PCMCIA or USB "soundcards"?

PCMCIA or USB "soundcards"?

[Stephen Tell]

Are there any PCMCIA or USB digital audio record/playback devices (i.e.
soundcards) that have linux drivers available?

I would like to do some digital recording in the field using my Thinkpad
600E, but the 1/8" mic/line audio-in jack is sufficiently loose that
reliable connections are impossible, and I've got some reservations about
the onboard A/D and D/A quality.  The results of the recording session might
end up on a CD, so sound quality does matter.

It seems to me that a USB-attached box with studio-grade A/D converters
would be a nice niche product - does one exist yet?  If I had time, I'd build
one...

Steve
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Re: PCMCIA or USB "soundcards"?

[Jean-Daniel Pauget]

On 26 May 2000, Stephen Tell wrote:

> Are there any PCMCIA or USB digital audio record/playback devices (i.e.
> soundcards) that have linux drivers available?

    on linux USB site I noticed this AD/DA device. on the manufacturer site
    I realized it's an extension of a professional video stuff you can purchase
    separately. on the paper it looks great exept that it's not an external device
    as I understood but I think it should be easy to build a case for this.

    anyone any experience with this device ?

    here's the linux usb url:
	http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/

    the one which seems interesting to me is the Canopus AD/DA converter.

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Re: PCMCIA or USB "soundcards"?

[Richard King]

I believe  Roland make a USB soundcard, and Digigram of France make a PCMCIA
card of very high quality.

Richard King
http://www.channelafrica.org



-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Tell <tell@cs.unc.edu>
Newsgroups: linux.sound
To: linux-sound@vger.rutgers.edu <linux-sound@vger.rutgers.edu>
Date: Saturday, May 27, 2000 2:26 AM
Subject: PCMCIA or USB "soundcards"?


>Are there any PCMCIA or USB digital audio record/playback devices (i.e.
>soundcards) that have linux drivers available?
>
>I would like to do some digital recording in the field using my Thinkpad
>600E, but the 1/8" mic/line audio-in jack is sufficiently loose that
>reliable connections are impossible, and I've got some reservations about
>the onboard A/D and D/A quality.  The results of the recording session
might
>end up on a CD, so sound quality does matter.
>
>It seems to me that a USB-attached box with studio-grade A/D converters
>would be a nice niche product - does one exist yet?  If I had time, I'd
build
>one...
>
>Steve
>--
>--
>Steve Tell | tell@cs.unc.edu | http://www.cs.unc.edu/~tell | KF4ZPF
>On Leave from UNC working at Chip2Chip, Inc.
tell@chip2chip.com/919-929-0991
>