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Hardware Discussions / Portable Audio Interface for Linux
« on: May 18, 2016, 05:13:38 PM »
I've been looking to purchase a decent audio interface for my Libreboot'd X200 laptop, and wanted something that worked in Linux without proprietary drivers, had decent converters, live input monitoring, and digital I/O. I seem to have nailed it with the Sound Devices USBPre 2 (http://www.sounddevices.com/products/portable-audio-tools/usbpre2). it is targeted primarily for remote recording applications, and so despite its excellent ADCs, it is fully bus powered. Even with Slackware Linux, my experience setting it up was literally plug & play! it wouldn't be my first choice for low-latency recording/mixing with plugins (if that's your thing). But if reliable, unfettered operation and quality sound "on the go" are your thing, I really recommend it. I wish other audio hardware was so thoughtfully considered.