FireWire or USB 2.0 audio interfaces, was Re: [linux-audio-user] What is currently the best USBaudio interface for Linux?

[Ivica Ico Bukvic]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-audio-user-bounces at music.columbia.edu [mailto:linux-audio-
> user-bounces at music.columbia.edu] On Behalf Of Christoph Eckert
> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 12:22 PM
> To: A list for linux audio users
> Subject: Re: FireWire or USB 2.0 audio interfaces,was Re: [linux-audio-
> user] What is currently the best USBaudio interface for Linux?
> 
> 
> > Regarding Firewire (IEEE-1394), apparently Freebob is pretty darn
> > close to getting stuff to work (they even have some reports stating
> > that audio works just fine on select devices). See
> > http://freebob.sourceforge.net/index.php/Main_Page for more info.
> 
> As the jackd backend works they currently want to write an ALSA driver
> and are looking for people who help working on it. Any volunteers?

That is great news!

Do you happen to know if the MIDI sync issue is now resolved?

Ico