Please include in your design thoughts the following; the one feature of the MOTU 828 MkII that stands out for me is SMPTE LTC i/o. Having timecode in and out lets me sync with my 2" tape machine. And it's the only box that has this (the new RME Fireface has an option). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Knecht" <markknecht@xxxxxxxxx> To: "A list for linux audio users" <linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: [Alsa-devel]Firewire Audio Card Support Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:09:59 -0800 > > Matthew and Philippe, > Cool. No need to rush. Most likely this would take a minimum of 6 > months before the first proto existed... > > While I agree with Jussi's comment that prototypes are expensive I > still think this would be an interesting product to work on. Possibly, > if we get a design together and make a couple of prototypes that work, > and presuming there is enough of a market for it, maybe we can attract > some contract manufacturer here in Silicon Valley or elsewhere to > build it for us at lower cost. We might also license the design to a > more well known company and let them make and sell this unit as an > entry into the Linux world. > > As with most things where this might lead is unknown. What we have > here are a lot of smart people who have an interest in *something* > that we haven't exactly defined yet. I suggest that we try to take a > poll on what sort of unit would be of the most interest to people. > > Some thoughts of mine, unprioritized and not representing what I want or need: > > Interface to PC - 1394, USB, private Ethernet? > Inputs - 2-xxx > - analog > - analog + mic preamp (direct or transformer coupled?) > - spdif - 1-x > - ADAT > - word clock > > Ouputs > - main analog out (with volume control) > - 1-xxx headphone outputs (with volume control?) > - spdif - 1-x > - ADAT - 1-x > - word clock > > Send/Returns - use normal ins and outs or something special? > > Sync - ability to sync to one of the inputs, word clock or internal crystal > > MIDI? > > There must be no limitation on using multiple boxes on the same > 1394/USB bus. We should consider multiple PCs using different boxes > (or even the same box in some limited way) on the same 1394/USB bus. > > 61883? MLAN? > > For me, augmenting the features in the DigiDesign 002R unit (1394 > interface, 1 spdif, 1 ADAT, 8 analog I/O with 4 mic preamps, 48V > condenser power, 1 headphone, up to 96KHz) would be an interesting > place to begin discussion. Alternatively we could do something much > smaller too and think about multiple units to get the I/O count up. > > That's enough to chew on, I think... > > - Mark > > On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 18:43:30 +0000, dubphil@xxxxxxx <dubphil@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 08:37:45AM -0800, Matthew Allen wrote: > > > > > > I would get in line to buy/work on this. > > > > > > m. > > > > > > > me too > > > > Philippe > > > -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm
