On Tuesday 18 October 2005 14:09, Jean-Baptiste Mestelan was like: > Hello, people :-) > > I hope this will not be too much OT ... > > I am considering the firewire audio interface Focusrite Saffire. > Though it is not natively supported on Linux, an open-source project > exists, aiming to provide support for such Firewire based breakout > boxes. > http://sourceforge.net/projects/freebob/ > > I trust this driver works successfully for a few cards already ; my > question follows : > - Focusrite Saffire is a bit special, as it has on-board DSP effects > (reverb, etc) , controlled by provided PC/Mac software. Would this all > have to be re-implemented in order to work on Linux ? Or is there any > chance it would work on Linux ? > > I guess I might get relevant answers from the project site, but I > could not find a place to post questions. Focusrite as a company are fairly Linux-aware. I had a nice conversation with Phil Dudderidge about the saffire earlier this year. I doubt they'll be releasing GPL'd code anytime soon, but I know they would see the sense in supporting Linux. It probably is worth talking to them. -- cheers, tim hall http://glastonburymusic.org.uk/tim
