21 Apr
2004
21 Apr
'04
3:57 p.m.
I never saw it as a vendetta, just more of a "this thing stole months of
my life away, please don't let it steal months from yours"
:)
m.
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From: linux-audio-user-bounces(a)music.columbia.edu [mailto:linux-audio-
user-bounces(a)music.columbia.edu] On Behalf Of Josh Steiner
Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Quattro USB
i really just need to point out that frank seems to have a personal
vendetta against the quattro. it does violate the USB spec in a minor
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i understand the frustration behind the vendetta, as i too had tons of
trouble getting the quattro to work on 2.4.x and was pretty irked when
it looked like 2.6.x wasnt going to support it period, but i just dont
see the need to call it a "total piece of junk" everytime the quattro
comes up on a list, especially now that that it seems that the troubles
with the quattro are historical. and yeah, i have much respect for
frank, i'm not trolling him, i just dont want people to get a mistaken
impression of the quattro as i'm quite happy with it.
Matthew Allen wrote:
I never saw it as a vendetta, just more of a "this
thing stole months of
my life away, please don't let it steal months from yours"
:)
m.
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-----Original Message-----
From: linux-audio-user-bounces(a)music.columbia.edu [mailto:linux-audio-
user-bounces(a)music.columbia.edu] On Behalf Of Josh Steiner
Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Quattro USB
i really just need to point out that frank seems to have a personal
vendetta against the quattro. it does violate the USB spec in a minor
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Hallo,
Josh Steiner hat gesagt: // Josh Steiner wrote:
i understand the frustration behind the vendetta, as i
too had tons of
trouble getting the quattro to work on 2.4.x and was pretty irked when
it looked like 2.6.x wasnt going to support it period, but i just dont
see the need to call it a "total piece of junk" everytime the quattro
comes up on a list, especially now that that it seems that the troubles
with the quattro are historical. and yeah, i have much respect for
frank, i'm not trolling him, i just dont want people to get a mistaken
impression of the quattro as i'm quite happy with it.
Does the Quattro really work now? I would be happy to hear that and
I'd stop any vendetting immediatly. And does 2.6.5 include the
necessary fixes already?
But as Matthew put it: It stole months of my life, in fact, it stole a
whole year, after which I bought a new USB device, which worked like a
charm the first minute I plugged it in. That's why I call(ed) it a
"total piece of junk", as it was exactly this to me the last year.
Ciao
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8:33 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Quattro USB
Would share what USB device you are happy with currently?
Thanks,
Wade
On Wednesday 21 April 2004 2:58 pm, Frank Barknecht wrote:
Hallo,
Josh Steiner hat gesagt: // Josh Steiner wrote:
i understand the frustration behind the vendetta,
as i too had tons of
trouble getting the quattro to work on 2.4.x and was pretty irked when
it looked like 2.6.x wasnt going to support it period, but i just dont
see the need to call it a "total piece of junk" everytime the quattro
comes up on a list, especially now that that it seems that the troubles
with the quattro are historical. and yeah, i have much respect for
frank, i'm not trolling him, i just dont want people to get a mistaken
impression of the quattro as i'm quite happy with it.
Does the Quattro really work now? I would be happy to hear that and
I'd stop any vendetting immediatly. And does 2.6.5 include the
necessary fixes already?
But as Matthew put it: It stole months of my life, in fact, it stole a
whole year, after which I bought a new USB device, which worked like a
charm the first minute I plugged it in. That's why I call(ed) it a
"total piece of junk", as it was exactly this to me the last year.
Ciao
8:57 p.m.
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Hallo,
Wade Winright hat gesagt: // Wade Winright wrote:
Would share what USB device you are happy with
currently?
I now have the Terratec Aureon USB. Not because it would be the
absolute best device, but because it was cheap and works. I didn't
want to be forced to stick to a device, which might not work, but was
very expensive like the Quattro. I also considered the Terratec
Phase26 on the more expensive side, but decided against it in the end.
But as I wrote: try to get a device, that you could turn back in if it
creates problems. You can test USB devices very easily on Linux, as
most use the same driver - only the Tascams use another driver. In
fact, USB-sound on Linux turned out to be easier than on Windows. The
colleague who tested the devices on Win had much more problems than I
had (crashes and all that).
Ciao
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9:23 p.m.
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Frank Barknecht wrote:
Hallo,
Josh Steiner hat gesagt: // Josh Steiner wrote:
a post to linux-usb-dev entitled "[linux-usb-devel] success with maudio
quattro" seems to suggest it. (i cutnpasted the text below... for
some reason the list archives stops on 04.04 and the post was 04.14)
i understand the frustration behind the vendetta,
as i too had tons of
trouble getting the quattro to work on 2.4.x and was pretty irked when
it looked like 2.6.x wasnt going to support it period, but i just dont
see the need to call it a "total piece of junk" everytime the quattro
comes up on a list, especially now that that it seems that the troubles
with the quattro are historical. and yeah, i have much respect for
frank, i'm not trolling him, i just dont want people to get a mistaken
impression of the quattro as i'm quite happy with it.
Does the Quattro really work now?
I would be happy to hear that and
I'd stop any vendetting immediatly.
;)
And does 2.6.5 include the
necessary fixes already?
i dont know actually.
But as Matthew put it: It stole months of my life, in
fact, it stole a
whole year, after which I bought a new USB device, which worked like a
charm the first minute I plugged it in. That's why I call(ed) it a
"total piece of junk", as it was exactly this to me the last year.
yeah, it caused me a big old headache myself, but i really like the
cards features so i'm holding onto my hope about it. someday very soon
i'll experiment with the patches. here is the message:
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I've applied the following two patches based on Alan's recommendation:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-usb-devel&m=108178375704810&q…
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-usb-devel&m=108178386018353&q…
They apply cleanly to the -mm patched 2.6.5 kernel (that's 2.6.5-mm4 for
reference). The MAudio Quattro usb soundcard works just fine (although
admittedly i don't do anything fancy with it like recording audio). Upon
plugging it in I get the expected set of error messages:
config 1 interface 1 has no altsetting 1
config 1 interface 2 has no altsetting 1
config 1 interface 4 has no altsetting 2
config 1 interface 5 has no altsetting 2
config 1 interface 7 has no altsetting 2
config 1 interface 8 has no altsetting 2
Other than that, I haven't done any real functionality testing (it plays
music, that's good enough for now :) If you guys need me to try
anything else, let me know.
Thanks,
Tony
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