On 4/4/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > how expensive is a firewire port ? > firewire stuff is THE niche to fill. > most newer firewire devices are not supported if if i understand > correctly.
It's is THE niche if it can provide 1-3ms roundtrip latencies. For now (under linux at least) PCI/PCMCIA is unbeatable. If I remember correctly, Motu 828 II (fw) under Mac OS X gives ~280 samples in audio loop. It's good, but on the edge of usability for realtime processing.
