Re: Firewire Audio Card Support

["Yon Mercury" <swirlee@stickist.com>]

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 11:39:02 -0800, alsa-devel-request wrote
> > an open design sound card would be even easier to design... an atmel 
...
> I don't think it's possible to obtain the same price vs performance 
> with a self-developed device. The skills won't be a problem indeed,
...
> Why don't we support the manufacturers that do support us? After all,
...
> It might be more usefull to compile a list of Linux-friendly 
> manufacturers and make some noise about such a list. This might be 
> something for the linuxaudio.org people?

Lovely idea!! It would be like geek grassroots activism! 

I'm glad you popped up in this forum. I've been eyeing that ESI FireWire box
and I think it'd be a real winner because it fits a portable market between
the 2 channel consumer people and the Hammerfall people. We need that tier of
product supported for Linux Audio. 

A local store is holding an Echo Indigo IO for me. Fewer inputs than the ESI
FireWire, but it's low cost and looks promising for Linux support. Now I'm
rooting for Giuliano to get the drivers up to date with the latest that Echo
released to us. 

Kind Regards,
-Mercury



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