USB1 fast enough for audio?

painseeker · Post by **painseeker** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 8:10 am

Hi,

I have a friend who wants to get the EDIROL PCR-1 midi/audio interface. He's only got USB1 on his lappie, but the cpu, ram and HD are of sufficient size for normal Live use. He'll only need to record and/or playback one stereo track (main out/in) at a time.

Will there be probs with only having USB1?

Thank you in advance
Thomas Schreiber

spiderprod · Post by **spiderprod** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 11:43 am

i use the edirol ur80 audio/midi/controler ,it uses usb1 & works perfectly .

serotoninsteve · Post by **serotoninsteve** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 11:47 am

No, usb 1 is no problem. Most of the soundcards are usb 1, but you will be limited in the number of channels for in/out or by the max sample rate.

Greetings

Steve

painseeker · Post by **painseeker** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 9:41 am

Kool. Thank you. I'll tell him to go get the PRC-1

Have a nice weekend everyone

Cheers
Tom

JAMM · Post by **JAMM** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 4:07 pm

Up to 6 or sometimes 8 channels at the same time
But to be safe in a live gig situation better not use
not more as 4 channels.

painseeker · Post by **painseeker** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 4:46 pm

JAMM wrote:Up to 6 or sometimes 8 channels at the same time
But to be safe in a live gig situation better not use
not more as 4 channels.

Ok. Thanks

Kodama · Post by **Kodama** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 4:56 pm

It's a question of latency without pops & clicks .

With my PC laptop, I can get ~26ms total I/O with USB1, and I can get ~10ms total I/O with Firewire.