I’m searching too the smallest interface to my PC laptop. I don’t need any ins, only a soundcard.
If you have USB C then the Apple USB C to Mini Jack is excellent and easy to find.
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Wow OK, definitely interesting, thank you!
Does it works on windows? Sorry, I’ve never had apple products
Should do, it’s a class-compliant interface.
It doesn’t support audio output, just input. No issues on Mac then, but Windows has historically forced you to use the same device for input and output, so this limitation could pose a problem. Windows might have changed in the last few years, though, not sure how it is these days. Might have similar issues on iOS as well.
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Something like this, if USB-C is
prefered?
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Thank you. Im searching something really small and better than the integrated realtek soundcard. I
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This is even smaler from Periodic Audio, Rhodium, output only.
Buy it together with the adapter to get it cheaper!
Or two for $10
Got the Sonos USB C line in today, works great, and for the money it’s a bit of a bargain. Class compliant, so it was plug and play for me and, I imagine, pretty much everything else, making ideal to carry with a phone for line in sampling for something like Koala. It’s 16 bit but has sample rates up to 96khz.
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Koala does 16 bit anyway, iirc.
It is a USB to headset jack, so the analogue end is audio out + audio in. You just further split that analogue signal.
Again, the Apple USB-C to 3.5 dongle you suggest only supports TRRS. TRRS has left-out on the tip, right-out on the first ring, and a single audio-in on the last ring.
That’s only a single channel in. No stereo.
So it doesn’t provide any advantage over the built-in headphone port of the OP’s MacBook. That supports TRRS already on its own.
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No it hasn’t, it just swaps ur input and output automatically to the newest audio device you plugged in, you can just disable the ones u dont need or just swap the default for input and output.
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Nice. I found this locally at an ok price. I was wondering if it’s class compliant
On iOS, the built-in speaker still works when a 2-in-0-out audio device is connected.
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That makes sense, good to know
This looks amazing. Saw it and immediately thought of this thread.
Shame it costs $60 to ship from Japan (also, no idea how good it would be, but it does look great)
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Thanks a lot for the Sonos recommendation! Works great, perfect tiny companion to record the Octatrack.
Unfortunately it seems to drain the battery on my Macbook if left plugged in, something to watch out for.
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Picked up the new apple usb c to trs cable yesterday
and can unfortunately confirm that it does NOT show up as an input device at least on mac. It does have an ADC and DAC and says it’s ‘bidirectional’ however…