I just set up a friend of mine's new PC from scratch dual-booting Win7 + Ubuntu. He has an Alesis 12 channel mixer w/USB that worked right out of the box which he used for his main in& out as he also does music recording. You can get full-on mixers for ~ $150. Overkill? Well... you never said what you wanted to do specifically ;)
Andrew On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been looking for something that is external USB audio. I have tried 4 > or 5 and finally have something that works with no futzing around, plus you > can actually buy it :) > > I am not a big fan of creative, but here it is: Creative X-FI HD. > http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Sound-Blaster-System-SB1240/dp/B004275EO4/ref=pd_sxp_f_pt > > No I don't work for them :) > > Works out of the box in newest ubuntu. It has optical out (ie it is a DAC), > but I have yet to really test that (if someone has this device and has > optical working, let me know). The volume control on the unit controls the > master volume in gnome. Sound quality is great, and no electrical > interference from the motherboard (I have been trying to get rid of buzzing > from crappy onboard sound card). > > Anyways, always looking for good linux-ready devices. Post 'em if you know > of something good out there. > > Jeremy > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
