On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 2:09 AM, jedd<jedd@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri 2009-07-03, Nicanor Garcia wrote: >> I was today in a conference about M-audio's products (by the way, >> expect none support with Linux from them!) and they were ... > > That's a bit sad - I've been a bit fond of their gear in the past > (I have a Revolution PCI card and an Axiom keyboard/controller). > > I bought the Revolution after trying to get a new SoundBlaster > card to work, and only then discovering that SB were now pretty > much anti-Linux support (after being *the* sound card for Linux > users to buy for close to a decade). Very sad. Very weird. > >> Also they mentioned what differences the different kinds of >> interfaces (USB, Firewire, PCI) and it's all about the transfer rate. > > Yeah - I'm not sure why Firewire is thought to be better than USB. > As you observe, USB means you can pick up the kit and plug it > into effectively any machine on the planet. Apple still charge > each OEM for the right to put a Firewire plug in their computer, > and given USB is roughly the same speed[1] most manufacturers > and most consumers are happy to move to / stay with USB. > > Jedd. > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_device_bandwidths#Peripheral > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > USB devices that work with Linux are much slower than firewire, there is no industry standard for USB 2 audio devices, so only USB 1.1 devices work with Linux (unless this has changed recently). _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
