19 Oct
2005
19 Oct
'05
8:04 a.m.
On Tuesday 18 October 2005 14:09, Jean-Baptiste Mestelan was like:
Hello, people :-)
I hope this will not be too much OT ...
I am considering the firewire audio interface Focusrite Saffire.
Though it is not natively supported on Linux, an open-source project
exists, aiming to provide support for such Firewire based breakout
boxes.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freebob/
I trust this driver works successfully for a few cards already ; my
question follows :
- Focusrite Saffire is a bit special, as it has on-board DSP effects
(reverb, etc) , controlled by provided PC/Mac software. Would this all
have to be re-implemented in order to work on Linux ? Or is there any
chance it would work on Linux ?
I guess I might get relevant answers from the project site, but I
could not find a place to post questions.
Focusrite as a company are fairly Linux-aware. I had a nice conversation with
Phil Dudderidge about the saffire earlier this year. I doubt they'll be
releasing GPL'd code anytime soon, but I know they would see the sense in
supporting Linux. It probably is worth talking to them.
--
cheers,
tim hall
http://glastonburymusic.org.uk/tim