From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 24 00:13:34 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB51A705 for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:13:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) Received: from nm5-vm0.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com (nm5-vm0.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com [77.238.189.207]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C9BC5A00 for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:13:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [77.238.189.49] by nm5.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 24 Jan 2013 00:13:32 -0000 Received: from [46.228.39.42] by tm2.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 23 Jan 2013 22:36:28 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp175.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 23 Jan 2013 21:57:33 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rocketmail.com; s=s1024; t=1358978253; bh=qyeBE/OMm703fLTw84gjPyGfYNjlEUfVDnGRSetvbJM=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Content-Type:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Transfer-Encoding:From:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:User-Agent; b=OwGU/XlIXr42N2BfztczvEzkjfG6W2g9UslQyP/ib+F9ex7ZlRh0byCuaQQu6zMzoBQ+ryZ2qGyv1fJw8YjEu4lqimJlVXavaGuwt7eHfL6rdHFGiVmbv8L6lwFx5oAbhTQTI5/DSRo7V+uZ4iewmB2yfLxKNkDv9m5N7G9NXHc= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 256027.34529.bm@smtp175.mail.ir2.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: ns1Gx5kVM1lIKsN9YXebEyNFoRhHkEqV9DR_z3KzlR6I.R_ wgt9noDXTFe1wYf4QiNBqdiY0QamdoSpIm5mbDTSZYmwAMnEV6Dziav80GRk 1sgY9EVrs0diboFVUDdbjthbBMbIblkd9ut2yhnbtw1hIAUA6Ijlus7smvPS ylUqQr21Q2IthvcFBIrFcGLyNT47sP3gvcrpoU.LKkyWw5AS5Qmbp2A9Knbt ukHvWCFuzjVB3.ET_oBybCHB8UazBlQwLTwpknVTcUy0Qp.dj2j_wr_ZR2Q2 lcIHVh8yliqWuqeSnFce57w9SzfRMtRSYRGXh2kfrF2zP2Lt_N3g2YatoBmp wU6ANLNG1aV9rFuFvFoOuZpUm0TfBE83KE.M8u_z9X6KWvJM.30Svbgml9oB SK19hLdzYDF_vNJzcw6rb8x5EkHn5Y08_zX56wa9KuEeyBA-- X-Yahoo-SMTP: BeMCPs2swBABTJ3kAeEiC_hE0mz8jRexLddJfD8pI2j32fOacjBmXg-- Received: from freebsd (ralf.mardorf@92.224.211.117 with login) by smtp175.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 23 Jan 2013 21:57:33 +0000 UTC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: "Stuart Barkley" Subject: Re: FreeBSD and snd_hdspe last-ditch attempt References: <20130123144008.A62930@sola.nimnet.asn.au> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:57:31 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Ralf Mardorf" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.12 (FreeBSD) Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:13:34 -0000 On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:36:08 +0100, Stuart Barkley wrote: > I like BSD and it's my server OS of choice. I'm curious where your > interest in BSD originates, since you appear to have had some luck > with Linux. I want to test my RME HDSPe AIO sound card, because on Linux I only can use 2 of the 8 ADAT IOs. The driver doesn't support more, OTOH I can use the card's internal mixer with Linux. I googled for FLOSS *NIX and existing drivers and besides Linux I only found FreeBSD supporting this card. If I shouldn't be able to test all IOs with FreeBSD, I need to install Windows and who likes to do this ;)? Linux can be used for professional audio production, assumed you don't need compatibility with most other professional studios and assumed you won't produce top 40 charts music, since auto-tune isn't available for Linux. I'm using Linux for the home studio only, when I worked as engineer I anyway preferred analog gear and for my old homestudio analog gear + SMPTE to sync a hard real-time capable sequencer, IOW the Atari ST. FWIW using jack2 with alsarawmidi on a well tuned Linux PC, there also isn't MIDI jitter anymore. Regards, Ralf