I emailed Focusrite via the support answerbase if they could release a linux driver. Since all Saffire products are fully supported with Linux and the Saffire 6 is still very new I hope they will develop a linux driver for it. I also tried the alternatives (using vista and the enclosed Ableton Lite Live 7) but it didn't work as good as it could with a linux real-time kernel ;)
This is what I emailed:
Dear Focusrite Team!
After comparing many different USB Interfaces from even more manufacturers I finally came to the conclusion that the Focusrite Saffire 6 USB might be the right choice for me.
In addition to the high-quality preamps and other useful features there was another argument which clearly pointed out a product of Focusrite. The compatibility with the OS Linux. I prefer Linux for my records because of its possibility to run a real-time kernel with a very low latency and its handy DAWs.
Unfortunately Focusrite hasn\'t provided the Saffire 6 USB with a Linux driver yet. I would really appreciate if you could release one, so I can keep doing my records with my real-time Kernel and my DAW.
thanking you in anticipation
Christoph
Let's hope we get a positive reply.
best regards
2010/2/8 Pandu Rakimanputra <pandu.rakimanputra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi Paul,
I've posted my dmesg output from my linux on my previous email. But it's okey if someone ask me to send again :)
Hi Christoph,
Good to know there are another friend using the focusrite. I emailed focusrite team, and they haven't tested with linux. They also admitted that saffire 6 USB isn't plug'n play (even for OS X machine). They includes OS X & Windows driver. I think you should email focusrite team, asked them to release driver for linux, or if they Can't, just relase some of Hardware Abstraction Layer, so Alsa developer can create driver.
Anyway,
Thanks for all, I'm still waiting for focusrite saffire driver.
Pandu
----- Original Message ----
From: Paul Menzel <paulepanter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sun, February 7, 2010 10:21:43 PM
Subject: Re: [LAU] How to make Focusrite Saffire 6 USB works?
Am Sonntag, den 07.02.2010, 14:33 +0100 schrieb Christoph Pittamitz:
[…]
> Maybe you have any advice for me how to fix this problem, however I
> would really like to use the saffire 6 with tha alsa driver :)
I am no developer. But I think they need more information as the output
of `dmesg`. They have a tool to generate that information [1].
Thanks,
Paul
[1] http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh
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