23 Aug
2004
23 Aug
'04
5:55 a.m.
On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 11:10:01PM +0200, Robert Jonsson wrote:
I would imagine that there will be more pressure when small firewire
devices get to the price of USB ones, then more developers will be feeling
the lack of firewire support, and working on it will be less expensive.
- Steve
söndagen den 22 augusti 2004 22.09 skrev Thomas
Pickett:
For the "class compliant" boxes they should mostly be supported by one of
the linux 1394 libraries (currently in development, I was tracking it for
a while but can't remember its name). But some, such as the MOTU box are
not class compliant, use a proprietary protocol, and MOTU have said they
have no intention of supporting linux, even to the extent of providing
specs.
Hey,
thanks for the advice. I don't care too much on which distro is
easiest to install. I care more about how good it works for music
production. If you had the choice which one of the suggestions given would
you use?
About the firewire stuff. I think it is too bad that linux does not
support it at this point. There are lots of decent soundcards that are
firewire based. MOTU 828mkII, Edirol FA-101, Presonus Firepod.
Yes, lots of good stuff, though there are reasons why none of this is yet
supported.
There's virtually no support from the hardware companies at this time which
dumps it all in the hands of enthusiasts. And it is a bit much to invest in
one of the above when it will take you thousands of manhours to get it to
work. Even aquiring the specifications cost money as I understand it. I understand
that it takes alot of work but I think that the firewire soundcards give
alot more options than the pci cards. Any comments?
In my book support for firewire gear is inevitable, it's just a question of
how soon we can have it, right now it does look like it will be a while.