On 4/5/06, Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From the feedback I got on the Linux Audio Developers list I don't > think thats going to happen. > > In summary: > > High end pro audio stuff costs thousands. Not 10's of thousands. And > most of that is not in the sound card. A pro setup can be produced > with currently available sound cards that range in $600 - $1300. > > That said there _was_ interest in a fully open sound card but only in > the same feature/dollar range as whats available. > > People said they would help but I got very little back in the way of > proposed specs. Low latency seemed important. > > There was specific interest in firewire and some interest in USB2 audio cards. > > Audio accelerated or "DSP" cards have fallen out of favor in all the > but most specific of apps. A dual Athlon64 or Opteron seup can do > native signal processing fast enough to handle most everything.
Alright then. That all being said, perhaps what we need to target is an audio card design that is worth paying extra for, and something that's high-enough end that it's cost-effective to use an FPGA instead of an ASIC. Small FPGAs are relatively cheap. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
