3 Jul
2009
3 Jul
'09
7:45 a.m.
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 2:09 AM, jedd<jedd(a)progsoc.org> wrote:
On Fri 2009-07-03, Nicanor Garcia wrote:
USB devices that work with Linux are much slower than firewire, there
is no industry standard for USB 2 audio devices, so only USB 1.1
devices work with Linux (unless this has changed recently).
I was today in a conference about M-audio's
products (by the way,
expect none support with Linux from them!) and they were ...
That's a bit sad - I've been a bit fond of their gear in the past
(I have a Revolution PCI card and an Axiom keyboard/controller).
I bought the Revolution after trying to get a new SoundBlaster
card to work, and only then discovering that SB were now pretty
much anti-Linux support (after being *the* sound card for Linux
users to buy for close to a decade). Very sad. Very weird.
Also they mentioned what differences the
different kinds of
interfaces (USB, Firewire, PCI) and it's all about the transfer rate.
Yeah - I'm not sure why Firewire is thought to be better than USB.
As you observe, USB means you can pick up the kit and plug it
into effectively any machine on the planet. Apple still charge
each OEM for the right to put a Firewire plug in their computer,
and given USB is roughly the same speed[1] most manufacturers
and most consumers are happy to move to / stay with USB.
Jedd.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_device_bandwidths#Peripheral
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