Re: [LAU] Focusrite Saffire line

sevol wrote:
> Hi People,
>
> I'm thinking of getting one of the Saffire audio interfaces from
> Focusrite. Anyone on the list using these units & happy with the
> results? This, a little off-topic & subjective: happy with the pres &
> conversion?
>
> The SaffireLE,
>
> http://www.focusrite.com/products/saffire/saffire_le/
>
> , is the one I'm eyeing. As far as I can tell it's very similar to the
> Saffire,
>
> http://www.focusrite.com/products/saffire/saffire/
>
> , only with 6 in/8 out compared to 4 in/10 out, & minus the
> hardwar-powered plug-ins. I like having 2 more ins, & wont miss 2 less
> outs. & I imagined the plug-ins, ahreware-powered or software woulkd be
> useless under Linux. But the recent thread on the M-Audio Profire 2626
> leads me to believe, maybe the times are changing.
I personally think times are changing, but change is slow...

>
> I'm curious whether the DSP plugins might work in linux with FFADO.
> Actually, true functionality of any of these models seem to require
> software to adjust settings, so, what limitations are people noticing
> right now running these in Linux? & will the pending beta release of
> FFADO address the Saffire plug-in Suite hardware-powered use & whatever
> other issues there are, if there are? Or is this a Wine solution?
As things stand now, there are no plans to support the saffire's
internal plugins. And if I do support for any (hardware or software)
plugins related to these devices, I'll do whatever I can to make them
native instead of WINE.

>
> Last, is anyone working on a clone of Pieter Palmers? That'd be pretty
> useful...
I am. Still have about 30years of tweaking ahead though :).

Pieter
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Received on Fri Mar 28 12:15:10 2008