Pieter Palmers wrote: > sevol wrote: >> 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? > > All input/output gain controls and configuration switches that are > provided by the saffire control panel on other OS'es are supported in > the FFADO codebase. We have control panels for all of the Saffire > devices, and they are fully featured (except for the DSP stuff on the > saffire white). There might be some bugs in them, but we have all info > to fix them. The only thing you shouldn't expect is a fancy GUI... it's > all very basic PyQT rapid prototyping stuff, but it works. If someone > wants to tackle the GUI side of things, please do. The current prototype > gui's illustrate how to use the control interface. > Excellent! This is great news & really better than hoped, even counting Focurite's full support. I'll take this chance & congradulate you early on these non-GMO babies, whatever the due date :) Hope the Mackie, Echo, & other vendor supported stuff is working out too. >>>> 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 ;) > Technically I guess it's not really a clone though... I'm afraid it's > going to be only a 50% genetic match. And as you might know that can > make a huge difference :). > I will have to give that a try :) >>> 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... > > S/PDIF on the firepod should work when using FFADO. You can even install > FFADO only for it's device control capabilities (clock source, mixer > settings) and then run jack with the freebob backend for stable streaming. > Sorry, I was thinking out loud. S/PDIF - even FFADO - is beside the point re my pod. The sync light glow's blue, never changes & syncs to nothing. Use to sync up every 10th or 50th power cycle & stay a while, but those days are gone. As an interface it's worthless. Perhaps it's just as well, my knowledge of linux is straight up flimzy. The only thing I 1/2-way understand is the pod problem. > Greets, > > Pieter > best of luck, sevol > > > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
