I'm with you on this Rob. It's frustrating!

It seems like the combination of 1) "reasonably priced", 2) "industrial
grade", and 3) "works with Linux" audio devices have become unicorns.

I used to install the Digigram VX222 (PCI) and VX222e (PCIe), but Digigram
recently made a hardware modification that has rendered this card unusable on
Linux (even with a vendor-provided, updated driver).

The most significant problem I have experienced is finding an audio device
with balanced inputs and outputs. My current solution, though less than ideal,
is the ASUS Xonar devices and a matchbox (StudioHub, Henry Engineering, Angry
Audio, etc.) to handle the balanced/unbalanced conversion.

What are others doing?

  ~David Klann



On Wed, 2019-08-21 at 08:52 -0400, Rob Landry wrote:
> On Monday morning a direct lightning hit to the building where two of our 
> stations have their studios took out several thousand dollars worth of 
> equipment, including the ASI sound cards in the Rivendell playout systems 
> for the two stations. The exact card we were using is no longer in 
> production, so we ordered two new ASI5810's. When we put them in, they 
> weren't recognized by CentOS 6 and Rivendell couldn't see them.
> 
> The 5810's require at least version 4.18 of the asihpi driver, and the 
> version we had been using was 4.16. Newer versions will not install on 
> CentOS 6.
> 
> On CentOS 7 at a different station, I was able to install one of the newer 
> drivers but Rivendell wouldn't see it.
> 
> While I have not yet tried to use a 5810 under Debian 9, I think ASI and I 
> have come to the parting of the ways. It's clear from the disappearance of 
> cards such as the M-Audio Delta and Echo MIA from the marketplace that the 
> industry is moving way from analog audio, and those of us who still 
> maintain analog plants may have to rely on USB adapters and external 
> matchboxes (which install without trouble on pretty much anything).
> 
> What sound cards are y'all using for new Rivendell systems these days?
> 
> 
> Rob
> 
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