[linux-audio-user] Linux and hardware samplers

tim tim at orford.org
Sat Apr 19 22:27:01 EDT 2003


> I want to get Linux and a hardware sampler talking to each other more
> effectively.  Specifically the following:
[snip]

well, it looks like no one has any good news for you!

does it do spdif/aesebu backups/restores?


> What about other options?  I could get rid of the sampler altogether -
> then to get the same number of outputs I'd need to upgrade my soundcard -
> but anyway, what Linux software is there that could replace a hardware
> sampler while probably retaining a sampler-like way of working?

exactly.


> Finally, I suppose I could upgrade the hardware sampler.  I guess that
> more modern hardware samplers integrate better with PCs in general.  But
> are their protocols and file formats any more open and therefore
> potentially more inter-operable with Linux, or are you just as locked in
> by proprietary formats and protocols as before?

i dont spose they're much better, although i did see one with
an ftp server inside :-)

good luck!

--
Tim



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