On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Bill Kearney wrote: > > From: "Clemens Ladisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > If someone wanted to use the USB for multiple simultaneous outputs of > > > /different/ audio streams, what devices are known to be as headache-free as > > > possible? > > > > None. > > > > USB 1.1 has a comparatively low bandwith. Some devices refuse to do > > full duplex with 24 bits at 96 kHz. > > > > There is exactly one USB 2.0 device: > > http://www.edirol.com/products/info/ua1000.html > > It would be interesting to know if this device works with Linux. > > Oh, let me back up a sec, I'm not asking for ONE device to handle all 3 streams. > > I'm fine with using more than one device, possibly each on a different USB bus > (as the card I've got has four distinct busses on it). > > Yeah, once device trying to crank out all three via USB 1.1 might be a problem. > Not to mention probably being hideously expensive. > > It's not so much 'quality' I'm after as it's convenience. This is not an > audio-purist or recording studio applicaiton here, just some geeked-out home > audio.
You should probably tell us what it is you want out of those devices? Eg, how accuaratly synched do the say 3 need to be, etc. Sometimes the demands or wishes of a home person as as high or higher than a studio. ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user