[LAU] open hw soundcard

[Karl Hammar]

> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:32:40PM +0100, Karl Hammar wrote:
[ about OSC ]
> > One problem though, one has to define the semantics och the data send.
> > - Can someone point to some wellrocognized doc for that?
> > - What are the conventions?
> OSC info, including specs, is here:
> http://opensoundcontrol.org/

Oh, I wasn't specific enough. It ([1,2]) only defines the "on the
wire" format. For it to be useful the "OSC Address Patterns" mapping
to real controls must be defined.

So what is the consensus among the applications, is it e.g. "/mixer/1/
volume", "/mixer/a/vol", or what?

> I suggested it for control/status data, i.e. to configure the sound
> card, choose sample rates and channel configurations, etc. It's used
> by some Linux softsynths to communicate with their GUIs.

Yes, since it is supported by the applications, it seems to be
something we must have. And it should not take much to make it work.

> I would not suggest OSC for shuffling ADC data back and forth. For
> that, either NetJack or some lightweight homegrown int/longint-based
> protocol would be better.

No, I didn't think so either.

> I am very excited to see so much progress on this. That ATMEL dev
> board also seems like a fast way to get something up and running.

Yes it is, but the processor on the cheap (~80USD) AT32NGW100 [3] is
AT32AP7000 [4], which has a BGA [5] package only, which puts it out
of the home hw hacker domain (special equipment is required to solder
it).

Regards,
/Karl

[1] http://opensoundcontrol.org/spec-1_0
[2] http://cnmat.berkeley.edu/system/files/attachments/Nime09OSCfinal.pdf
[3] http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=4102
[4] http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/product_card.asp?part_id=3903
[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_grid_array

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