How about firewire support itself then? If I buy a supported firewire soundcard am I going to then find that my buss is not supported? That would suck. On 11/9/05, Noah Roberts <roberts.noah@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/9/05, nescivi <nescivi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Tuesday, November 8, 2005, 8:08:58 PM, you wrote: > > > > NR> I am looking to purchase a nice soundcard for the laptop. What is the > > NR> verdict on the Edirol Firewire stuff? How about the USB2 stuff? I'm > > NR> especially interested in products like the FA101 or UA101. > > > > The UA101 is not supported, as it is USB2, but does not adhere to the > > USB audio standard. > > The device shows up as a Vendor Specific Type (in the USB descriptor), > > not as an audio device. I suppose a separate driver will need to be > > written for it, which probably won't succeed without information from > > Edirol. I am not sure what the current status is there. > > How is Edirol about Linux support? Do they provide documentation to > developers or are they tight asses about it? If they are tight asses, > is there a good sound system made by someone that is better about > supporting their customers' choice in OS? >
