Re: [AUDITORY] External class compliant sound cards

["Peter P." <peterparker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Kamil,

you might want to check/ask on this mailing list
https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
after having reviewed its archives.

best, P

* Kamil Adiloglu <kamil.adiloglu@xxxxxxxxx> [2019-05-30 06:19]:
> Dear list,
> I am compiling a list of suitable sound cards for a mobile real-time
> experimental setup. There are some criteria that such sound card should
> fulfil:
> - External sound card: We have a mini PC with an on-board sound chip. We
> want to use an external sound card with a decent sound quality. Our mini PC
> has USB-2, USB-3, USB-C (Thunderbolt 3) connections.
> 
> - Class compliance: We have a real-time signal processing platform, which
> runs on Linux (Actually it also supports Windows and Mac, but we prefer
> Linux). Therefore we need a sound card, which Linux can operate.
> Manufacturers usually do not officially support Linux, but there are some,
> which run under Linux, because they are class compliant and do not require
> a dedicated driver.
> 
> - At least 4 (preferably 6) analog (identical) inputs and at least 2 analog
> (identical) outputs
> 
> - Lower sampling rates: As we will do real-time signal processing, we
> prefer lower sampling rates for the sake of computational complexity.
> Therefore, ideally we would like to have a sound card, which supports even
> 16kHz, but 32kHz also OK.
> 
> I know that these criteria are now easy to fulfil. So far, I couldn't find
> any sound card, which fulfils all the requirements. In the worst case, we
> can sacrifice the last requirement and downsample our sound input before
> processing, but it is a good-to-have one.
> 
> We would appreciate any suggestion. Thank you in advance.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Kamil Adiloglu
> 
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