* Jörn Nettingsmeier <nettings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2014-08-28 12:03]: > On 08/28/2014 05:48 PM, Paul Davis wrote: > > > > > > > >On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Jörn Nettingsmeier > ><nettings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:nettings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > > > > > > > no personal experience, but i guess the ff400/800 support is fairly > > complete by now. check with jonathan woithe on the ffado list to > > make sure. > > > > > >just in time for firewire to ride off into the sunset ... Yes, nice comment Paul. I feel I have to keep chasing laptops that have either an express card slot or a firewire connector. > > > > fair enough, but a surprisingly large number of those boxes are > lying around in institutions and studios (among them, I believe, > Ardour headquarters :) so it's still kind of useful - the ffs are > still more or less state-of-the-art in terms of audio quality, so > it's well worth the extra effort to dig up a firewire card and jump > through a few hoops if the prize is access to those preamps and > converters. Which nicely circles back to my question if there are any settings on the FF400/800 are settable from within Linux, such as, lets say, +48V and switchable input jacks etc. Thanks for all the answers which help to get a good picture of the current not too bright future vision re pro audio interfaces. P _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
