On Sun, 2011-05-22 at 12:08 +0200, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: > On 05/22/2011 11:43 AM, Ralf wrote: > > Hi :) > > > > I only watched pictures and read texts but didn't hear one of those RME > > devices, anyway, until now I tend to order the RME FIREFACE 400 or RME > > MULTIFACE II if they shouldn't cause issues with Linux. The two HDSP be > > possible too. > > > > Any experiences, information? > > ralf, as usual, your level of disinformation is astonishing.
Hi Jörn, thank you :). Disinformation? I didn't have any information, neither right nor wrong information, that's why I'm asking. > the fireface is an ieee1394 device, and the ffado drivers are somewhat > experimental. so yes, this would be an "issue with linux". i suggest you > check the ffado.org website and look through the ffado mailing list > archive to see if the current level of support is sufficient for what > you want to do. > > the multiface ii is a break-out and converter box. it doesn't work on > its own. consequently, there are no driver issues associated with its > use, other than the firmware upload which the host computer has to take > care of when you boot the device. > what you want to look into is the corresponding pci(e) card with the > connector that looks like firewire but isn't (proprietary rme protocol). > the quality of the converters on the multiface leaves nothing to be desired. You do write the same as another one does write in a forum :). I tend to order a Multiface. > the 9652 and 9636 cards are digital-only, with two resp. three adat i/o > connectors. consequently, their "sound quality" is perfect. > you will have to combine them with some external adat ad/da converter. > > most if not all rme cards come pci and pci express flavours. as you > mentioned in a previous posting, the pci prices have dropped a lot, but > when you consider one, factor in the cost for mainboards with pci slots > - they will become quite rare in mass market in the near future, and > then you would have to pay extra to get some "industry"-type product > that still has them. for an idea of the extra cost, try shopping for an > industry board with ISA slots today (still needed to run legacy process > control cards and whatnot). Yes, my ASUS M2A-VM HDMI motherboard only has 2 PCI slots, occupied by 2 Terratec EWX 24/96 cards. I removed the HDMI thingy and used the PCIe slot for a GeForce 7200GS, because 3D doesn't work for the integrated Radeon X1250-based graphics. Btw. the board has got one PCIe x16 and one PCIe x1 slot. I could remove the GeForce, 3D isn't important at the moment. Because the Multiface is less expensive, I also could order a new motherboard, if I should need 3D ... perhaps, I don't know what I need to replace too, I randomly picked some mobos ... DDR3 instead of DDR2 seems to be no moneywise issue, I guess this is all I would need to change. So the future is NO PCI, but several PCIe x16 and x1 slots? > all rme cards i've come across will happily run at 64 frames, and some > of the newer ones let you go down to 32 or 16, although i have not tried > this yet. Somebody on a forum wrote that 32 frames are ok for his RME, for a real multi-channel productions! Thank you very much. My impression is that RME cards are the best choice for Linux. Best, Ralf _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
