Subject: Re: 4D-NXs (was Re: Sync Issues)
From: Paul Barton-Davis (pbd_AT_Op.Net)
Date: ke loka 27 1999 - 09:53:34 EDT
>> > Drivers had better be forthcomming. Yes, I'm talking about cards like
>> >those, such as the Event Layla and Darla, etc. Without them, it makes
>> >Linux pretty useless as a multitrack platform...
>>
>> the manufacturers of such cards don't have much of an interest in
>> Linux. i did a little work at AES to try to change that, but its going
>> to be a long uphill battle.
>
> Well, if there were a more powerful audio API, and applications that
>took advantage of it, that would all change pretty quick...
actually, no.
i've had many discussions with different companies. the problem has
*never* been "Oh, Linux's audio API isn't worth us developing
for". Its also never been "Well, what applications are there ?"
(remember, most of these companies simply *assume* the existence of
apps, or alternatively, write their own).
Instead, its a combination of:
* "some other people wrote a Linux driver for our board and it sucked"
* "we don't have enough programmers to do that"
* "we don't have any written documentation to give you guys -
we wrote the driver by having the software group sit in with
the hardware group"
* "we think our hardware's proprietary secrets will be revealed
if there is a source code driver"
* "Linux ? Is that like Cakewalk ?"
> 4D-NX seems to be just the chipset. Which card are you referring to
>here?
go to www.hoontech.com and look at the SoundWave NX.
--p
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