Frank Barknecht wrote:
I cannot really comment on the keyboards, but personally I would not buy one with audio inside but use a dedicated audio device. I don't think, USB1 audio has a big future. Sooner or later you will want to replace the audio part with something more powerful like Firewire, USB-2.0 or a real card. Then you cannot sell the audio part of your device, because it's built in. Built-in USB-midi is great, though.
You didn't say which operatin system you use, BTW.
Thanks for your comments!
The most useful thing I can see about the USB1.0 Audio part is that it will easily act as a second sound device, meaning I can mix two audio streams from one machine - good for playing a quiet ambient track where quality isn't necessarily tantamount. But you you make a good point. I will be using my existing sound card (SB Live for now) for dsp sound output, assuming it has better quality.
I'm using Windows XP and Linux/FreeBSD, with a view to moving to MacOSX in the not-too-distant future.
Nick