Re: usb sound cards + laptop?
- From: Unruh <unruh-spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 31 Jan 2006 21:13:06 GMT
Nicholas DePetrillo <nick_usenet@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:34:12 -0800, idiotprogrammer wrote:
>> Hi, I'm a podcaster who does occasional music recording.
>>
>> I have a Windows PC and soon a linux laptop.
>>
>> I presume that whatever I buy will have onboard sound.
>>
>> However, I still haven't bought a soundcard for Windows PC, and thought
>> it would be nice to buy a USB sound card which I could also use on both
>> the win desktop and linux laptop. If it could be used on both machines,
>> I might go for a higher end card.
>>
>> Here's a list of usb sound cards.
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=2010360057+70001420&Subcategory=57&description=&srchInDesc=&minPrice=&maxPrice=&ATTR1=&ATTR2=&ATTR3=&ATTR4=&ATTR5=&ATTR6=&ATTR7=&ATTR8=&ATTR9=&ATTR10=2010360057+70001420&ATTR11=&ATTR12=
>>
>> So far the two big contenders are
>>
>> Creative External Sound Blaster Live! SB0490 5.1 Channels 24-bit 48kHz
>> in 5.1 mode and up
>> ($50) and
>>
>> USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX (90$)
>>
>> Anybody had any luck with the USB sound cards on linux (I'll be
>> downloading Fedora Core 5 (a test version).
>Check the ALSA hardware compatibility matrix:
>http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/index.php?vendor=All#matrix
>Just find the brand and product model and it should tell you if it is
>compatible or not. I noticed the USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX was listed
>as compatible.
>Since ALSA is included in the 2.6.x series of kernels, you should have no
>problems with Fedora Core.
>The ALSA website also states:
>All USB devices that are standards compliant will work.
Unfortunately the ALSA and the manufacturer idea of standard compliant can
be different. The manufacturers seem to think that "We can make it run on
Windows" is equivalent to "standards compliant". Also for some they require
a firmware upload. So once the firmware is uploaded the card will run fine,
uploading the firmware can sometimes be a chore (it used to be on 2.4
kernels and early 2.6 that the usb bus drivers had a bug making it very
difficult to upload firmware, The bus would crash if it was reset. I think
this is now solved. But it indicates that "standards compliant" may not be
the whole story)
.
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