[LAU] Focusrite Saffire line

[Pieter Palmers]

sevol wrote:
> Hi People,
> 
> I'm thinking of getting one of the Saffire audio interfaces from 
> Focusrite.  Anyone on the list using these units & happy with the 
> results? This, a little off-topic & subjective: happy with the pres & 
> conversion?
> 
> The SaffireLE,
> 
> http://www.focusrite.com/products/saffire/saffire_le/
> 
> , is the one I'm eyeing. As far as I can tell it's very similar to the 
> Saffire,
> 
>   http://www.focusrite.com/products/saffire/saffire/
> 
> , only with 6 in/8 out compared to 4 in/10 out, & minus the 
> hardwar-powered plug-ins. I like having 2 more ins, & wont miss 2 less 
> outs. & I imagined the plug-ins, ahreware-powered or software woulkd be 
> useless under Linux. But the recent thread on the M-Audio Profire 2626 
> leads me to believe, maybe the times are changing.
I personally think times are changing, but change is slow...

> 
> I'm curious whether the DSP plugins might work in linux with FFADO. 
> Actually, true functionality of any of these models seem to require 
> software to adjust settings, so, what limitations are people noticing 
> right now running these in Linux? & will the pending beta release of 
> FFADO address the Saffire plug-in Suite hardware-powered use & whatever 
> other issues there are, if there are? Or is this a Wine solution?
As things stand now, there are no plans to support the saffire's 
internal plugins. And if I do support for any (hardware or software) 
plugins related to these devices, I'll do whatever I can to make them 
native instead of WINE.

> 
> Last, is anyone working on a clone of Pieter Palmers? That'd be pretty 
> useful...
I am. Still have about 30years of tweaking ahead though :).

Pieter