-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 looks like once a technology is obsolete and depreciated it is mature enough to run well under linux. :D On 2014? 04? 21? 04:48, Jonathan E Brickman wrote: > Almost a week ago, I finally got around to ordering Firewire, in > the form of the Behringer FCA202. And I have to admit that I am > quite shocked with how well this unit, the least expensive new > Firewire interface of which I am aware, is working. I had not > before heard of any expression "Once you try Firewire, you don't go > back," but certainly I won't be going back by choice. It was a > simple lock-and-load, no adjustments other than telling the modules > to load at boot and setting the Jack driver to firewire, and the > result was astonishing, beautiful quality sound, zero hiccups, no > problems at all, all load levels. And I don't have to worry about > its USB A port! Yahoo!!!!! > > And it is interesting, it is by way of this FCA202 that I learned > that although the Zitas were working, there was additional latency > occurring in the jack-to-zita offload. It was audible but barely, > which presumably means something like 4-6ms. My testbed for that > is playing a MIDI keyboard in piano mode while simultaneously > sending the MIDI data to drive the synth; I play live like that > fairly often, and although the tiniest difference in attack is > acceptable, the Zita method was giving me a bit more, which I > brought to almost-AOK by giving the Zita process 80-level priority > in schedtool, but which the FCA202 knocked out of the park. I > played through the FCA202 this morning, and it was astonishing, the > detail of the tone quality, in both highs and lows. And I haven't > even tried 96 kHz yet :-) I do not know frankly know whether my > Yoshimis and Fluidsynths will play ball well with 96 kHz, I do not > know whether it is a very tested configuration. > > -- Jonathan E. Brickman Ponderworthy Music | jeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | > (785)233-9977 | http://ponderworthy.com > > > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user > mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlNUeNUACgkQ3EB7kzgMM6J7iACfeHgdTlFQ4tLf/uWFCVeZNPdO bnEAn1bQBRZDD2WqSL8iDowLJvkovh6U =nC3i -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
