[Re: [linux-audio-user] building the dream Linux music box]

[Joseph Zitt]

On Sat, 09 Nov 2002 06:21:51 +0900
Patrick Shirkey <pshirkey at boosthardware.com> wrote:

> Joseph Zitt wrote:
>
> > Ooh... does this imply that they're doing anything to make it
> > possible to use my #$%^&*^&*( Oxygen 8 under Linux yet?
> > 
> 
> He's back ;)

*Bwahahahah* Well, in reading what you and others a writing about this
stuff I'm having a renewed burst of optimism !-)

> People have got the Oxygen working but it is not a simple task. There 
> are some changes that have been going on in the usb-audio/midi code 
> since you probably last checked. They are just fleshing out last of
> the usability issues now.
> 
> Of course none of this has been done by midiman people. They have just
> been nice at releasing specs and sometimes providing hardware.
> 
> If you like I can let you know when the results are in. I think you
> will like what has been done. The usb-audio and usb-midi driver have
> been merged so you only need to compile one driver now. You will still
> need to get the firmware download. The usb-midi sequencer now uses the
> rawmidi device which is apparently better quality or latency or both.
?
> There may need to be some changes to the alsa-docs but I will make
> sure they are not forgotten.


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