[LAU] What hardware is actually used by freebob/ffado users?

Thomas Vecchione seablaede at gmail.com
Tue Jul 31 12:25:39 EDT 2007


Pieter, for your records:

** Those that considered buying a firewire device:
* What device(s) did you consider buying?

Most Recently:
Mackie Onyx 1200F, RME Fireface 800, or Metric Halo 2882+DSP

* What device did you go for in the end (if applicable)?

Have not as of yet.

* To what extent was the lack of Linux support a determining factor in
your decision?

Large extent, which is why at the moment since the Onyx is the only one I
know of likely to get Linux support anytime soon, it will likely be the one
I go for.  I would rather either the Metric or RME with an external Onyx
Preamp, but since the RME WONT work with Linux, and the Metric Halo I can't
find much info on, It severely limits choices.

I use my devices not only for recording, but with my most recent shopping I
am looking to also have the capability to use as a standalone matrix mixer
that I can use separately from the computer.  Since I work in linux
primarily to do my editing it means a lot to have support for whatever
device I use.

               Seablade

On 7/31/07, Pieter Palmers <pieterp at joow.be> wrote:
>
> [Appologies for the cross-posting]
> [Please DON'T use reply-to-all to reply on this email]
>
> Hi all,
>
> With this I'm hoping to gather some data that can help us in convincing
> the firewire device manufacturers that we are of some significance to
> their sales (I'm actually wondering if we are...). So I would like to
> ask everyone on these lists that has/considers/considered purchasing a
> firewire audio device if they would be so kind as to answer the
> following questionnaire.
>
>
> ** Those that have bought one or more firewire devices...
> * can you provide which device(s), preferably with their GUID (can be
> found out using gscanbus or sometimes on the device itself)
>
> * Do they work with linux?
>
> ** Those that considered buying a firewire device:
> * What device(s) did you consider buying?
>
> * What device did you go for in the end (if applicable)?
>
> * To what extent was the lack of Linux support a determining factor in
> your decision?
>
>
> ** Those that consider buying a firewire device:
> * What device(s) are you consider buying?
>
> * How important is Linux support for you?
>
> ** any comments?
>
>
> It would be nice if you would reply to this email with the answers
> inlined with the questions. Please don't reply-to-all but reply to
> pieterp at joow.be in order not to spam the mailing list with these
> answers. It would also be nice if you left the subject line intact such
> that I can auto-filter these messages.
>
> Again, sorry to bother you guys with this, but it's a bit difficult to
> convince manufacturers without some decent data.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pieter Palmers
> ffado.org
>
>
> PS: If you know other freebob/ffado users that are not subscribed to
> these list please pass this mail on.
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