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-in and -out. very basic one! > > > > i don't care if it is only available second hand on ebay... > > Under a $100 USD - mine works great. > > http://www.alesis.com/io2express > > > http://www.amazon.com/Alesis-IO2-Express/dp/B003HR30FU > > > Cheers, > Tim > > >
USB-MIDI has been proved a recipe for MIDI jitter. PCI Envy24 cards (audio and MIDI) at Ebay do cost less than 30,-€, e.g. a TerraTec EWX 24/96, that has got no Mic input. Art pre-amps are very good and they are very cheap and perhaps even a Behringer for less than 40,-€ might be good enough, when in use with a cheap sound card. Are you able to solder? If so and if 40,-€ are too expensive for you, anyway a pre-amp shouldn't be an issue. Is it a computer without PCI slots? USB for MIDI only: There's a Swissonic MIDI IO for less than 10,-€, that does pass the ALSA latency test with best results. I do have one of those USB-MIDI devices, but I'm anyway not fine with the jitter, other people might be fine with a very good result by the ALSA MIDI latency test. PCI cards MIDI: You need a cable with opto-coupler. At Ebay (new, not secondhand) less than 10,-€. 2 Cents, Ralf -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users