usb audio unit for sound. Any reccomendations, or
experiences?
He did mention he was looking at some sort of Behringer unit.
I appreciate this is a vague Q, but he's looking for something stable,
rather than cutting edge.
Any help or tips would be appreciated.
Alex.
20 Nov
20 Nov
7:04 p.m.
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 10:28 PM, alex stone <compose59(a)gmail.com> wrote:
A quick Q. A friend is building up a little linux box
for testing apps.
(He's putting his toe in the linux waters for the first time.)
He'd like to use a cheap usb audio unit for sound. Any reccomendations, or
experiences?
He did mention he was looking at some sort of Behringer unit.
I appreciate this is a vague Q, but he's looking for something stable,
rather than cutting edge.
Any help or tips would be appreciated.
Alex.
Would it be this?
http://www.behringer.com/UCA202/index.cfm?lang=ENG
I tested it once and it worked with 64 Studio. Seems a bit limited but
it is cheap.
You didn't say what your friend wants to record. If he wants to use
mics he'll need something with pre-amps built in or else a separate
mixer or pre-amp unit. And for guitar either a DI box or something
with "Hi-Z" input.
I guess the next step up and a big jump in price would be something
like an Edirol UA-25 or Presonus Firebox (firewire).
I have a Presonus Firepod and I can say that it works well and sounds
good. But I don't have much experience with these things. Just thought
I'd reply since no one else has :)
7:21 p.m.
On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:04:09 +1000
"Jesse Zola" <jesse.zola(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 10:28 PM, alex stone
<compose59(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
I own a UA-25 and it works rather well. The weaknesses so far: not
that much gain at the output. It's only powersource is USB, so this
might be a problem, depending on the machine's USB.
It's rather easy to drive the limiter too hard.
I haven't tested Phantom power or Digital i/o.
I think I read that the newer version (UA-25something) is not supported.
Best regards,
Philipp
A quick Q. A friend is building up a little linux
box for testing
apps. (He's putting his toe in the linux waters for the first time.)
He'd like to use a cheap usb audio unit for sound. Any
reccomendations, or experiences?
He did mention he was looking at some sort of Behringer unit.
I appreciate this is a vague Q, but he's looking for something
stable, rather than cutting edge.
Any help or tips would be appreciated.
Alex.
Would it be this?
http://www.behringer.com/UCA202/index.cfm?lang=ENG
I tested it once and it worked with 64 Studio. Seems a bit limited but
it is cheap.
You didn't say what your friend wants to record. If he wants to use
mics he'll need something with pre-amps built in or else a separate
mixer or pre-amp unit. And for guitar either a DI box or something
with "Hi-Z" input.
I guess the next step up and a big jump in price would be something
like an Edirol UA-25 or Presonus Firebox (firewire). 
25 Nov
25 Nov
5:01 p.m.
I think the UA25 is nice, solidly built. I don't know about cheap though.
I've heard decent things about some tascam unit that is cheap, and
there are also super-budget ones on places like newegg.
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 3:21 PM, <hollunder(a)gmx.at> wrote:
On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:04:09 +1000
"Jesse Zola" <jesse.zola(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 10:28 PM, alex stone
<compose59(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
I own a UA-25 and it works rather well. The weaknesses so far: not
that much gain at the output. It's only powersource is USB, so this
might be a problem, depending on the machine's USB.
It's rather easy to drive the limiter too hard.
I haven't tested Phantom power or Digital i/o.
I think I read that the newer version (UA-25something) is not supported.
Best regards,
Philipp
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A quick Q. A friend is building up a little linux
box for testing
apps. (He's putting his toe in the linux waters for the first time.)
He'd like to use a cheap usb audio unit for sound. Any
reccomendations, or experiences?
He did mention he was looking at some sort of Behringer unit.
I appreciate this is a vague Q, but he's looking for something
stable, rather than cutting edge.
Any help or tips would be appreciated.
Alex.
Would it be this?
http://www.behringer.com/UCA202/index.cfm?lang=ENG
I tested it once and it worked with 64 Studio. Seems a bit limited but
it is cheap.
You didn't say what your friend wants to record. If he wants to use
mics he'll need something with pre-amps built in or else a separate
mixer or pre-amp unit. And for guitar either a DI box or something
with "Hi-Z" input.
I guess the next step up and a big jump in price would be something
like an Edirol UA-25 or Presonus Firebox (firewire).
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