On 08-01-14 05:05, Robin Gareus wrote: > On 01/07/2014 04:10 PM, Fons Adriaensen wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> AFAIK the Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 USB interface works on Linux. >> >> * Can anyone confirm this ? >> * Should it work with a Raspberry Pi ? >> >> TIA, >> Hello Fons, It will probably work with a RPi since it has a USB2.0 host controller and there's a 3.10 kernel available. But you'll probably run into bandwidth issues, the USB implementation of the RPi is not that good. > > Hi Fons, > > I can't confirm neither directly. But I think it works these days: > > http://focusritedevelopmentteam.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/linux-and-focusrite-novation-products/#comment-104 > > I have a Focusrite 18i6. It required a quirks-entry in the > alsa-kernel-module. That went upstream in linux-3.8. Note that the > mixer-interface is proprietary. I reverse engineered it a year ago and > wrote the driver for it, but then lost interest - others are carrying on > that work now (see above forum). > > > The reason I lost interest is that I think the device is crap. > > The volume dials don't latch. I set a gain on the Focusrite 18i6 and a > minute later it's off by +-1dB. > > Compared to the other two USB audio-device that I have, the [preamps of > the] Focursite 18i6 is the noisiest. Measured with a 200 Ohm > termination and jnoisemeter: ~-72dBFS (Flat, RMS) -- the Edirol UA-25 is > at -81dBFS and the Presonus 1818VSL at -84dBFS. > > That make we wonder which award those 'award winning' preamps of > Focusrite actually won :) > > It has gain labels from 0..10 -= other comparably priced devices have > latched dials properly labeled and calibrated with dB. > > > I don't know if the same applies to the 18i8 -- Alexandre Prokoudine > reported similar findings with a Focusrite 2i4, though. > > > best, > robin Thanks for the info Robin, I was about to acquire a Scarlett 2i4 but I guess I need to look for other options. Best, Jeremy
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