Pieter Palmers wrote: > sevol wrote: >> Hi People, >> >> I'm thinking of getting one of the Saffire audio interfaces from >> Focusrite. Anyone on the list using these units & happy with the >> results? This, a little off-topic & subjective: happy with the pres & >> conversion? >> >> The SaffireLE, >> >> http://www.focusrite.com/products/saffire/saffire_le/ >> >> , is the one I'm eyeing. As far as I can tell it's very similar to the >> Saffire, >> >> http://www.focusrite.com/products/saffire/saffire/ >> >> , only with 6 in/8 out compared to 4 in/10 out, & minus the >> hardwar-powered plug-ins. I like having 2 more ins, & wont miss 2 less >> outs. & I imagined the plug-ins, ahreware-powered or software woulkd >> be useless under Linux. But the recent thread on the M-Audio Profire >> 2626 leads me to believe, maybe the times are changing. > I personally think times are changing, but change is slow... > >> >> I'm curious whether the DSP plugins might work in linux with FFADO. >> Actually, true functionality of any of these models seem to require >> software to adjust settings, so, what limitations are people noticing >> right now running these in Linux? & will the pending beta release of >> FFADO address the Saffire plug-in Suite hardware-powered use & >> whatever other issues there are, if there are? Or is this a Wine >> solution? > As things stand now, there are no plans to support the saffire's > internal plugins. And if I do support for any (hardware or software) > plugins related to these devices, I'll do whatever I can to make them > native instead of WINE. I'm not really disappointed - hadn't given the DSP stuff much chance of use atm. If/When the time comes, native has got to be better. Somehow the plugins thing hijacked my thoughts. In fact, certain other issues seem more critical & pressing. Like, the front on the LE has 4 nice knobs: 2 level controls for frontside inputs 1 & 2; 1 for levels of backside Main outs 1 & 2; & 1 for headphone levels. That seems to leave a lot of input & output control unaccounted for, except via the Saffire Control LE software GUI. & this would be a no-show in Linux, right? I guess the 2 analogue line/instrument-in levels on back can be controllrd by, if existant, volume knobs on whatever devices are connecting to them. So, maybe that's covered. & sample rates will probably be handled by JACK/JACKCTRL. Then though, the MIDI Through is activated by a software switch. & the High Gain switches for Instrument level sources is software controlled. The S/PDIF external sync switch, likewise, & the same situation as the nonworking S/PDIF input of the Firepod. A lot of the output & mixing capabilities are based in software too. Is there going to be a way to manage these? Full details not necessary, but could you reveal the gist of what'll be lost? > >> >> Last, is anyone working on a clone of Pieter Palmers? That'd be pretty >> useful... > I am. Still have about 30years of tweaking ahead though :). Ahh, then the rumors ARE true... had to ask, but 30yrs wait time ;) > > Pieter Thanks for the info, sevol p.s. Just read Andrew's message on the Freebob-devel list & see that the S/PDIF capabilities are looking better, at least with FFADO testing on the firepod. Hmmm... > > > > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
