Re: [Alsa-user] Newbie query about interfaces

2011-05-07 Thread Graham Dicker
Graham Dicker wrote: > I have been recording for many years with a Yamaha digital 4 track > recorder. I would now like to switch to using my Suse Linux minitower > using Ardour. I am not sure though what kind of audio interface I need to > buy. Ideally I would like to have similar capability to wh

Re: [Alsa-user] Newbie query about interfaces

2011-05-03 Thread Graham Dicker
"Dominique Michel" wrote in message news:20110502183321.1b74fbe7@tuxstudio.homenetwork... > > If you take a look at the alsa websiste: > http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Vendor-Yamaha > the audiogram 6 is not on the list of the supported yamaha cards. I'm relying on a posting in

Re: [Alsa-user] Newbie query about interfaces

2011-05-02 Thread Sergei Steshenko
On Mon, 2 May 2011 18:33:21 +0200 Dominique Michel wrote: > But the only way to know for sure if > this card will work with it is to buy it and try. A laptop with installed on it Linux can be used to try the card in question in the store. Regards, Sergei.

Re: [Alsa-user] Newbie query about interfaces

2011-05-02 Thread Dominique Michel
Le Sun, 01 May 2011 09:09:05 +0100, Graham Dicker a écrit : > Dominique Michel wrote: > > > Le Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:28:47 +0100, > > Graham Dicker a écrit : > > > >> I have been recording for many years with a Yamaha digital 4 track > >> recorder. I would now like to switch to using my Suse Lin

Re: [Alsa-user] Newbie query about interfaces

2011-05-02 Thread Graham Dicker
James, thank you for your advice, I feel considerably more enlightened. I intend to go down to a local computer audio supplier (Millenium Music) tomorrow afternoon and see what they've got and maybe twiddle a few knobs. Thanks again Graham Dicker --

Re: [Alsa-user] Newbie query about interfaces

2011-05-01 Thread James Shatto
It depends on what you need. A majority of the cheap USB interfaces are USB 1.x and only do 2 channels. USB 2.x only recently got an audio standard (< 5 years) and devices that are starting to use that. With USB 3.x already being out in the wild of sorts. IMO, if you need more than 2 channels, y

Re: [Alsa-user] Newbie query about interfaces

2011-05-01 Thread Graham Dicker
Dominique Michel wrote: > Le Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:28:47 +0100, > Graham Dicker a écrit : > >> I have been recording for many years with a Yamaha digital 4 track >> recorder. I would now like to switch to using my Suse Linux minitower >> using Ardour. I am not sure though what kind of audio interf

Re: [Alsa-user] Newbie query about interfaces

2011-04-30 Thread Dominique Michel
Le Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:28:47 +0100, Graham Dicker a écrit : > I have been recording for many years with a Yamaha digital 4 track > recorder. I would now like to switch to using my Suse Linux minitower > using Ardour. I am not sure though what kind of audio interface I > need to buy. Ideally I w