Arnold Krille wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 13. Februar 2008 schrieb Malte Steiner: >>> good to hear about latency issues as I'm still considering a firewire >>> hardware device for laptop use - and for mobility, sturdy, public space >>> and traveling use. >>> the search goes on... >> So I guess you have one with PC EXpresscard so PCMCIA is not a solution, >> or? One thing particular for laptop use: Depending on the model you might >> encounter the laptop humming noise and buzz. Some models are better but the >> only way to get rid of it for once and all is to decouple the >> converters from the computer via optical transcievers, for instance ADAT >> compatible connection for multichannel. > > Or by lifting the ground on the XLR connections between the device and the > mixer/pa. > > I am also thinking about experimenting with lifting the ground on the > firewire. What do the experts say about that? I have been thinking about that too, but one of the showstoppers is the fact that firewire uses common-mode signaling for low-speed communication. I have to look into it further though. Pieter _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user