[OT] External audio interface recommendations?

[Felipe Sateler]

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 07:55, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki <eric at zhevny.com> wrote:
> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 08:26:55PM -0400, Felipe Sateler wrote:
>> I'm looking for an external audio interface, something that is not
>> crap like the Intel HDA that comes with my laptop :p. Do you have any
>> recommendations of interfaces that work well with Linux? I do not need
>> lots of channels, I just need 2 ins and 2 outs, so nothing really
>> fancy.
>
> I have been happy with my edirol ua-25. 2 in, 2 out, USB bus powered.
> It's been replaced for sometime by the ua-25ex, though it looks like it
> is still available from some places. I can't speak personally about
> whether the newer version works well or not.
>
> There are also many firewire devices out there (new and used). Check
> http://www.ffado.org/?q=devicesupport/list for supported devices. Looks
> like some of the 2 channel devices are cheaper than the ua-25.

I knew about that list, but it is hard to navigate. And it's hard to
know what kind of device each one is.

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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler