This is indeed a huge problem. USB devices should work across the board but many do not or there is no mixer window available, etc. I have a Lambda which works fine for audio and midi but no particular software support beyond ports showing up on alsa and jack. I have a dman2044, not the highest end but more than passable "pro" audio card with a nice chunky breakbout box which uses real connectors, to 1/8 inch toys. This is an obselete piece of hardware with no drivers beyond Windows 98! One would think that the manufacturer would lose nothing by releasing interface data to the community so an alsa driver could be developed. I guess they would be happier if I buy a newer one, i.e. a Delta (which works with alsa). I'll take a second hand one if someone wants to part with it but I have little money for more and more hardware,just to have the same excuses a couple of years down the road. I beseech developers and manufacturers: Even if you are not interested in opensource, creative-commons, and such, once a product is at the end of its life cycle, please release code and specs to the community. Products that are still actively sold and supported, at least yield information to the community so we can develop drivers and software to continue using them. There is nothing to lose and all to gain. We will love you for it and be more willing to buy your products in the future _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
