[LAU] Focusrite Saffire Pro 26 help?

[porl sheean]

hmm... it all looks ok from my limited experience, i'm not sure what
else to check sorry. hopefully someone else will be of more help.

if i think of anything i'll let you know.

porl

2008/10/18 Rick Green <rtg at aapsc.com>:
> On Sat, 18 Oct 2008, porl sheean wrote:
>
>> couple of quick questions:
>>
>> have you got jack running 'ok' with any interface previously, or is
>> this your first attempt at setting up linux/jack audio?
>>
>  I'm a newbie, yes.  Before buying this, I was able to start jack with the
> alsa driver, and make a recording with ardour from the laptop's built-in
> microphone.
>
>> what are the command line options/jack settings etc you are using?
>
>  I'm starting it with jackctl, here's the command line that it appears to
> have generated:
>
> /usr/bin/jackd -R -P89 -dfirewire -r44100 -p1024 -n3
>
> (My entire jackd log is posted as an attachment to ticked #140 on the
> ffado.org tracker)
>
>>
>> also, what firewire chipset are you using? i had one chipset that just
>> wouldn't work at all with the saffire, but after changing it over for
>> another everything was perfect.
>
>  The laptop's built-in firewire port usesa VIA controller.  Also on that
> ticket are posted the output of lshw and ffado-diag on my system.
>
> I also have a firewire-equipped desktop, but that box is currently running
> without a gui and only 256M of RAM.  When my newegg order arrives, I'll
> certainly give it a try there as well.
>
> --
> Rick Green
>
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