[PlanetCCRMA] PCI Sound Card for a laptop w/ miniPCI port? Or other ideas?

[Ken Dawson]

pyrael wrote:
> 
> Brandon Simmons wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> After purchasing an Indigo IO Cardbus soundcard and finding that my
>> laptop's crappy ENE bridge doesn't work with the card, I am looking
>> for some alternatives for good latency audio. I am wondering if anyone
>> has tried using a miniPCI -> PCI adapter in a laptop to use a standard
>> PCI interface. As far as I know, there is no such thing as a PCI
>> cable, so I guess this might only work with my laptop lid up and the
>> keyboard removed...
>>
>> Additionally, can anyone recommend a firewire interface or any other
>> options for me besides my crappy integrated sound? All I really need
>> is Stereo I/O with quality AD/DA converters, but MIDI or more channels
>> are good too.
>>
>> Brandon
>>
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> http://www.emu.com/products/product.asp?category=610&subcategory=611&product=15185
> 

This is the E-Mu 0404 USB product, correct?  Has anyone got this to work under 
Alsa?  When I first saw this, I looked around, and it seemed that early 
indications were that there were difficulties getting it to behave.  I would 
LOVE to be proven wrong, however; it is a great looking box.

/ken

> Perhaps that would work for you?