Excuse me, the following was a quote from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_card , I forgot to copy the link.
On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 16:01 +0200, I wrote: > 'Cards meeting the USB 1.1 specification have sufficient data transfer > capacity to support high quality sound operation if their circuit design > permits. However, USB 1.1 data throughput allows for concurrent use of a > limited number of channels and/or limited sampling frequency and/or > limited bit depth. For example 2 channels in and 2 channels out at 48 > kHz/16 bit, or 2 channels out and no input at 96 kHz/24-bit. For a > higher number of channels and/or digital signal parameters, USB 2.0 or > higher is needed.' -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
