Re: Re: audio interface for laptop

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cezar@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Frank Barknecht <fbar@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Hallo,
cezar@xxxxxxxxxxx hat gesagt: // cezar@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

  Is there any audio interface with 8 or 10 out that works 100% with linux ?
For a laptop AFAIK there's only the RME PC-card interface supported
100%. If you're the experimental type of user, you may also want to
have a look at the freebob-supported Firewire devices: http://freebob.sourceforge.net/index.php/List_of_Supported_Devices

Ciao
--
 Frank Barknecht                 _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__

TerraTec PHASE Rack 88 FW, TerraTec EWS Mic2 / Mic8 Firewire and ESI QuataFire 610 seem interesting. Could anyone post some working setups
 with these boards, technical issues and performance obtained.

I have a phase88 rack FW and an ESI quatafire 610.

Don't get the ESI, because they don't update their firmware (they are still using a 2 year old firmware, while the most recent reference firmware dates from january). Therefore it is difficult to fully support it.

The Phase88 FW is nice. Very straightforward.

All devices you mention are BeBoB devices and are therefore supported by the freebob project. we are going to release a first version of the code really soon. This will allow you to use the BeBoB based devices with jackd. If you want alsa, you'll have to use the jack<->alsa plugin.

The support is not complete yet, but all the basic things are present:
- Analog I/O at all samplerates supported by the device
- Digital I/O, depending on the format and firmware config. SPDIF out mostly works, provided it's not AC3 passthrough.
- MIDI support through ALSA-Sequencer

Experimental support for:
- multiple devices on the bus using wordclock sync

Not supported yet:
- hardware zero-latency mixer control
- extended device configuration controls (front/back switches, sync modes, ...)
- native ALSA support

Roundtrip audio loopback latencies are, depending on your system, around 5-7ms.

I think that everything you need for a basic setup is supported (except for the mixer maybe). The more advanced stuff is going to be supported in the next version. As we are cooperating with the chipset & device vendors, we can assure you that all features of the devices will be supported. It's just a matter of time.

Greets,

Pieter Palmers
freebob developer

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