[linux-audio-dev] Re: GPL Audio Hardware

[Alfons Adriaensen]

On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 04:25:47AM -0500, Richard Smith wrote:

> Can the audio community use such a board?

Probably yes :-)

> Will they help in producing the feature set and design?

Probably yes. I would as far as I can.

> What features would it need?

For me:

  * operate at 48 and 96 kHz.
  * 8 / 16 / 24 analog inputs (line level, balanced)
  * 8 / 16 / 24 analog outputs (line level)
  * top quality converters and analog circuits
  * fixed and calibrated audio levels
  * support for RMS and peak metering
  * XLR or stereo jack connectors
  * no on-board processing, mixing, etc required
  * optional ADAT interfaces 
  * optional AES/EBU interfaces

> What would they pay for it?

Whatever I'd pay for commercial hardware of the same
performance and quality.


HW required 

 - bus interface (PLX)
 - FPGA
 - some memory 
 - codecs
 - analog cirquits

Nothing fancy really. 

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FA

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