[linux-audio-user] Firewire devices and Linux

[Pieter Palmers]

Yo'av Moshe wrote:

> I heard about FreeBoB, but it seems like it's an (very) early project,
> and that I shouldn't count on it.

Don't be misguided by the fact that we only have (pre-)alpha software on 
our site. The alpha's have become more like beta verions, and we are 
preparing a first release for the near future. If the sourceforge cvs 
servers would still be up and running, it would probably be ready. But 
untill they fix their CVS, we can't access our code and we have to wait.

There are still some issues with our native ALSA driver support, but we 
have a functional jackd backend which should enable you to do whatever 
you want. If you use the jack2alsa plugin, you can even run ALSA 
programs pretty decent.

I wouldn't say that you can't count on us.

> Are there any recording devices like the "Focusrite Saffire", the
> "Alesis iO-26", the "RME Fireface 400", the "M-Audio Firewire 410",
> etc, that are around 350$USD and that Linux supports?

check http://freebob.sourceforge.net/index.php/List_of_Supported_Devices 
to see what we support.
Note that the M-Audio 410 isn't supported ( 
http://freebob.sourceforge.net/index.php/FAQ#Will_the_M-Audio_410_.2F_1814_be_supported.3F)

$350 isn't a big budget though.

> In the worst case, I can always dual-boot, but I really wanted us to
> use Linux for the music stuff.

If you want to use Linux, and you want a firewire device, get one of the 
devices on our supported device list. They all work on windows too. They 
give you the best chance of good linux support for the moment.

Greets,

Pieter Palmers
FreeBob developer