[linux-audio-user] Firewire audio support?

[Mark Knecht]

On Sat, 2004-05-01 at 15:17, Samuel Thurston wrote:
> I am in need of an external audio interface for my laptop. I want it to 
> be firewire, and I currently use both linux and windows for audio(dual 
> boot). I was strongly considering the M-Audio Firewire 410:
> 
> http://m-audio.com/index.php?do=products.main&ID=5f35def5b4107998b11119907053a313
> <http://m-audio.com/index.php?do=products.main&ID=5f35def5b4107998b11119907053a313>
> 
> But I don't see it on the ALSA compat. list.   Anybody have any good 
> suggestions?  I want something that is compatible with Macs as well, 
> since I think that's where I'm headed.
> 

This has been discussed a few times. I'm Pro Tools / Firewire based on
Windows. No developers I know of are working on Firewire support for
Linux. One person did write M-Audio about getting info to write a driver
for the 410. As far as I know he never received a reply.

- Mark