Re: Chiming in on the 'cheap-usb-audio-interface' conversation

2011-03-10 Thread Mike Holstein
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.netwrote: On Sun, 2011-01-09 at 16:35 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 22:28 +0100, Thomas Orgis wrote: Am Sat, 8 Jan 2011 14:47:46 -0500 schrieb Mike Holstein mikeh...@gmail.com: ground lift

Re: Chiming in on the 'cheap-usb-audio-interface' conversation

2011-03-10 Thread Giuliano Braglia
i know this thread is long since dead, but i did get my tascam 122l working recently.. i found a forum post at linuxmusicians suggesting starting JACK like this... jackd -RP50 -dalsa -dusb_stream:1 -r44100 -p64 -n2 worked great, although i did tweak to -p512 for somethings... heres the

Re: Chiming in on the 'cheap-usb-audio-interface' conversation

2011-03-10 Thread Giuliano Braglia
2011/3/10 Mike Holstein mikeh...@gmail.com On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Giuliano Braglia forever...@gmail.comwrote: i know this thread is long since dead, but i did get my tascam 122l working recently.. i found a forum post at linuxmusicians suggesting starting JACK like this...

Re: Alesis io 2 express (was: cheap usb-audio-interface)

2011-02-12 Thread Thomas Orgis
Am Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:34:55 +0100 schrieb mentoj dija mentoj_d...@gmx.de: was the only working one. apart from the dummy-driver ;-) On 11.02.2011 15:58, Ricardo Lameiro wrote: why are you using the OSS driver? Heck, I did not spot that: Yeah, having to use the OSS emulation of ALSA

Re: Alesis io 2 express (was: cheap usb-audio-interface)

2011-02-12 Thread mentoj dija
well, i was just playing around. have no idea whats the different drivers do. apart for the firewire-driver of course. and the dummy ;-) the oss-thing seemed to be the only working one. i dont have 0ss4 installed. just the regular 10.04 installation... On 12.02.2011 12:35, Thomas Orgis wrote:

Re: Alesis io 2 express (was: cheap usb-audio-interface)

2011-02-11 Thread Thomas Orgis
Am Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:25:43 +0100 schrieb mentoj dija mentoj_d...@gmx.de: I got an Alesis io2 express audio interface now. after playing around with the jack-parameters, it's working with this preferences (look at the attachment). but with lots of x-runs and this error-messages: Don't

Re: Alesis io 2 express (was: cheap usb-audio-interface)

2011-02-11 Thread mentoj dija
thanks for the answer, i dont blame the interface. i'm sure there is a solution. i'll check out your configurations later and report. by the way: i got a firepod running very well on this pc. so it's just a matter of drivers i think. this is actually a present for a friend. so maybe its not

Re: Alesis io 2 express (was: cheap usb-audio-interface)

2011-02-11 Thread Tim Cook
On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 13:16 +0100, mentoj dija wrote: thanks for the answer, i dont blame the interface. i'm sure there is a solution. i'll check out your configurations later and report. by the way: i got a firepod running very well on this pc. so it's just a matter of drivers i think.

Re: Alesis io 2 express (was: cheap usb-audio-interface)

2011-02-11 Thread mentoj dija
what are your parameters?` On 11.02.2011 13:25, Tim Cook wrote: On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 13:16 +0100, mentoj dija wrote: thanks for the answer, i dont blame the interface. i'm sure there is a solution. i'll check out your configurations later and report. by the way: i got a firepod running very

Re: Alesis io 2 express (was: cheap usb-audio-interface)

2011-02-11 Thread Tim Cook
On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 20:36 +0100, mentoj dija wrote: what are your parameters?` /usr/bin/jackd -P60 -t1000 -dalsa -r48000 -p256 -n2 -D -Chw:1,0 -Phw:1,0 -i2 -o2 -- *** Timothy Cook, MSc Project Lead - Multi-Level Healthcare

Re: Chiming in on the 'cheap-usb-audio-interface' conversation

2011-01-09 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 16:41 +, Fernando Gomes wrote: Can you make it work on Windows, to be sure that it isn't a hardware problem? :( People shouldn't need Windows to test their hardware! When I started with Linux (I never used Windows on my own computers) I needed to install Windows, to

Re: Chiming in on the 'cheap-usb-audio-interface' conversation

2011-01-09 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 18:58 +0100, Thomas Orgis wrote: Am Sat, 8 Jan 2011 11:34:59 -0500 schrieb Mike Holstein mikeh...@gmail.com: in my experience, USB devices can sometimes pick up as much electrical interference as internal sound cards on laptops. I have to spoil the specific take

Re: Chiming in on the 'cheap-usb-audio-interface' conversation

2011-01-09 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 14:47 -0500, Mike Holstein wrote: On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Thomas Orgis thomas-fo...@orgis.org wrote: Am Sat, 8 Jan 2011 11:34:59 -0500 schrieb Mike Holstein mikeh...@gmail.com: in my experience, USB devices can sometimes

Re: Chiming in on the 'cheap-usb-audio-interface' conversation

2011-01-09 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 22:28 +0100, Thomas Orgis wrote: Am Sat, 8 Jan 2011 14:47:46 -0500 schrieb Mike Holstein mikeh...@gmail.com: ground lift added to the plug on the laptop quieted down my firewire interface, Still sad that that's necessary, isn't it? No, ground lift is even used for

Re: Chiming in on the 'cheap-usb-audio-interface' conversation

2011-01-08 Thread Tim Cook
On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 22:30 -0800, Casey Forslund wrote: Hey all, I am a newbie with Ubuntu (1yr): I've been running 10.04 Lucid (studio) lately and I've been blown away at how tough it has been to find a soul out there who has the skills of knowledge to troubleshoot or problem solve

Re: Chiming in on the 'cheap-usb-audio-interface' conversation

2011-01-08 Thread Hartmut Noack
Am 08.01.2011 07:30, schrieb Casey Forslund: Hey all, I am a newbie with Ubuntu (1yr): I've been running 10.04 Lucid (studio) lately and I've been blown away at how tough it has been to find a soul out there who has the skills of knowledge to troubleshoot or problem solve getting my Tascam

Re: Chiming in on the 'cheap-usb-audio-interface' conversation

2011-01-08 Thread Fernando Gomes
Hi As I posted yesterday, I had a Tascam US122 until a week ago, and it worked flawlessly with every UbuntuStudio distributions I've used (at least from 8,xx until the 10.xx). I had other problems with RT kernels and my hardware configuration, but not with the tascam. Unfortunatly I don't have it

Re: Chiming in on the 'cheap-usb-audio-interface' conversation

2011-01-08 Thread Mike Holstein
On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 7:31 AM, Fernando Gomes f.m.go...@gmail.com wrote: Hi As I posted yesterday, I had a Tascam US122 until a week ago, and it worked flawlessly with every UbuntuStudio distributions I've used (at least from 8,xx until the 10.xx). I had other problems with RT kernels and

Re: Chiming in on the 'cheap-usb-audio-interface' conversation

2011-01-08 Thread Fernando Gomes
On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Mike Holstein mikeh...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 7:31 AM, Fernando Gomes f.m.go...@gmail.com wrote: Hi As I posted yesterday, I had a Tascam US122 until a week ago, and it worked flawlessly with every UbuntuStudio distributions I've used (at

Re: Chiming in on the 'cheap-usb-audio-interface' conversation

2011-01-08 Thread Thomas Orgis
Am Sat, 8 Jan 2011 11:34:59 -0500 schrieb Mike Holstein mikeh...@gmail.com: in my experience, USB devices can sometimes pick up as much electrical interference as internal sound cards on laptops. I have to spoil the specific take on USB interfaces: Hey, I hear it when you move the mouse!

Re: Chiming in on the 'cheap-usb-audio-interface' conversation

2011-01-08 Thread Thomas Orgis
Am Sat, 8 Jan 2011 14:47:46 -0500 schrieb Mike Holstein mikeh...@gmail.com: ground lift added to the plug on the laptop quieted down my firewire interface, Still sad that that's necessary, isn't it? But at least it is good to have a way out. For that reason I pointed out the symmetric

Re: Chiming in on the 'cheap-usb-audio-interface' conversation

2011-01-08 Thread Kenneth Koym
Casey am a 71 year old newbie who's provided 65,000+ volunteer hours I ask that you be patient with all of us; linux applications take time to work through and for one, I'd say what fellow Ubuntu users do for one another is spectacular considering we commit to helping one another year in and year

cheap usb-audio-interface

2011-01-07 Thread mentoj dija
hey there, does somebody know a cheap, small usb-audio-interface, which works out of the box with Ubuntu? just with one or two mic-inputs and a headphone-out. maybe with midi-in and -out. very basic one! i don't care if it is only available second hand on ebay... cheers martin -- Ubuntu

Re: cheap usb-audio-interface

2011-01-07 Thread psycho
what do you mean by cheap ? the native instruments audio control is worth 200 euros, work out of the box two ins with phantom 4 outs monitor headphones and 32 bits 192 khz (i use 32 96 with jack(for compatibility)) have fun... -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list

Re: cheap usb-audio-interface

2011-01-07 Thread Tim Cook
On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 14:02 +0100, mentoj dija wrote: hey there, does somebody know a cheap, small usb-audio-interface, which works out of the box with Ubuntu? just with one or two mic-inputs and a headphone-out. maybe with midi-in and -out. very basic one! i don't care if it is only

Re: cheap usb-audio-interface

2011-01-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 11:33 -0200, Tim Cook wrote: On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 14:02 +0100, mentoj dija wrote: hey there, does somebody know a cheap, small usb-audio-interface, which works out of the box with Ubuntu? just with one or two mic-inputs and a headphone-out. maybe with midi

Re: cheap usb-audio-interface

2011-01-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 16:05 +0100, Thomas Orgis wrote: Also, my guitarist didn't complain about latency when hooking up the guitar to a software amp via the io|2 and JACK. Works. A fixed latency above 11 ms for a guitarist works. It's possible to make music with a fixed latency ex 20 ms,

Re: cheap usb-audio-interface

2011-01-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 17:06 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: I suspect real-time kernels for CAD, e.g. the kernel-rtai being better than the kernel-rt PS: A few years back the PC was the remote, but the (oops, not CAD, but) CNC machine was directly controlled by PICs (outdated micro-controllers),

Re: cheap usb-audio-interface

2011-01-07 Thread mentoj dija
On 07.01.2011 15:50, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 11:33 -0200, Tim Cook wrote: On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 14:02 +0100, mentoj dija wrote: hey there, does somebody know a cheap, small usb-audio-interface, which works out of the box with Ubuntu? just with one or two mic-inputs

Re: cheap usb-audio-interface

2011-01-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 17:38 +0100, mentoj dija wrote: thanks. i just met this swissonic midi-thing. it didn't work. but i replaced it. If so, your Linux install need some fixes ;). The http://a1.images6.thomann.de/pics/thumb/185425-80.jpg , unfortunately not part of Thomann's product range

Re: cheap usb-audio-interface

2011-01-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
# lsmod | grep snd_usb_audio I guess this shows all the .ko loaded, resp. listed in /proc/modules and snd_usb_audio.ko should be loaded (by default on most Linux). Dunno if 'modprobe -l' does show all 'loaded' or all 'available' drivers. -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list

Re: cheap usb-audio-interface

2011-01-07 Thread mentoj dija
. it worked fine with linux - but there was no way to run it with windows. now, i got a cakewalk UM-1G, which works fine. but thats not part of my original question. i just need the usb-audio-interface as a gift to a friend, to help her with her first steps of electronic-music. well acutally

Re: cheap usb-audio-interface

2011-01-07 Thread Spoere
I bought for about a half year the Alesis USB Multimix 4 at my local dealer for 90 Euro. It works out of the box and im still happy with it. It has Phantom-Power, Headphone-Jack, Hi,Lo, Pan, Gain, 2 Mic-Input and so on. Hope i could help a little bit. Greetings SpoeRe -- Ubuntu-Studio-users

Re: cheap usb-audio-interface

2011-01-07 Thread Roy Damen
and usb, i say the price/quality is pretty amazing for a small device like this,! 2011/1/7 mentoj dija mentoj_d...@gmx.de hey there, does somebody know a cheap, small usb-audio-interface, which works out of the box with Ubuntu? just with one or two mic-inputs and a headphone-out. maybe

Re: cheap usb-audio-interface

2011-01-07 Thread Fernando Gomes
, small usb-audio-interface, which works out of the box with Ubuntu? just with one or two mic-inputs and a headphone-out. maybe with midi-in and -out. very basic one! i don't care if it is only available second hand on ebay... cheers martin -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio

Re: cheap usb-audio-interface

2011-01-07 Thread Pablo Fernández
...@gmx.de hey there, does somebody know a cheap, small usb-audio-interface, which works out of the box with Ubuntu? just with one or two mic-inputs and a headphone-out. maybe with midi-in and -out. very basic one! i don't care if it is only available second hand on ebay

Re: cheap usb-audio-interface

2011-01-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 22:30 +0100, Roy Damen wrote: Hello Martin, i bought a behringer u-202(n...@home,i think this is the type ) usb audio device for Christmas for myself. Behringer has good inside quality with saving on the housing, which means cheap. It has a max of 48kHz, but worked out of

Re: cheap usb-audio-interface

2011-01-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 02:56 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 22:30 +0100, Roy Damen wrote: Hello Martin, i bought a behringer u-202(n...@home,i think this is the type ) usb audio device for Christmas for myself. Behringer has good inside quality with saving on the housing,

Re: cheap usb-audio-interface

2011-01-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 03:13 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 02:56 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 22:30 +0100, Roy Damen wrote: Hello Martin, i bought a behringer u-202(n...@home,i think this is the type ) usb audio device for Christmas for myself.

Chiming in on the 'cheap-usb-audio-interface' conversation

2011-01-07 Thread Casey Forslund
Hey all, I am a newbie with Ubuntu (1yr): I've been running 10.04 Lucid (studio) lately and I've been blown away at how tough it has been to find a soul out there who has the skills of knowledge to troubleshoot or problem solve getting my Tascam US-122 (which is a device that fits the exact

Re: usb audio interface

2010-03-04 Thread Gustin Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Peter Berlau wrote: Hello, I need a USB audio Interface, like to have minimum 8 In/Out works with audacity A guy at my LUG uses one of these: http://www.alesis.com/multimix8usb They are cheap, and he says 8 channels are available

Re: usb audio interface

2010-03-04 Thread Leo
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Gustin Johnson gus...@echostar.ca wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Peter Berlau wrote: Hello, I need a USB audio Interface, like to have minimum 8 In/Out works with audacity A guy at my LUG uses one of these: http

Re: usb audio interface

2010-03-04 Thread V Gabriele De Palo
- Hash: SHA1 Peter Berlau wrote: Hello, I need a USB audio Interface, like to have minimum 8 In/Out works with audacity A guy at my LUG uses one of these: http://www.alesis.com/multimix8usb They are cheap, and he says 8 channels

Re: usb audio interface

2010-03-03 Thread Peter Berlau
Hi, thanks for information, I will try using a Notebook with firewire or my tower-pc + echo audiofire 12, we have done record our CDs with apple OS/X 10.3x , emagic logic pro and Tascam FW 1884 which works pretty fine but I preffer a solution on linux . We,

Re: usb audio interface

2010-03-01 Thread Hartmut Noack
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am 27.02.2010 18:51, schrieb Peter Berlau: Hello, I need a USB audio Interface, like to have minimum 8 In/Out This would be a USB2-device. If you are lucky enough, to find something class-compliant, it will work ootb, most of these devices

Re: usb audio interface

2010-02-28 Thread Ricardo Lameiro
/1204USB.aspx Regards Teza ... Peter Berlau a écrit : Hello, I need a USB audio Interface, like to have minimum 8 In/Out works with audacity need no phantompower wish to have a seperate In/Out Box which

usb audio interface

2010-02-27 Thread Peter Berlau
Hello, I need a USB audio Interface, like to have minimum 8 In/Out works with audacity need no phantompower wish to have a seperate In/Out Box which is connected to the USB and not only a Multi-Link-Cable-Connection... Must not have midi, but it would great if interface can work as audio

Re: usb audio interface

2010-02-27 Thread teza
Hi Peter, have a look here looks prtty good to me http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/1204USB.aspx Regards Teza ... Peter Berlau a écrit : Hello, I need a USB audio Interface, like to have minimum 8 In/Out works

Re: usb audio interface

2010-02-27 Thread Leo
a USB audio Interface, like to have minimum 8 In/Out works with audacity need no phantompower wish to have a seperate In/Out Box which is connected to the USB and not only a Multi-Link-Cable-Connection... Must not have midi, but it would great if interface can work as audio

Re: Emagic Logic 5 (wine) and Emagic EMI 6|2 USB Audio Interface

2008-11-21 Thread Simon Loewen
|2 USB Audio Interface Emagic Logic 5 (patched to 5.5.1) Emagic EMI 6|2, I found this article, http://www.64studio.com/node/655 I don't know if it worked under 64studio, and would like to know whether it might work in Ubuntu Studio. Emagic Logic 5, This will have to run

Re: Emagic Logic 5 (wine) and Emagic EMI 6|2 USB Audio Interface

2008-11-20 Thread simone-www . io-lab . org
if someone has managed to get these bits working on UStudio? Emagic EMI 6|2 USB Audio Interface Emagic Logic 5 (patched to 5.5.1) Emagic EMI 6|2, I found this article, http://www.64studio.com/node/655 I don't know if it worked under 64studio, and would like to know whether

Emagic Logic 5 (wine) and Emagic EMI 6|2 USB Audio Interface

2008-11-19 Thread Simon Loewen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear Everybody, I would like to know if someone has managed to get these bits working on UStudio? Emagic EMI 6|2 USB Audio Interface Emagic Logic 5 (patched to 5.5.1) Emagic EMI 6|2, I found this article, http://www

Re: Hassle Free USB Audio Interface

2008-02-05 Thread Andrew Hunter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 13:47:27 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So no one out there knows of a single hassle free USB audio interface? Seriously? Is audio production in Linux just a guaranteed headache? As I already wrote, the edirol ua-25 is hassle

Re: Hassle Free USB Audio Interface

2008-02-05 Thread Sean Edwards
: Hassle Free USB Audio Interface -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | So no one out there knows of a single hassle free USB audio interface? I have heard that some Edirols work. I have no direct experience though. | Seriously

Re: Hassle Free USB Audio Interface

2008-02-04 Thread Gustin Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | So no one out there knows of a single hassle free USB audio interface? I have heard that some Edirols work. I have no direct experience though. | Seriously? Is audio production in Linux just a guaranteed headache? Well

Re: Hassle Free USB Audio Interface

2008-01-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How important exactly is the interface in keeping XRUNs in check? With the proper configuration on any well endowed machine should I be able to synthesize without glitches regardless of interface? Also, could someone point me toward the LUA (?) archive? Thanks! ~holotone http://holotone.net On

Re: Hassle Free USB Audio Interface

2008-01-04 Thread thomas fisher
On Friday 04 January 2008 11:53:34 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How important exactly is the interface in keeping XRUNs in check? With the proper configuration on any well endowed machine should I be able to synthesize without glitches regardless of interface? Also, could someone point me toward

Re: Hassle Free USB Audio Interface

2008-01-02 Thread hollunder
On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 17:09:33 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, USB 2.0 all around; I've got a main production laptop, dual core 2.5ghz, 2GB RAM, and it's the one having problems w/ synthesizing. The reason I'd like a USB interface is that I'd like to use my

Re: Hassle Free USB Audio Interface

2008-01-01 Thread Christopher Stamper
Mbox??? Probably everyone's out on holiday.. :-) On Jan 1, 2008 3:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So no one out there knows of a single hassle free USB audio interface? Seriously? Is audio production in Linux just a guaranteed headache? -- ~holotone http://holotone.net

Re: Hassle Free USB Audio Interface

2008-01-01 Thread thomas fisher
free is a BIG plus for me - I don't want to mess with hacks and configs, I just want it to work. For the purposes of the discussion, let's pretend cost isn't a consideration, though cheaper is ALWAYS better. USB sadly is a must, as it is the only i / o my Asus Eee has. Which USB audio interface

Re: Hassle Free USB Audio Interface

2008-01-01 Thread Florin Andrei
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So no one out there knows of a single hassle free USB audio interface? Seriously? Is audio production in Linux just a guaranteed headache? It's not a headache. There's plenty of interfaces out there that work well with Linux. I use this one (HeadRoom Total BitHead

Re: Hassle Free USB Audio Interface

2008-01-01 Thread Florin Andrei
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: USB sadly is a must, as it is the only i / o my Asus Eee has. Are you sure your machine has enough CPU power to deal with the more complex patches? After all, it's just a 900 MHz Celeron. -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/ -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list

Re: Hassle Free USB Audio Interface

2008-01-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yes, USB 2.0 all around; I've got a main production laptop, dual core 2.5ghz, 2GB RAM, and it's the one having problems w/ synthesizing. The reason I'd like a USB interface is that I'd like to use my soon-to-be-received Eee as a standalone synth with my midi keyboard, and keep everything else on

Re: Hassle Free USB Audio Interface

2007-12-31 Thread jeremaja niko
don't want to mess with hacks and configs, I just want it to work. For the purposes of the discussion, let's pretend cost isn't a consideration, though cheaper is ALWAYS better. USB sadly is a must, as it is the only i / o my Asus Eee has. Which USB audio interface / sound card would you

Re: Hassle Free USB Audio Interface

2007-12-31 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
That may well do the trick; In fact, I was considering ordering a MIDI keyboard along with the interface - Both in the same package may just be perfect. Anyone else have experience with these or any other easy-to-set-up USB audio interfaces? ~h On 12/31/07, jeremaja niko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: