Hey, on ubuntu, I have good experience with: -echo layla 3g (8in8out,2preamps, phantom...) -m-audio delta 1010LT -m-audio delta 44 -rme hammerfall dsp + multiface, both PCI and PCMCIA (note: the output jack sockets are too close to each other, which can give you a hard time connecting more than 2 cables with 'sturdy' jacks.) all those worked pretty much out of the box
bad experience with: -firewire soundcard using 'freebob' driver (I think the brand was motu, or presonus, or focusrite, one of those, I don't remember exactly...but, while it was officially supposed to work (checked alsa soundcard matrix) it didn't...) I haven't checked recently, but I still have the impression that firewire soundcards are poorly supported on linux... -m-audio delta 66 no sound, don't know the reason, is anyone using this card ?
gr, Tim
2010/4/12 Bryan Jurish jurish@uni-potsdam.de
moin Marco,
in my desktop i've got an m-audio delta 1010 lt (used from e-bay), which worked "out of the box" (8 unbalanced analalog i/o and midi from a "cat o' 9 tails" which plugs directly into the card). its big brother (delta 1010, no "lt" suffix) has a nice breakout box (balanced) and uses the same chipset ("envy24", alsa module snd-ice1712). iirc, the terratec phase88 uses the same chipset with an unbalanced breakout box.
latency was ok out of the box (don't remember the numbers right now, sorry), but i had to do some os-level tweaking to get things working to my satisfaction (realtime kernel, irq priorities, pci settings, etc - all scripted now and available on request). also, i had to comment out a few lines in the envy24control sources (dedicated mixer gui for the card) in order to stop my console from filling up with annoying warnings -- really nothing more than an annoyance; i can send you a patch if you have the same problem... if you can afford one, the rme cards are likely to be much better, but my budget didn't stretch quite that far ;-)
marmosets, Bryan
On 2010-04-12 14:11:41, Marco Donnarumma devel@thesaddj.com appears to have written:
Hi all, I know it's OT, but I would like to get an advice from Linux Pd users. I'm about to buy a soundcard with up to 8 analog I/O for max 500euro/pounds and want it to be compatible with Linux (I mean, I would like something working ""out-of-the-box""). I've been advised about the Terratec Phase 88 Rack.. Any other suggestion?
-- Bryan Jurish "There is *always* one more bug." jurish@uni-potsdam.de -Lubarsky's Law of Cybernetic Entomology
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