4 Dec
2007
4 Dec
'07
1 p.m.
Replying off-list, thanks for the time.
Seablade
On Dec 4, 2007 10:59 AM, Pieter Palmers <pieterp(a)joow.be> wrote:
Thomas Vecchione wrote:
Howdy-
I know at one point there was talk of FreeBob supporting the Metric
Halo interfaces as they were willing to give all necessary documentation
on them. Well I have come to a point where I need to replace my laptop
interface that has died and would like to stick with one that is Linux
compatible, and Metric Halo was strongly recommended by a friend that is
on the Mac, so I was wondering if there was any update to the status of
the Metric Halo support on Linux? Anyone know?
Short of that I would go with RME and either a multiface or digiface,
not sure which, but would rather go with Metric Halo if they are
supported. Primarily my laptop runs the Mac OS so I can get by without
support for a little while, but I am looking to put Linux back on it
when it is not in show mode.
The Metric Halo devices are currently not supported by FFADO, and won't
be in the upcoming release. This due to the fact that I haven't heard
anything from Metric Halo for quite some time now. They agreed on
providing specs and test devices, but haven't done that yet.
Since FFADO is built as a framework with heterogeneous devices in mind,
I don't think it will be difficult implement support for them. Once all
data is available, along with a test device, it should be a matter of
weeks to get the basic I/O functionality running. That would exclude the
fancy DSP stuff, which would probably take a few months to implement.
For as long as I can I will implement FFADO support for all firewire
audio devices for which their manufacturer provides the needed info and
hardware. However I'm not going to actively try to convince vendors to
provide these things. After all it's my spare time, and I'd rather fill
it with coding than with convincing reluctant vendors.
So the bottom line is (for all firewire audio devices):
If you can convince the manufacturers to provide what they should, I'll
do the coding. If not, I'm sorry. But I do have the impression that
(potential) customers exercise more weight than a developer.
In case of Metric Halo: they contacted us with the question whether we
could support their devices. That was almost two years ago. Since then
nothing moved since they didn't have time. But as we all know, time can
be freed... So I guess that if you contact them, their answer might be
positive.
Greets,
Pieter Palmers
FFADO Developer