Replying to myself, On Jul 13 09:14:42, Jan Stary wrote: > On Jul 13 08:55:03, Jan Stary wrote: > > On Feb 21 14:04:01, Alexandre Ratchov wrote: > > > On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 12:29:15AM +0100, Jan Stary wrote: > > > > can people recommend a good uaudio card? > > > > > > It depends on what you want to use it for. > > > > > > I use a m-audio mobilepre for recording and listening music; > > > it's class compliant does 16-bit stereo at 48kHz, and the > > > sound is excellent. It has a stereo preamp and a phantom > > > power, which is handy. > > > > Thank you for the recommendation. I just bought me one, > > and I am very satisfied with the sound. > > > > I disabled the onboard azalia, so that the mobilepre > > becomes audio0. Now the device reports as > > > > uaudio0 at uhub1 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "M Audio MobilePre" rev > > 1.10/1.03 addr 2 > > uaudio0: audio rev 1.00, 9 mixer controls > > audio0 at uaudio0 > > > > Can you please share your mixerctl output on the Mobile Pre? > > I just found that the 1/8" stereo mic input (on the back) > doesn't work. Is there a way (in hardrware or software) > to specify which of the inputs should be used? Does > this happen automagically, in some hard-wired preference? > (Such as: XLR inputs if plugged; if not, 1/4" TRS inputs if plugged; > if not, the 1/8 stereo mic input)
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