Pamplemousse Mk2 wrote: > > Whatever you buy, look for (how to say?), look for an indication that it > > will work in MacOS(X) without any additional install of drivers ... > > Which translates into that the device is "standards-compliant" and > > *should* work out of the box with your Linux box (or for that matter, > > any host aware of usb sound and/or midi)
Often it's called "optimized for Windows XP/OS X" or "class-compliant". > I am interesting about these cards: > - M-Audio MobilePre USB Installation is nontrivial due to the firmware loader. > - Terratec Phase 26 USB (not tested on 2.6 kernel by Linux-USB, but > should work fine). Frank made the tests with both 2.4 and 2.6. > There is the M-Audio Audiophile USB but it does not work on Gentoo (and > of course, I use Gentoo!!). It should work with recent driver versions. > With one of these cards, I would be able to plug my mixer (Technics > SH-DJ 1200) on it and make phrase and live sample. With a mixer, you probably don't need things like a preamp or hi-Z inputs. Something very simple like the Edirol UA-1X might suffice. > 1 - Is it right to consider ALSA as an ASIO-like driver for Linux? Yes. (Nowadays, all operating systems have built-in ASIO-like features.) > 2 - Is there a noticeable difference between 16bit/44kHz and 24/96KHz? > Especially when recording from sources like records or CD? Probably not, but it wouldn't hurt. :-) (And the perfect way to record CDs is to rip them digitally.) HTH Clemens
