Hassle Free USB Audio Interface

[Christopher Stamper]

I think the interface doesn't matter much, unless it (usb?) uses a lot of
cpu...

Of course, USB audio is not as good as firewire. But I think it should be
just fine.

On Jan 4, 2008 1:53 PM, holotone at gmail.com <holotone at gmail.com> wrote:

> How important exactly is the interface in keeping XRUNs in check? With the
> proper configuration on any well endowed machine should I be able to
> synthesize without glitches regardless of interface? Also, could someone
> point me toward the LUA (?) archive?
>
> Thanks!
>
> ~holotone
> http://holotone.net
>
>
> On 1/2/08, hollunder at gmx.at <hollunder at gmx.at> wrote:
> >
> > I got myself a ua-25 for christmas and it works well, it's perfect for
> > my needs. There are however a few things that could be problematic for
> > you:
> > it's not USB 2.0 (1.1? No duplex in 96kHz mode)
> > it has no exernal power supply (buspowered)
> >
> > I haven't done many latency related tests yet, many settings work well
> > but I also get occasional xruns which may but are more likely not
> > related to the interface.
> > It has direct monitoring capabilities, so the latency is unimportant in
> > certain recording situations.
> >
> > It uses a quite standard kernel module: snd_usb_audio
> > just modprobe it if it doesn't happen automatically anyway.
> > I tried it with ubuntu studio, musix, dyne:bolic and
> > pure:dyne(problems, probably some settings) so far.
> >
> > There are a lot of competitors that may suit you better: Alesis io|2,
> > tascam 122(without L) and probably some more. Search the lau archive.
> >
> > Regards
> >         Philipp
> >
>
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