* David Kastrup <dak@xxxxxxx> [2022-06-14 19:21]: [...] > It's sort of embarrassing but the Hammerfall DSP cards work with either > the Expresscard adapter or an Expresscard-to-Cardbus adapter (the latter > _has_ to map the PCI express lane of the Expresscard slot, not the USB > lane) with the old Cardbus adapter. It's ancient technology with 8 > line-in/line-out connectors and quite robust ADAT support, but in terms > of the quality and latency of the available connections and driver > support, it's still unprecedented. > > The Expresscard-to-Cardbus adapter solution is not overly convincing > mechanically. And you need to dig up the firmware for 64bit versions of > Linux (no idea where I got my .deb from when I needed to upgrade). Isn't it in alsa-firmware-loaders package? Or does it ship without the actual firmware? > And of course, Expresscard slots are a dying breed as well. I am still using two Lenovo X230s for live work. They are amongst the last laptops from this manufacturer with an ExpressCard slot. I think I have earned a part of my living with an RME HDSP+Multiface for the last twenty years. About three weeks ago the card cause a hard lockup of my laptop in one of the last rehearsals for a concert which would require it to work together with a 20 member ensemble in front of a 300+ audience. Had to replace it temporarily with a Motu B16. I had multiple problems with this RME card: Firmware would not load randomly, or the card would be detected being connected to a digiface with wrong firmware loading also randomly. In terms of features, quality and latency this is amongst the best linux laptop cards. I think I have to let it go after 20+ years now. best, P _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
