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I'd stay away from USB1 interfaces. I tried my M-Audio Audiofile USB on a 1.4 mhz Thinkpad and I wasn't able to get acceptable results in terms of latency. For almost no difference in money I was able to get an M-Audio Solo firewire interface that's been working vey nicely... although on a 1.2 mhz Powerbook. (Thinkpad doesn't have native firewire but PCM-CIA/Firewire converters are cheap) I think maybe the new Thinkpads do have firewire, as I almost bought one. Ended up with a Toshiba though, so wish me luck. It's being configured as we speak... --- Krispen Hartung <khartung@cableone.net> wrote: > I might give the M-Audio USB unit a try then. It's > not terribly expensive. So far I really like > M-audio gear, especially their solid state recorder. > I still like the Indigo IO, but plugging my guitar > chord into that thing with a 1/4 to 1/8 adpator > makes me nervous. It just hangs there, and easily > wiggles around. I bought a really high quality > instrument chord that is designed for computer use > (the Monster cable that goes from 1/4 to 1/8 and > doesn't require an adaptor), but the thing is so > thick and robust that it overpowers the input jack > of the IO. It's like I need some sort of harness > that will keep it stable in the input jack. > > Thanks. > > Kris > > ----- Original Message ----- > > Latency should be no problem if you're only using > a few channels. In > theory USB/Firewire devices are more suspectable > to bus contention > than a PCMCIA card, but if you only have one > high-speed device on the > bus it isn't an issue. Just avoid having the > audio interface, > scanner, video digitizer, and external backup hard > drive all going at > the same time :-) > > Historically firewire has had a better reputation > than USB, but > they're about the same now. USB is a bit > twitchier with hubs, you > have to be careful never to mix USB1 and USB2 > devices on the same hub. > If you're plugging directly into the computer > you're fine. > > Jeff > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com