9 Dec
2006
9 Dec
'06
10:10 a.m.
Hi list.
I'm looking to buy some firewire sound card, and I have got a very good price on a
Focusrite Saffire LE, but it says on the Freebob website about the Saffire:
"FireWire Interface with DSP - DSP and mixer not supported by FreeBob". What
does
this mean practically? On Focusrite's website it says about the LE: "Although
only
the original Saffire has onboard DSP.." which should mean that the LE has not.
Which are the pros and cons compared to the Presonus Firebox which I can obtain for
a marginally higher price? Is the Focusrite Saffire LE even fully workable under Linux?
If "mixer" means the included control software for Windows, what possibilities
for
controlling the device exists?
And is the support for the Firebox sufficient, or should I go for something completely
different in the same or even lower pricerange?
I'm thinking of even buying a Presonus Firepod if I can get it at a good price, is
this
something that is 100% supported, or are there still things that need to be fixed?
Regards,
Mathias
12 Dec
12 Dec
8:49 a.m.
I'm looking to buy some firewire sound card, and I
have got a very good price on a
Focusrite Saffire LE, but it says on the Freebob website about the Saffire:
"FireWire Interface with DSP - DSP and mixer not supported by FreeBob". What
does
this mean practically?
IRC, the Saffire has configurable mixer build in and a DSP which freebob
has no control software (gui etc) for it. If the basic setup (after
powering the device up) is ok for you, the thing should work with
freebob. But you can't change anything at this point.
Which are the pros and cons compared to the Presonus
Firebox which I can obtain for
a marginally higher price? Is the Focusrite Saffire LE even fully workable under Linux?
I don't think so (see above)
If "mixer" means the included control
software for Windows, what possibilities for
controlling the device exists?
yes
And is the support for the Firebox sufficient, or
should I go for something completely
different in the same or even lower pricerange?
I'm thinking of even buying a Presonus Firepod if I can get it at a good price, is
this
something that is 100% supported, or are there still things that need to be fixed?
Freebob works fairly good but nothing is 100%. There are a few people
around which use those devices. Maybe some of them can drop a line if it
works for them.
cheers,
daniel
13 Dec
13 Dec
5:06 p.m.
I use a presonus firebox with good results under the released freebob
1.0. Jack allows me to do what I need to with the device (e.g. set
samplerate, latency, etc). I recently recorded a high school Christmas
concert (the school that I teach at) last friday with good results. My
signal chain: 1pr Rode NT4's -->aphex107 preamp -->firebox line in's.
I had no xruns or ardour dropping jack for the whole 1.5 hour concert.
I would imagine the firepod to have similar results to the firebox.
PF
On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 13:49 +0100, Daniel Wagner wrote:
I'm
looking to buy some firewire sound card, and I have got a very good price on a
Focusrite Saffire LE, but it says on the Freebob website about the Saffire:
"FireWire Interface with DSP - DSP and mixer not supported by FreeBob". What
does
this mean practically?
IRC, the Saffire has configurable mixer build in and a DSP which freebob
has no control software (gui etc) for it. If the basic setup (after
powering the device up) is ok for you, the thing should work with
freebob. But you can't change anything at this point.
Which are the pros and cons compared to the
Presonus Firebox which I can obtain for
a marginally higher price? Is the Focusrite Saffire LE even fully workable under Linux?
I don't think so (see above)
If "mixer" means the included control
software for Windows, what possibilities for
controlling the device exists?
yes
And is the support for the Firebox sufficient, or
should I go for something completely
different in the same or even lower pricerange?
I'm thinking of even buying a Presonus Firepod if I can get it at a good price, is
this
something that is 100% supported, or are there still things that need to be fixed?
Freebob works fairly good but nothing is 100%. There are a few people
around which use those devices. Maybe some of them can drop a line if it
works for them.
cheers,
daniel
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