Thanks, Darren. I think that pretty much clears it up. I'm going with
Echo Layla3G
On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Darren Landrum
<darren.landrum(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Brad Fuller wrote:
wow, no one has an E-MU 1820? I'm surprised. Maybe I should check the
-dev group.
It's between an E-MU 1820 and a Layla3G. Both seem to be about equal in
caps.
Well, I have an Emu 1212M, which I guess is the closest you're going to get.
They use the same driver, though, as far as I know, so I might be able to
answer your questions.
In general, how does the 1212M play with ALSA? It does well enough if all
you need is the audio ins and outs. As far as I know, the outputs are still
limited to 16 bits (the inputs can run at 24 bit) because the driver is not
finished yet. I've also been unable to get MIDI in working (in Ubuntu Studio
64 Hardy Heron), even though I can see the MIDI in ports from kjackctl. I
need to flip back over to Windows and test MIDI there (where it was working
at one time) to make sure it's not a hardware issue.
I don't know if the guy working on the driver still is, or what progress he
has made since I last checked up on it.
Another issue I run into is the lack of support in the driver for
automatically resampling output (I run the clock at 44.1khz). I have to make
sure the audio software I use is able to support its own output resampling.
This is less big of a deal, as I plan to do all of my production at 44.1,
but I do have the odd mp3 encoded at 48khz for whatever odd reason. Aqualung
has solved this for me, though.
If you have any more specific questions, feel free to fire them off at me,
and I'll do the best I can to answer them.
Regards,
Darren Landrum