>>>>> Jaakko Pr <Jaakko> writes: > Is anyone using rme multiface with the cardbus interface on a > linux laptop? Yes, I've been using it with ecasound for field recording and with ardour for mixing and editing. (Other HDSP users are also using ardour for tracking.) Usually I use it with external converters (through the ADAT inputs); but the Multiface's internal converters really aren't too bad. I don't use MIDI much, but it seems to work OK after some recent patches (there's been some recent, so far unresolved, discussion on alsa-devel about a low-incidence stuck note issue on the HDSP 9652 MIDI IN, but I don't know if this affects the HDSP/Multiface). > I saw a message in the alsa-doc saying that you have to downgrade > the firmware (in windows), is this still true? Not any more: Paul Davis just released a patch to hdsp.c to support rev 11 firmware, but I suspect that hasn't made it to CVS yet. As with any real-time PC Card device, the big issue is getting the IRQs set up the way you want: you'll have to fiddle with your BIOS to convince it to give the HDSP interface a dedicated IRQ. (I also had problems with occasional huge xruns until I disabled CPU speed switching on my mobile P3.) -- Roger Williams <raw@xxxxxxx> Qux Tool & Die, Middleborough, Massachusetts // Omne tulit punctum qui misquit utile dulci //
