cheap usb-audio-interface

[mentoj dija]

On 07.01.2011 15:50, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 11:33 -0200, Tim Cook wrote:
>> On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 14:02 +0100, mentoj dija wrote:
>>> hey there,
>>>
>>> does somebody know a cheap, small usb-audio-interface, which works out
>>> of the box with Ubuntu? just with one or two mic-inputs and a
>>> headphone-out. maybe with midi-in and -out. very basic one!
>>>
>>> i don't care if it is only available second hand on ebay...
>> Under a $100 USD - mine works great.
>>
>> http://www.alesis.com/io2express
>>
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/Alesis-IO2-Express/dp/B003HR30FU
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Tim
>>
>>
>>
> USB-MIDI has been proved a recipe for MIDI jitter. PCI Envy24 cards
> (audio and MIDI) at Ebay do cost less than 30,-€, e.g. a TerraTec EWX
> 24/96, that has got no Mic input. Art pre-amps are very good and they
> are very cheap and perhaps even a Behringer for less than 40,-€ might be
> good enough, when in use with a cheap sound card.
> Are you able to solder? If so and if 40,-€ are too expensive for you,
> anyway a pre-amp shouldn't be an issue.
> Is it a computer without PCI slots?
>
> USB for MIDI only:
>
> There's a Swissonic MIDI IO for less than 10,-€, that does pass the ALSA
> latency test with best results. I do have one of those USB-MIDI devices,
> but I'm anyway not fine with the jitter, other people might be fine with
> a very good result by the ALSA MIDI latency test.
>
> PCI cards MIDI:
>
> You need a cable with opto-coupler. At Ebay (new, not secondhand) less
> than 10,-€.
>
> 2 Cents,
>
> Ralf
>
>
thanks. i just met this swissonic midi-thing. it didn't work. but i 
replaced it.

yes i'm able to solder, but i dont know, if the result would that hifi ;-)

the pc is a laptop ;-) so without pci. thats why usb... but thanks for 
the ideas... i will check them!