Ooh, that could be just what I'm looking for. I don't need too many inputs just now. I presume that you've got it running happily under the ALSA driver and there're no problems with it? If that's the case you may well have answered my prayers, thanks :)
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/07/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Martin Habets</b> <<a href="mailto:errandir_news@mph.eclipse.co.uk">errandir_news@mph.eclipse.co.uk</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<br><br>The sockets on your laptop most likely won't work well.<br>They usually suffer from interference from other components,<br>like the power supply.<br>Digi hardware won't ever be supported on Linux, it is completely
<br>proprietary.<br><br>Firwire stuff is still a bit expensive for your budget I guess. But<br>if you find any hardware check for support here:<br><a href="http://freebob.sourceforge.net/index.php/Main_Page">http://freebob.sourceforge.net/index.php/Main_Page
</a><br>For a USB device, make sure it is standards compliant. Also, check<br>it is supported here:<br><a href="http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/">http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/</a><br><br>Personally I'm very happy with the Edirol UA-25 I got 2 years ago.
<br>Only 2 inputs, so I bought a small mixer on eBay to attach all the<br>other gear.<br><br>Good luck,<br>Martin<br><br>On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 12:54:05AM +0000, chris wyllie wrote:<br>> Hey folks, I'm wondering if anyone can suggest a cheapish(sub £150) USB or
<br>> Firewire audio interface(or soundcard) that has reliable linux support. I'm<br>> lpanning to start recording some of the stuff I play in a band with my<br>> laptop however it only has its little headphone/mic sockets and I realised I
<br>> need some othr I/O interface for putting lines/mic's/guitars through so I<br>> can record them.<br>><br>> My problem is: which one will work relatively easily? I've yet to seek any<br>> advice from the likes of soundcontrol/rainbow but I don't know if they'd
<br>> know about linux support anyways. Google is proving rather difficult on this<br>> issue(which is un-nerving) and i can't find a definitive list of devices<br>> that work reliably.<br>><br>> So, does anyone else do sound recording on a laptop with an external
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