[linux-audio-user] anyone using hdsp cardbus

[Mark Knecht]

On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 10:33, Tim Mayberry wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 14:33, you wrote:
> > I'm checking out my options for doing high quality audio with my new linux
> > laptop, and I read about hammerfall's pcmcia interface to their dsp system
> > and I'm wondering what people's experiences have been.
> >
> > http://www.brianredfern.org
> 
> I have the hammerfall dsp cardbus interface and a multiface. I use it in a 
> dell inspiron 4150 laptop running debian unstable and it works well. It was 
> much easier to set up than I expected, it took about the same time to install 
> as it did in windows as I already had alsa installed with all the modules 
> compiled so it was just a matter of editing a few files. I have been 
> recording drums and guitar using ardour and the quality seems good, but I 
> haven't compared it to anything else yet. One thing it does need though is a 
> better mixer as I think at the moment you can only control the volume of the 
> outputs in alsamixer or at least very few controls. I think someone is 
> working on a clone of RME's totalmix which should make the card more 
> appealing. 

Tim,
   Have you used the MIDI on your MultiFace? I have the new HDSP 9752
and the MIDI works terribly. Very bad timing. I'm wondering if the
MultiFace has the same problem or whether there is a solution there that
could somehow be applied to my case.

Thanks,
Mark