[linux-audio-user] freebob hw support

[Pieter Palmers]

Rik Baeten wrote:
> Hello,
>
> For firewire audio cards like the Presonus Firebox (or FA-101,
> Quatafire, Phase 88):
>
> Are the following features already supported by freeBoB or is it
> possible that they will be supported somewhere in the future:
>
> 1) "zero-latency support" - Does freeBoB support the zero latency DSP
> mixer to mix live input audio streams with the software output stream?
>   
> 2) control panel compatibility - Can I set the different special
> features in the software, like:
>  - +12 dB input level boost
>  - Choose clock source
>   
Both mixer and control panel are not supported yet, and won't be in the 
1.0 release. We are working on this for the next release.

I suspect that there will be a lot of progress when LAC07 appears at the 
horizon ;)

> 3) audio patching and mixing - I suppose I can do everything with jack.
>   
Audio IO with jack is supported.
> 4) typical latency - Is the smallest latency without xruns (fast enough
> computer with real-time kernel) considerably different with any of these
> devices? Any figures?
>   
5 to 7ms roundtrip. Depends on the sample rate.

We are going to release Freebob 1.0 this week. As a matter of fact, 1.0 
is already available for download, the only thing left to do is to write 
a decent release note. I'll try and include a detailed feature list.

Greets,

Pieter Palmers