Re: [LAU] Newer USB audio interfaces

From: drew Roberts <zotz@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Wed Apr 29 2009 - 06:10:51 EEST

On Tuesday 28 April 2009 21:33:09 Paul Davis wrote:
> General point: there will be no linux support for USB2 audio devices
> that looks anything like what currently exists for USB1. There is no
> "class compliant device specification" for USB2 audio at present (and
> my guess is that there will never be one).

That's how it looks to play out to me too. Brain dead. There is a lot of brain
dead plays from "world class" companies. It boggles the mind. A mom and pop
making some of the mistakes I see is one thing, world leading enterprises
making them is another thing entirely.

> This means that just as
> with PCI devices, each and every device (or certainly each and every
> chipset) needs its own distinct driver, written one by one by one.
>
> Yet another incredible SNAFU from the audio technology industry - the
> folks who bought you MIDI and then lost the plot, started squabbling
> amongst themselves, and then the show was cancelled.
>
> --p

drew

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