On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 10:17 +1100, 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. > > > > 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) ... > Heh, I still use them, all the time. I have to admit when it's time to make music I still use Windows. This is actually what got me interested in Linux audio, as soon as I realized how far ahead the kX project was, I quit my day job (was sick of it anyway) to work on this project. Now it's 6 months later, I'm a lot poorer, but it works dammit! > 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)? Yup. If you have the livedrive you can use all those jacks as independent ports. My Audigy2 ZS has something like 6 channels of analog in and 8 out, enough to record a band. And there's nothing like zero latency hardware DSP... I have to admit I still use Windows with the kX drivers when it's time to make music. It will be a great day when I can do the same with Linux. > 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? > I actually got a lot more responses than I was expecting. I have been posting about this to the alsa lists for months, and no one but me and Peter Zubaj seemed to care. I think they didn't take me seriously at first, even when I posted the kX stuff, Linux users are conditioned to think these cards are junk. Windows people know better ;-) I will post the patch somethime this weekend. It would be great to have more people test it before I submit it to alsa-devel. In the meantime while I have been focused on multichannel Peter Zubaj has been working on the DSP part. Check it out: http://ld10k1.sf.net Screenshot of the DSP manager: http://ld10k1.sourceforge.net/screenshots/qlo10k1_20040706.png > this sounds very exciting to me! Thanks, hope it works for you. Lee
