On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 01:55:18AM +0300, Alexey Suslikov wrote: > Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Can somebody recommend well-supported external (u)audio > card with (u)midi controller? >
i've never used such device, but will try to provide useful information. - by midi controller, you mean an interface to the standard MIDI UARTs with a 5-pin DIN ports, right? - do you need the card to be external because it's easier to manipulate or you have other reasons? If you wan't the card to be trully external, the only option on openbsd is any class-compliant USB device. I've an m-audio mobilepre uaudio(4) device and an 2in/2out edirol um-2 umidi(4) interface; they are really nice. Note that if the card is poorly designed, the usb connection may introduce noise anyway. There are (internal) PCI cards with _external_ rackable breakout box (ex: m-audio delta 1010) which are very good. Properly designed PCI cards can have very good accuracy. There're also poorly designed cards having bad quality. There are also excellent bare PCI cards without breakout box. They require good cables and must be properly plugged though. - why do you need the audio(4) and midi(4) device to be on the same card? they are logically (and physically) independent. IMO the only advantage of having them on the same card is to have fewer cables. in the USB case, i believe that it's better to have separate uaudio(4) and umidi(4) cards. It's to avoid cards with an USB hub and two separate devices inside. -- Alexandre
