Really? Jack can mute with xruns on firewire? I have an Edirol PCR-1 but I couldn't get it running on my linux box. damn! 2010/9/4 Jeremy Jongepier <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On 09/04/2010 05:06 PM, Bernardo Barros wrote: >> >> FireWire for Laptop (thinkpad). At least 4 output channels, 8 is >> better with a very decent audio quality. :-) >> Possible to have this hardware robust and trustful to perform live? >> > > Hello Bernardo, > > Then maybe a Focusrite Saffire Pro 24 might be an option, don't know how > many output channels that one has, I think it has 8. I'm testing its bigger > brother, the 40, and so far it performs well. But then we're talking about a > quadcore CPU with hyperthreading on a desktop machine. Don't know how it > will perform on a notebook. > When it comes to using it live, don't know, the 'problem' with FireWire > devices and JACK (at least JACK1, don't know about JACK2) is that if you run > into xruns those could take JACK down completely resulting in a mute > machine. I have the feeling this happens less with USB, USB just keeps > going. So for live performances maybe an USB sound card might be a better > option. > > Best, > > Jeremy > > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
