Computer Audio Asylum

RE: usb controller card-why should we sort it?

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In Reply to: RE: usb controller card-why should we sort it? posted by fmak on May 05, 2008 at 00:39:20

The short answer is that the "universal" in Universal Serial Bus is marketing hype. The longer answer is that audio applications require real-time performance. This makes them uniquely difficult, although their total I/O requirements may be low compared to other computer applications.

People use USB audio devices because they are relatively inexpensive and can be made to work quite well. The alternative approaches all have their own pitfalls, and you would hear more about these on this forum if more people were using them. If you know of a better approach, I'm sure people would like to hear about it.

Tony Lauck

"Perception, inference and authority are the valid sources of knowledge" - P.R. Sarkar

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