On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 03:18:23PM +1000, Denis Crowdy wrote: > > I use an Edirol UA-20 audio/MIDI interface, and it just works. It has > > the features you're describing, but is probably overkill for your > > application. I thought you might appreciate hearing from someone who has > > worked with a USB audio interface, rather than just having read about > > them. > I have had similar "just works" experiences with a Roland Edirol UA-5, > and an Apogee Mini-me. Both usb-audio. Getting them to work with jack > is a complete PITA, however, so if you do a lot of jack apps, I'd > recommend something else. I have a working .asoundrc which works with > jack, but it is less than ideal. > Mark - does the UA-20 do sensible audio formats that jack likes?
>From memory, it seemed to. But it's been a while since I've used it, I'll check and get back to you. I was able to use jack and demo sound applications when I was at LCA, without any significant problems except for noise. And the noise was from the laptop's power supply. So that's a handy piece of advice, actually. If you're going to be using a USB sound interface, make sure you have a clean source of power feeding it. Most laptops aren't designed with audio in mind, for instance. Peter Chubb had the same problem, and solved it with a powered USB hub. -- Mark -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
