On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 10:12:55 +0100 "Pieter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm lurking this list for some time now, and I've now seen > several threads about bad hardware support (drivers). > It got me thinking about creating a (pro-) soundcard, specifically > for the linux community. Not an easy job, it should be possible, > although I'm not sure if I can do it (as I'm a student, I'm pretty low > on budget... designing DSP H/W isn't a low-budget thing :) > I'm interested in hearing any comments and/or suggestions. Have designed professional digital audio hardware in a previous job, I can tell you that is is far from straight forward, especially when you talk about more than 2 channels and try to achieve 110+ dB SNR. This is not something to be embarked upon unless you have a lot of time money and resources. Erik -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yes it's valid) +-----------------------------------------------------------+ "Hundreds of thousands of people couldn't care less about Kylix and what it runs on. It's there for the dying breed of die-hard Pascal fanatics who missed their 20 year window to migrate to C and C++." -- Kaz Kylheku in comp.os.linux.development.apps
