Paul Davis wrote: > On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 01:36 +0200, Michael Rudolf wrote: > > I bought an RME Digi96/8 PST because it was said to have good Linux > > support and very low latency, therefore perfectly suitable for > > hd-recording and the like. > > where does it say this? the digi96/8 is an entirely different product > (different h/w design, different chipset, different interactions with > the host CPU) from the digi9652, HDSP and HDSP9652 systems. this latter > range is well supported and works exceedingly well on almost all > systems. the digi96/8 has support, but it does not work particularly > well, especially not for low latency work (this is not because of the > driver design (other than the overall way that ALSA works), but because > of the h/w design). Thanks for the info Paul. So do you say the digi96/8 is significantly less well supported on Linux than the Hammerfall/HDSP? If so, shouldn't that info be on alsa soundcard matrix? Since the Hammerfall series didn't seem appropriate for my needs (digital I/O only, high cost), it seemed that the digi96/8 and the M-Audio Delta 1010 LT would be good alternatives. Would the 1010 LT have been the better choice? What other alternatives are there for hd recording on Linux when Hammerfall/HDSP is not an option? > as for issues with xruns and delays, you need to tell us what kernel, > what distribution, and what version of ALSA. Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.9b emulation code) Kernel: Linux neurose 2.6.12-oci2.mdk with realtime lsm module and PREEMPT/PREEMPT_BKL enabled. Distribution is PCLinuxOS P91 fully updated and with the Jack packages from thac (jackit-0.100.1-050708.1.pclo2005.thac). Thanks Michael
