Shayne O'Connor wrote: > Lee Revell wrote: > >> On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 15:40 +0100, Florian Schmidt wrote: >> >> >>> i'm writing this email, because i'm interested in what plans the >>> different linux audio developers have for the year 2005 Any new >>> revolutionary applications planned? Major changes to some of the >>> existing apps? So let us know. What are your roadmaps for 2005? What >>> are >>> you guys up to? >>> >> >> >> I plan to get my patch adding multichannel support to the emu10k1 ALSA >> driver merged, then work on a real hwdep mixer app (probably by >> extending ld10k1/qlo10k1). As many of you know I'm a big fan of these >> cards, they are extremely cheap and (with good driver support) perfect >> for an entry level DAW, like a portastudio or something. Anyone who has >> used the kX drivers on Windows knows how much potential this device has, >> and unfortunately the Linux support is still a joke compared to the kX >> driver can do. But, that is all about to change, as the two crucial >> features (the DSP patch loader and "kX ASIO", aka the full duplex >> multichannel/low latency PCM device) now exist on Linux. >> >> Lee >> >> >> >> >> > > oh my god, are you serious? i was using the kx drivers when i was on > windows, and i gotta say they were the best thing since sliced > bread!!! it turned my soundblaster live platinum into a BEAST of a > music machine (well, compared to what it was) ... > > when i switched to linux, one of my biggest dissapointments was the > dismal support for the emu10k1 .... especially lack of multi-channel - > by multi-channel support, do you mean that you are able to use the > rear output channel independently of the front channel (at the moment > my front and rear channels are basically inextricably linked)? that is > exactly what i've been trying to get happening for a while now, which > i need for dj mixing work (so's i can have an independent "preview" > channel for cueing music) .... > > the dsp configuration in kx audio was the killer ... are you saying > there is support NOW for use of this kind of feature in linux ...where > can i get the patch? > > this sounds very exciting to me! > > shayne > I just looked the site over. Neato~ Groovy even! :)
