7 Jun
2020
7 Jun
'20
4:26 p.m.
If this is not allowed, board ops please feel free to remove.
I'm guessing, since firewire support in Linux is moving into the sunset,
that this may be of more interest to the Apple/Protools people. But, Linux
is my focus, so I figured I'd offer here in case there are still some Linux
holdouts. ;)
I have two Echo Audiofire 12 units that I am willing to part with for a
reasonable price + shipping.
They are in almost new condition. Never used on the road. And have lived in
a temperature/humidity controlled environment.
It's not that I wouldn't be a holdout as well, but, I just don't do any
work that requires the horsepower. I think they can, in fact, be used as
line level mixers without firewire...though I've never used them in that
way.
If there is any interest, contact me directly, so as not to clutter the
list.
Regards,
Mac
7 Jun
7 Jun
6:33 p.m.
On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 6:27 AM Mac <macdroid53(a)gmail.com> wrote:
If this is not allowed, board ops please feel free to remove.
I'm guessing, since firewire support in Linux is moving into the sunset, that this
may be of more interest to the Apple/Protools people. But, Linux is my focus, so I figured
I'd offer here in case there are still some Linux holdouts. ;)
You have this backwards.
It was Apple that announced no more firewire interfaces on their
hardware. There is no active development of firewire support for macOS
whatsoever. It was Apple that basically shut down any future for
firewire by announcing their complete abandonment of it. Nobody makes
new firewire audio interfaces now, and that's entirely at Apple's
feet.
On Linux, where the support for firewire audio interfaces has been a
bit patchy, things are actually slowly improving, and you will
continue to be able to use firewire audio interfaces on this platform
for as long as you wish.
6:51 p.m.
Interesting.
My comment about the Apple/Protools was my assumption based on little
research. I avoid Apple products completely now that I'm out of the
corporate world...read completely ignore. So thanks for the info.
But, I use Ubuntu Studio. In 20.04 they have basically dropped support for
things like ffado.
I've gone round and round trying to get the FW cards to work in 18.x and
19.x.
It is hard to find interface boards for FW, let alone the ones with TI
chipsets that work correctly.
So, I've kinda given up trying...especially since I don't really need them
for what I do anymore.
Maybe they work better with alsa. But, last I tried that didn't seem to
play nice and I don't know of a low level control interface (like
ffado-mixer) to configure them.
Admittedly, after fussing with them for a month or so last year, I just
haven't looked at them since.
Mac
On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 10:33 AM Paul Davis <paul(a)linuxaudiosystems.com>
wrote:
On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 6:27 AM Mac
<macdroid53(a)gmail.com> wrote:
If this is not allowed, board ops please feel free to remove.
I'm guessing, since firewire support in Linux is moving into the sunset,
that
this may be of more interest to the Apple/Protools people. But, Linux
is my focus, so I figured I'd offer here in case there are still some Linux
holdouts. ;)
You have this backwards.
It was Apple that announced no more firewire interfaces on their
hardware. There is no active development of firewire support for macOS
whatsoever. It was Apple that basically shut down any future for
firewire by announcing their complete abandonment of it. Nobody makes
new firewire audio interfaces now, and that's entirely at Apple's
feet.
On Linux, where the support for firewire audio interfaces has been a
bit patchy, things are actually slowly improving, and you will
continue to be able to use firewire audio interfaces on this platform
for as long as you wish.
8:36 p.m.
I also have a couple of audiofire8 interfaces if anyone wants them. Nice
units but I’ve moved on. I had them linked to get 16 channels.
Don’t really want money for them — just cover shipping costs and some beer
money as an incentive.
PM me if interested.
Sorry if I hijacked this thread.
-Bob
On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 10:51 AM Mac <macdroid53(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Interesting.
My comment about the Apple/Protools was my assumption based on little
research. I avoid Apple products completely now that I'm out of the
corporate world...read completely ignore. So thanks for the info.
But, I use Ubuntu Studio. In 20.04 they have basically dropped support for
things like ffado.
I've gone round and round trying to get the FW cards to work in 18.x and
19.x.
It is hard to find interface boards for FW, let alone the ones with TI
chipsets that work correctly.
So, I've kinda given up trying...especially since I don't really need them
for what I do anymore.
Maybe they work better with alsa. But, last I tried that didn't seem to
play nice and I don't know of a low level control interface (like
ffado-mixer) to configure them.
Admittedly, after fussing with them for a month or so last year, I just
haven't looked at them since.
Mac
On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 10:33 AM Paul Davis <paul(a)linuxaudiosystems.com>
wrote:
On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 6:27 AM Mac
<macdroid53(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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If this is not allowed, board ops please feel free to remove.
I'm guessing, since firewire support in Linux is moving into the
sunset, that
this may be of more interest to the Apple/Protools people.
But, Linux is my focus, so I figured I'd offer here in case there are still
some Linux holdouts. ;)
You have this backwards.
It was Apple that announced no more firewire interfaces on their
hardware. There is no active development of firewire support for macOS
whatsoever. It was Apple that basically shut down any future for
firewire by announcing their complete abandonment of it. Nobody makes
new firewire audio interfaces now, and that's entirely at Apple's
feet.
On Linux, where the support for firewire audio interfaces has been a
bit patchy, things are actually slowly improving, and you will
continue to be able to use firewire audio interfaces on this platform
for as long as you wish.
8 Jun
8 Jun
3:55 a.m.
On 6/7/20 4:33 AM, Paul Davis wrote:
On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 6:27 AM Mac
<macdroid53(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Just checked here in Debian 10. It still has FFADO and related stuff.
Maybe time to give up on Ubuntu? When I got my current Dell, Ubuntu
repeatedly failed to install successfully on it. Debian went on with no
problems.
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If this is not allowed, board ops please feel
free to remove.
I'm guessing, since firewire support in Linux is moving into the sunset, that this
may be of more interest to the Apple/Protools people. But, Linux is my focus, so I figured
I'd offer here in case there are still some Linux holdouts. ;)
You have this
backwards.
It was Apple that announced no more firewire interfaces on their
hardware. There is no active development of firewire support for macOS
whatsoever. It was Apple that basically shut down any future for
firewire by announcing their complete abandonment of it. Nobody makes
new firewire audio interfaces now, and that's entirely at Apple's
feet.
On Linux, where the support for firewire audio interfaces has been a
bit patchy, things are actually slowly improving, and you will
continue to be able to use firewire audio interfaces on this platform
for as long as you wish.
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