It feels weird to type this, but the interest in music-making on Apple iPads has been good for Linux, in the sense that it seems to have driven more manufacturers to provide truly class-compliant USB audio and MIDI interfaces. If you go to a site like https://www.sweetwater.com/shop/ios/, find a device that meets your requirements and works on iOS, (in my limited experience) it will work perfectly on Linux.
As for what I use... I have a Roland sound module and a Korg keyboard, both of which have USB connectivity that work for both audio and MIDI, so I just use them as my audio interfaces for music making (using jackd). For other "casual" purposes, I let pulseaudio have its way with my computers onboard sound card. On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 8:12 AM, D. Michael McIntyre < [email protected]> wrote: > My computer started flaking out after running like a top for 6-7 years, > and I decided to use that as an excuse to replace it. I bought my first > ever off-the shelf, big box retail machine. The bright side is I put > more gigas in my hertz, and I can boot from USB sticks now. > > It has a bunch of solder plugs where the PCI slot would have gone. > Somebody decided to save $0.39, because nobody uses PCI anymore. > > That means the old mAudio Audiophile 24/96 (ice1712/envy24) joins my > collection of obsolete and useless soundcards, and I don't presently > have any way of getting the audio signal from my computer to my > amplifier, as I was using SPDIF. > > Taking a quick look around, it appears to be the age of USB audio > dongles. This would be a good time to look at what I'm actually likely > to do with my setup, and come up with one neat, tidy solution to replace > the tangled morass of random bits of kit I accumulated over the years. > > I might record from two different microphones at once. > > I might record from two different line level inputs at once. > > I need a way to monitor the mix on headphones so I don't record the mix > as background noise on subsequent tracks. > > I need coax SPDIF output (or possibly something else, and a new > amplifier, as this thing is kind of limping anyway) > > I'm likely to continue with Ubuntu, so if the dongle I buy needs > firmware, it should be something readily and easily available through > Ubuntu. > > Anyway, I thought I'd see what more modern people are using these days, > and fish for suggestions. > -- > D. Michael McIntyre > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Rosegarden-user mailing list > [email protected] - use the link below to unsubscribe > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user >
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