On 05/22/13 03:13, Ben Briedis wrote: > >> Subject: [off-list] Is RME HDSPe AIO supported? >> From: ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> To: benbriedis@xxxxxxxxxxx >> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 12:25:41 +0200 >> >> Off-list, since the mail at least seems to be delayed. It didn't came >> through the list right now. >> >> FWIW, the analog IOs do work in addition to the 2 ADAT IOs, but perhaps >> with jitter, see below. >> >> Please reply to the list. I only sent this off-list, so that you get a >> quick response. >> >> -------- Forwarded Message -------- >> From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Re: Is RME HDSPe AIO supported? >> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 12:16:48 +0200 >> >> On Tue, 2013-05-21 at 20:06 +1000, Ben Briedis wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I'm thinking of buying a RME HDSPe AIO or RME HDSP 9632. I notice >> > that the AIO >> > is not listed in the support matrix, although there some references to >> > it in the mailing lists. >> > How well does AIO work? Is the omission on the matrix deliberate - >> > i.e. does it >> > reflect the fact that there are unresolved issues? Is it safer to buy >> > the 9632? >> >> It's an excellent sound card, but _not_ supported. Sure, hdspmixer does >> work, hdspconfig and alsamixer don't. >> >> [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ hdspmixer >> >> HDSPMixer 1.11 - Copyright (C) 2003 Thomas Charbonnel >> <thomas@xxxxxxxxxx> >> This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY >> HDSPMixer is free software, see the file COPYING for details >> >> Looking for RME cards: >> Card 0: RME AIO S/N 0x579bcc at 0xfdff0000, irq 18 >> RME AIO found! >> Card 1: TerraTec EWX24/96 at 0xbf00, irq 20 >> Card 2: TerraTec EWX24/96 at 0xbb00, irq 21 >> 1 RME cards card found. >> Restoring last presets used >> [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ hdspconf >> >> HDSPConf 1.4 - Copyright (C) 2003 Thomas Charbonnel <thomas@xxxxxxxxxx> >> This program comes WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY >> HDSPConf is free software, see the file copying for details >> >> Looking for HDSP cards : >> Card 0 : RME AIO S/N 0x579bcc at 0xfdff0000, irq 18 >> Card 1 : TerraTec EWX24/96 at 0xbf00, irq 20 >> Card 2 : TerraTec EWX24/96 at 0xbb00, irq 21 >> No Hammerfall DSP card found. >> >> Only ADAT 1 and 2 do work, all other ADAT don't work. Sample rates > >> 48KHz aren't supported. I own the card for 2 years now and nothing did >> change. Seemingly there's jitter, since the sound quality isn't that >> good with Linux, as it is with Windows. I get xruns even with high >> latency on Linux. A while ago I tested it with FreeBSD, they've got a >> driver too, but to do serious tests I installed XP some days ago, >> unfortunately I don't have the time to test it right now. However, the >> card isn't broken, ADAT does work on FreeBSD and Windows for all >> channels. >> >> You better get an older RME card for less money, OTOH you might not get >> PCI mobos in the close future. > > Thanks very much for the info - very useful. The opposite is true. Ralf is as usual for the last two (?) years the single most annoying source for wrong facts about using RME cards on linux (ever since he got his card, a fact he has to point out several times per month) and I for once am sick of having to correct the false information he emits. 1) The card's developers suggest NOT using PCI<->PCIe conversion boards 2) Of course all outputs of the AIO work 3) Of course sample rates >48kHz are supported 4) I don't know what gives Ralf the idea that hdspconf has something to do with the AIO (or the RayDAT, AES32 or any MADI card, for that matter) 5) alsamixer (or any other program using ALSA controls) is the official way to configure the card 6) Please forget about the jitter bullshit 7) Of course the audio data going through the card is not depending on the operating system that is controlling the card. Regarding the other comment about extension cards: At the time I added AIO support to the driver, I could only test what I had, and that was the TCO module. If there are features missing, one would have to provide the current maintainer of the driver with the neccessary hardware (or add the missing features yourself, it is open source, you know :). Flo -- Machines can do the work, so people have time to think. public key B3B9226C ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_may _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
