On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 01:45:01AM -0800, J.C. Roberts wrote: > On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:59:30 +0000 Jacob Meuser > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I still kind of want to trade it in but it's looking like there > > > might not be any other 4in/4out USB soundcard that's suitable > > > (they're all either too complex or appear to be old so probably > > > need custom drivers). > > > > Universal Serial Bus > > Device Class Definition for Audio Devices > > Release 1.0 > > March 18, 1998 > > > > older than that? again, by that spec, devices could be made to > > operate at 1-2ms latency, which is certainly low enough to be > > considered "pro". > > If quality/speed was actually a requirement, why would anyone mess with > USB in the first place? > > If you need high quality "pro" gear with 4in/4out wouldn't you be far > better off with a pair of PCI based JULI@ cards (www.esi-audio.com) or > something similar?
think laptop, or other machines without available PCI slots ... > -- > J.C. Roberts -- [email protected] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org

