Re: [Alsa-user] Cheap USB audio card with phantom

[John Rigg <aldev@sound-man.co.uk>]

On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 02:30:31PM -0800, Bill Unruh wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Jan 2007, Jean-Michel Pouré wrote:
> 
> >>I am looking for a cheap two channels USB audio card, with two XLR
> >>entries and preamp. This is for an Internet Podcast. Of course, I need
> >>good Alsa support.
> 
> Not sure what you want-- that may be why you get no response. By two
> channels in, do you mean a single stereo channel in? What do you mean by
> "two xlr entries" or "preamp"? sound cards tend not to be mixer boards, and
> especially not cheap mixer boards. 

Well, a USB audio interface hardly qualifies as a sound card, either.
There are quite a few USB and Firewire interfaces that have preamps
with XLR inputs, largely because that's what microphones (in a broadcast
or recording context) use.

Finding such a device that works with Linux could be a challenge though.
I got the impression from a quick look at the M-Audio web site that
most of their USB devices listed on the ALSA matrix have been
discontinued. Is a Firewire device with jackd and libfreebob not
an option?

John

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