But do any of you guys get 24 bits and at least 48kHz samplerate? Isn't there some limitations from only having standard usb class compliancy? (didn't check if any of those devices have specific drivers)
Hmmm, good question. Jack is telling me I have 24 bits capture and playback at 44.1KHz. Haven't tried it at 48 yet, but I'll do some tests once this gig on monday is over.
I'm not using any specific driver for the Lexicon - Jack is using alsa so snd-usb-audio is the driver I think. The main thing I think is that it seems much more stable than when I was using an edirol FA101 with freebob. That's probably also because I'm using Pure Dyne - Ubuntu 9.10 optimized for audio with the realtime kernel. I won't use anything else now.
I made the mistake of buying a comp without firewire, but this seems to have been a good mistake now!
Best, Ed
On 01/29/2011 12:26 AM, Miller Puckette wrote:
This is good to know.
Me, I've got an M-audio Fast Track Ultra (6 ch in and out, USB2) for $350 I think. There's a problem with occasional samples getting dropped in linux (works fine on Mac) which I'm hoping the ALSA folks will eventually fix, but meantime I made a special Pd mod to drop an equal number of samples on input and it's sort of working. I'd advise holding of on buying this one until the driver gets fixed.
cheers Miller
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:22:06AM +0000, Ed Kelly wrote:
Hi list,
I've got 11.6ms latency on a Lexicon Omega, with Pure Dyne and Jack. Audio input
through a pitch shifter then output. It's good enough to play expressively, and
for only £125.
I recommend it. Ed