> Hi > > I wanted to propose a change in the alsa soundcard Matrix: The > Company known as SEK'D was acquired by Magix and took down its audio > hardware product line. The Interfaces are now sold by SEK'Ds former > production company called > MARIAN: > > http://www.marian.de > > this results in a name change for the SEK'D Siena, which is now > called "Marc 8 Midi" to fit into the marian product line. Similarly, > all the other SEK'D cards, namely the ARC and Prodif Series are now > sold by Marian keeping their old name. > > Also I wanted to provide additional information about the Marc 8 Midi
> (SEK'D Siena): > > the Card uses 4 AKM AK4524 Converters, there is an PLX PCI 9050 > target chip on there, 3 memory chips (2 by EliteMT and one by > Winbond) and a Xilinx Spartan FPGA. These are the main components I > could make out. I hope that is enough information for you to replace > that question mark in the Siena row, and maybe even for a skilled > person to write a driver ;-). > > Are there similar cards with existing alsa drivers? > > Thank You > > Andreas Nice cards these ones (Marc-8 MIDI). While I have most of the details of how this card works (some info from Marion), I have yet to write the driver. The driver involves a bunch of memory mapped ram that is dual ported (PIC & codec's). The Xylinx part needs a download to make it work. I'd like to get them working as well, as 8 full duplex channels for the cost is VERY attractive. Two MIDI channels are the "bonus", as my application doesn't need them. In addition, the cards support clock linking to eliminate skew, but that takes more work. My friend who uses them in Windoze doesn't use the clock linking seems to be happy, maybe it makes a difference, but I don't know. He uses the cards in groups of 2 and 3 with no problems. Probably after the first of the year (you know in "copious free time") I should start the task of the driver. If someone wants to go faster, I can forward some information (I haven't signed anything!). ===== -- Tom Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
