AFAIK, the old old one is white-ish and looks like a fallback to the 1950's. And AFAIK, that is the only difference. The Fast Track Pro is probably the more liked modern one (USB 2.x?). Although I don't know of it's linux status. Should be fine IMO, if it's class compliant. It took a good long while, but there is a 2.0 audio standard now.
When recording you want 24 bit IMO. 16 bit is more of a delivery format. 24 bit gives you more dynamic range, which better suits recording IMO. About all I use my Mobile Pre for is laptop sound. Or if I need to archive an odd format like reel to reel tapes or cassettes (judges tapes). I have a Delta 44 (24/96) on the desktop and a Korg MR-1000 (24/192 or DSD) for anything more serious. Except for the DSD part, all linux compatible as well. Although the Korg only functions as a usb storage device as far as a computer is concerned. M-Audio tends to use the same ADC/DAC chips in most of their gear, so it's a fairly safe bet IMO. Safe-er than some other options anyway. Although not that configured by default in things like pulse audio and such. But the driver(s) work, always have IMO. Some of the mixer stuff can be a little off. But I'm not exactly running the latest and greatest of everything. Most of my hardware is sufficiently old that I don't need to in most cases. - James On 3/15/11, Jonathan Wilkes <jancs...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks, James. From a quick google search it looks like one can still get > these. But just to make sure I'm talking about the same one-- what's > the difference between the oldest one you referred to and the one > you've got? > > And has anyone had success with the new shiny little one with top knobs? > > Thanks, > Jonathan > > --- On Tue, 3/15/11, James Shatto <wwwshad...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> From: James Shatto <wwwshad...@gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [Alsa-user] MobilePre USB support >> To: alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 2:04 PM >> I have the mobile pre (old one, but >> not the oldest one). It just >> works. USB compliant, at least for USB 1.x >> standards. i.e. 2 >> channels input, 16 bit, 48kHz max. The gray one with >> buttons on >> front, and pretty much any analog connection type known to >> man. >> Although the line input (3.5mm) does not provide the plug >> in power for >> cheap-ish / camcorder type mics. And the phantom >> power is known to be >> a bit under volt, but good enough for most mics IMO. >> >> Worked out of the box for me. But there is some >> wonkyness in Debian >> Lenny(5.0) with freezes (wasn't an issue in sarge). >> But then again >> mine is old enough that the blue LED light comes and >> goes. And I'm >> running the distro supplied kernel 2.6.26. As some of >> the changes in >> the current version of things makes it a lot more difficult >> to run a >> custom kernel. At least with old school ways and a >> working config >> from a previous install. I may upgrade to 6.0 as soon >> as some of my >> current projects are wrapped up. But for $80 off of >> craigslist, I'm >> not complaining. >> >> - James >> >> >> On 3/15/11, Jonathan Wilkes <jancs...@yahoo.com> >> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > I'm looking for a relatively >> inexpensive USB audio interface that will >> > work (painlessly) on a laptop running Gnewsense, which >> would basically >> > mean either Hardy or Squeeze. After some looking >> and reading I'm thinking >> > about something like >> > >> > Maudio Fast Track (one with the knobs on the top) >> > >> > Fast Track Pro >> > >> > or MobilePre (one with the knobs on the top). >> > >> > Can anyone tell me which of these works the most >> reliably with ALSA? Or >> > if there's some other interface in this price range >> that has an XLR input >> > and works as well as the USB Transit seems to do? >> > >> > I basically want to record into Ardour or Pure Data, >> and monitor with >> > headphones. >> > >> > Thank you, >> > Jonathan >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting >> > A question and answer guide to determining the best >> fit >> > for your organization - today and in the future. >> > http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Alsa-user mailing list >> > Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user >> > >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Colocation vs. Managed Hosting >> A question and answer guide to determining the best fit >> for your organization - today and in the future. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d >> _______________________________________________ >> Alsa-user mailing list >> Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
