Hi, I'm looking to buy a combo of condenser mic and audio interface (mostly to singing recording), right now the options I have near my zone and budget are these:
Behringer U-Phoria UMC22 + Behringer C-1 or C-2
Tascam US-1x2 + audio-technica AT2020
Do you know if both interfaces work perfectly over GNU+Linux? Which one do you recommend? Also, which one of the three mics would be preferable?
And just out of curiosity: any comment on Artesia products?
Any help will be very much appreciated. Thanks a lot in advance!
I've been nothing but happy with my AT2020 for several years now, though I have yet to give it truly extensive professional use.
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 12:52 AM riveravaldez via arch-proaudio < arch-proaudio@lists.archlinux.org> wrote:
Hi, I'm looking to buy a combo of condenser mic and audio interface (mostly to singing recording), right now the options I have near my zone and budget are these:
Behringer U-Phoria UMC22 + Behringer C-1 or C-2
Tascam US-1x2 + audio-technica AT2020
Do you know if both interfaces work perfectly over GNU+Linux? Which one do you recommend? Also, which one of the three mics would be preferable?
And just out of curiosity: any comment on Artesia products?
Any help will be very much appreciated. Thanks a lot in advance!
On 2021-10-27 04:52, riveravaldez via arch-proaudio wrote:
Hi, I'm looking to buy a combo of condenser mic and audio interface (mostly to singing recording), right now the options I have near my zone and budget are these:
Behringer U-Phoria UMC22 + Behringer C-1 or C-2
Tascam US-1x2 + audio-technica AT2020
Do you know if both interfaces work perfectly over GNU+Linux? Which one do you recommend? Also, which one of the three mics would be preferable?
And just out of curiosity: any comment on Artesia products?
Any help will be very much appreciated. Thanks a lot in advance!
I have the U-Phoria UMC204HD and am very happy with it - plug 'n play. A quick search suggests that the UMC22 works much the same way.
Can't give any advice on anything else, though!
Hi!
I use the Focusrite Scarlett 2i4, it works perfectly on arch. It has quite good mic-preamps and is an affordable device. I've also tested the RME Babyface, RME Fireface UFX+ and the RME Fireface 802 succesfully in class compliant mode. Just be aware that you won't have the TotalMix Software on linux. Also I had issues with connecting additional devices via ADAT to RME interfaces.
Hope it helps! Joseph
On 29.10.21 05:36, Brett Cornwall via arch-proaudio wrote:
On 2021-10-27 04:52, riveravaldez via arch-proaudio wrote:
Hi, I'm looking to buy a combo of condenser mic and audio interface (mostly to singing recording), right now the options I have near my zone and budget are these:
Behringer U-Phoria UMC22 + Behringer C-1 or C-2
Tascam US-1x2 + audio-technica AT2020
Do you know if both interfaces work perfectly over GNU+Linux? Which one do you recommend? Also, which one of the three mics would be preferable?
And just out of curiosity: any comment on Artesia products?
Any help will be very much appreciated. Thanks a lot in advance!
I have the U-Phoria UMC204HD and am very happy with it - plug 'n play. A quick search suggests that the UMC22 works much the same way.
Can't give any advice on anything else, though!
Hi there,
also +1 for the focusrite Scarlett.
Generally, I recommend a look at the following page:
https://www.alsa-project.org/wiki/Matrix:Main
...but it seems your devices aren't completely covered there.
Feel free to add/update the compatibility list when you're done.
Best Oliver
Hi, everybody, thanks a lot for the comments and info.
I can confirm that Behringer U-Phoria UMC22 is working flawlessly out-of-the-box in a regular Arch installation. (And just in case of interest, also the old Mbox 1/classic from digidesign with FocusRite pre-amps, provided it has the last firmware update.)
I'm trying to update the info at:
https://www.alsa-project.org/wiki/Matrix:Main
, but can't find how to edit page or create an account...
Let me know if there's something specific I should do.
Best regards and thanks a lot again!
On 10/29/21, Oliver Friedrich via arch-proaudio arch-proaudio@lists.archlinux.org wrote:
Hi there,
also +1 for the focusrite Scarlett.
Generally, I recommend a look at the following page:
https://www.alsa-project.org/wiki/Matrix:Main
...but it seems your devices aren't completely covered there.
Feel free to add/update the compatibility list when you're done.
Best Oliver
Thanks for the feedback, rivera!
You are right, it is not easy to bring info there. The official way would be to ask the mailing list [1] for the Anti-Spam token and create a new account [2]
At least you could post your findings there so that someone can update the wiki page.
Thanks for your effort to share your knowledge
Oliver
[1]: https://www.alsa-project.org/wiki/Mailing-lists [2]: https://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&type...
Am 01.11.21 um 02:37 schrieb riveravaldez via arch-proaudio:
Hi, everybody, thanks a lot for the comments and info.
I can confirm that Behringer U-Phoria UMC22 is working flawlessly out-of-the-box in a regular Arch installation. (And just in case of interest, also the old Mbox 1/classic from digidesign with FocusRite pre-amps, provided it has the last firmware update.)
I'm trying to update the info at:
https://www.alsa-project.org/wiki/Matrix:Main
, but can't find how to edit page or create an account...
Let me know if there's something specific I should do.
Best regards and thanks a lot again!
On 10/29/21, Oliver Friedrich via arch-proaudio arch-proaudio@lists.archlinux.org wrote:
Hi there,
also +1 for the focusrite Scarlett.
Generally, I recommend a look at the following page:
https://www.alsa-project.org/wiki/Matrix:Main
...but it seems your devices aren't completely covered there.
Feel free to add/update the compatibility list when you're done.
Best Oliver
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