Subject: RE: [linux-audio-dev] is there a hammerfall dsp driver in the works?
From: Richard W.E. Furse (richard_AT_muse.demon.co.uk)
Date: Mon Oct 15 2001 - 19:11:43 EEST
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-linux-audio-dev_AT_music.columbia.edu
> [mailto:owner-linux-audio-dev_AT_music.columbia.edu]On Behalf Of Paul Davis
> Sent: 15 October 2001 14:03
> To: linux-audio-dev_AT_music.columbia.edu
> Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] is there a hammerfall dsp driver in the
> works?
[...]
>
> >version for laptops) driver for linux at this time? If not, what
> are current
> >available solutions for the intel/amd laptops in linux as much as the
> >low-latency multichannel audio hardware is concerned?
>
> There are none. The VX Rocket is the only PCMCIA device that could be
> considered a serious audio interface, and it supports only 2 channels.
>
> --p
I believe there is (was) a multichannel version of this around (may be
output only), however I gather that both cards have rather bad S/N ratios
because the A/D converters have to sit inside the laptop, very close to a
lot of other electronics and probably not too well shielded.
Decent multichannel audio on laptops is turning out to be rather annoyingly
difficult. I've been waiting for ages for the USB-based M-Audio 4in/4out
card. This has shipped for the Mac, but (nearly a year on) they've still not
released it for the PC. Last time I asked they were having trouble with the
Windows drivers. Perhaps the Linux crowd should step in...
About the only other option I'm aware of (and which I'm now seriously
considering) is the MOTU Firewire card. A very serious piece of audio kit -
it's a fairly shallow 1U rack with lots of ins and outs. It's expensive and
quite a lot to carry around - and I have a suspicion that writing a Linux
driver may well be nontrivial.
--Richard
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