My MOTU is not USB. I have firewire (only) version of Ultralite, the hybrid USB/firewire is recent, very recent.
Additionally, MOTU complicates mapping of features, code of multitrack driver, and so forth - better understanding is at FFADO - I'm no expert/nor-even-amateur at this. It is not trivial USB audio driver, its THEIR driver. Once you get a MOTU you have to use their driver for YOUR system, and their's no Linux drivers, they don't give a damn (see official MOTU responses and foruns). Thus, I will never buy MOTU again because thy maintain a hostile policy against Linux/open source :) <- personal choice.
H2 is cool. Just like h4, except If i'm not mistaken it actually is a 4 track recorder (soundcard) while h4 is bogus 4 track, only 2 channels at a time.... haha.
My H4 was really cheap, so I don't regret it.
best regards, Pedro
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Ed Kelly morph_2016@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Trying to change my own subject thread...
But this computer is great with Linux, but is the MOTU good on USB?
I'm still searching for an answer other than "good USB audio is still a dream on Linux" as I have read on some other threads/forums
Metastudio 4 for Pure Data - coming soon!!
*From:* Pedro Lopes pedro.lopes@ist.utl.pt *To:* Bernardo Barros bernardobarros2@gmail.com *Cc:* Ed Kelly morph_2016@yahoo.co.uk; PD List pd-list@iem.at *Sent:* Fri, 17 September, 2010 16:28:15 *Subject:* Re: [PD] Latency
some people reported good results with FFADO + MOTU on Linux.
Not my MOTU :) I've tried FFADO but thanks for the reminder anyway. The previous "firmware" MOTUS definitely work on Linux, not Ultralike Mk3 still. The latest report (very recent) is [1]
[1] Update, 2 September 2010: audio streaming has been demonstrated on some of these G3 interfaces over the past few months, which means jackd can be used to get audio into and out of these interfaces under certain conditions (when testing this please make sure you're using the most recent svn snapshot available - r1882 or later). There is a report that the Ultralite Mk3 and the Ultralite hybrid (in firewire mode) are mostly working. The 828 Mk3 streams audio for most combinations of optical port mode settings (although some are yet to be tested). The Traveler Mk3 streams audio at all sample rates so long as the optical ports are turned off. Work is continuing on making the optical port support better on the G3 devices which have optical ports. ffado-mixer currently does not work with any G3 models. *The protocol is pretty well understood; I'm hoping to find time soon to start adding this to ffado.*
*I wish I could help them, but my know-how is obviously limited within these scopes, I just hope "adding to FFADO" will arrive soon, till then I'll manage with H4.*
*The official status for all mk3 is still:* **MOTUMOTU "mark 3" devices http://www.ffado.org/?q=node/1268Planned On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Bernardo Barros < bernardobarros2@gmail.com> wrote:
some people reported good results with FFADO + MOTU on Linux. Check the latest version and report back to us :-)
2010/9/17 Pedro Lopes pedro.lopes@ist.utl.pt:
this sh*tty recorder =P http://www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodid=1901 Works as soundcard, nice (low) latency. I wish I could use my Motu on Linux... wish. Bad choice for open source, MOTU is hostile.
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Ed Kelly morph_2016@yahoo.co.uk
wrote:
H4? By whom?
Metastudio 4 for Pure Data - coming soon!!
From: Pedro Lopes pedro.lopes@ist.utl.pt To: Ed Kelly morph_2016@yahoo.co.uk Cc: PD List pd-list@iem.at Sent: Fri, 17 September, 2010 16:03:36 Subject: Re: [PD] Latency
Linux-wise, quick pointers:
- rt-kernel
- jack realtime enabled (try lowering latency by manipulating audio
buffer
size and period)
- pd (startup flags -rt -jack)
[you should configure jack to run realtime, add audio user to the limits.conf, etc.. etc... see the web or UbuntuStudio low latency
tutorial,
nice reading] I use H4 audio sound card, native USB audio driver recognized in Linux (Ubuntu 9.10 rt) and have really low latency.
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Ed Kelly morph_2016@yahoo.co.uk
wrote:
Hi List,
What is the best recipe for low latency, using a laptop with no
ieee1394
(firewire) and only USB under Windows or Linux? Metastudio 4 for Pure Data - coming soon!!
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