[LAU] USB audio device recommendation?

[Ken Restivo]

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On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 10:57:50PM +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> Hallo,
> Ken Restivo hat gesagt: // Ken Restivo wrote:
> 
> > I would, however, like as low latency as possible. I'm used to -n3
> > -p128 on firewire, so if I could find a USB interface that could
> > handle that, I'd be totally happy.
> 
> All USB soundcards have the same latency, so that's one thing you
> don't need to be concerned with when choosing a USB card. 
> 
> "-n3 -p128" works fine with USB: I tried this with the cheap Terratec
> Aureon USB and a higher-end Terratec Phase 26. You can even get a bit
> lower (I think, I had -n3 -p32 running with the Aureon as well) but
> this of course requires a very well tuned system and personally I
> wouldn't risk this on stage or for important recordings.
> 

Thanks. Heh, "cheap" in the case of the Terratec is US$279, appparently, which is a lot of money for me unless I was certain I could get that much for the FA-66 when I sell it.

I don't know what I'm going to do. I tried what I consider "cheap" -- a $15 consumer USB dongle-- and it worked with -p128 but was way too noisy to be usable.

I saw an M-Audio Quattro for sale used, for $80, which is a bit closer to my price range. I'll either take my chances with that or take my chances with the firewire card.

- -ken
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