Updated list of Linux compatible audio interfaces

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Re: Updated list of Linux compatible audio interfaces

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tseaver wrote: Sat Jun 24, 2023 7:33 pm

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I believe @artix_linux_user has the math right here:

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$ bin/python3
...
sample_rates = [44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000]
frames_per_period_list = [16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024]
periods_per_buffer_list = [2, 3]
for sample_rate in sample_rates:
...     for frames_per_period in frames_per_period_list:
...         for periods_per_buffer in periods_per_buffer_list:
...             frames_per_buffer = frames_per_period * periods_per_buffer
...             latency_ms = frames_per_buffer / sample_rate * 1000
...             print(f"{sample_rate}, {frames_per_period}, {periods_per_buffer}, {latency_ms:0.2f}")
... 
44100, 16, 2, 0.73
44100, 16, 3, 1.09
44100, 32, 2, 1.45
44100, 32, 3, 2.18
44100, 64, 2, 2.90
44100, 64, 3, 4.35
44100, 128, 2, 5.80
44100, 128, 3, 8.71
44100, 256, 2, 11.61
44100, 256, 3, 17.41
44100, 512, 2, 23.22
44100, 512, 3, 34.83
44100, 1024, 2, 46.44
44100, 1024, 3, 69.66
48000, 16, 2, 0.67
48000, 16, 3, 1.00
48000, 32, 2, 1.33
48000, 32, 3, 2.00
48000, 64, 2, 2.67
48000, 64, 3, 4.00
48000, 128, 2, 5.33
48000, 128, 3, 8.00
48000, 256, 2, 10.67
48000, 256, 3, 16.00
48000, 512, 2, 21.33
48000, 512, 3, 32.00
48000, 1024, 2, 42.67
48000, 1024, 3, 64.00
88200, 16, 2, 0.36
88200, 16, 3, 0.54
88200, 32, 2, 0.73
88200, 32, 3, 1.09
88200, 64, 2, 1.45
88200, 64, 3, 2.18
88200, 128, 2, 2.90
88200, 128, 3, 4.35
88200, 256, 2, 5.80
88200, 256, 3, 8.71
88200, 512, 2, 11.61
88200, 512, 3, 17.41
88200, 1024, 2, 23.22
88200, 1024, 3, 34.83
96000, 16, 2, 0.33
96000, 16, 3, 0.50
96000, 32, 2, 0.67
96000, 32, 3, 1.00
96000, 64, 2, 1.33
96000, 64, 3, 2.00
96000, 128, 2, 2.67
96000, 128, 3, 4.00
96000, 256, 2, 5.33
96000, 256, 3, 8.00
96000, 512, 2, 10.67
96000, 512, 3, 16.00
96000, 1024, 2, 21.33
96000, 1024, 3, 32.00
176400, 16, 2, 0.18
176400, 16, 3, 0.27
176400, 32, 2, 0.36
176400, 32, 3, 0.54
176400, 64, 2, 0.73
176400, 64, 3, 1.09
176400, 128, 2, 1.45
176400, 128, 3, 2.18
176400, 256, 2, 2.90
176400, 256, 3, 4.35
176400, 512, 2, 5.80
176400, 512, 3, 8.71
176400, 1024, 2, 11.61
176400, 1024, 3, 17.41
192000, 16, 2, 0.17
192000, 16, 3, 0.25
192000, 32, 2, 0.33
192000, 32, 3, 0.50
192000, 64, 2, 0.67
192000, 64, 3, 1.00
192000, 128, 2, 1.33
192000, 128, 3, 2.00
192000, 256, 2, 2.67
192000, 256, 3, 4.00
192000, 512, 2, 5.33
192000, 512, 3, 8.00
192000, 1024, 2, 10.67
192000, 1024, 3, 16.00

Of course, that assumes that the system doesn't hit another limit (CPU, memory / disk IO throughput) when processing the higer-sample-rate/lower-latency inputs.

The rate at which a computer samples audio, i.e. takes a sample (some sort or measurement or "snapshot") of the intensity of a signal (sample rate) is not a wave. It's not a frequency like that from a wave. So the math may be right, the reasoning behind it is not. If you didn't take Physics in High School it's difficult to explain. Just like it's difficult to explain what a dovetail joint is to somebody who is not a carpenter.

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Re: Updated list of Linux compatible audio interfaces

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@Linuxmusician01

The rate at which a computer samples audio, i.e. takes a sample (some sort or measurement or "snapshot") of the intensity of a signal (sample rate) is not a wave. It's not a frequency like that from a wave. So the math may be right, the reasoning behind it is not. If you didn't take Physics in High School it's difficult to explain. Just like it's difficult to explain what a dovetail joint is to somebody who is not a carpenter.

I'm not sure where in my example you get the idea that I think there is any wave activity going on: the code I show is purely discrete math: frames per period * periods per buffer / (samples / second) yields seconds per buffer, i.e., latency.

This is the math behind the "Latency" display on the QJackCtl settings page: my results above correspond exactly to what shows if you tweak those settings to match any of the values.

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Re: Updated list of Linux compatible audio interfaces

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Hey, I recently got a MOTU 828 mkII USB interface on the cheap. Wondering if there's been any further activity on the front of compatibility for the USB version of this device. It shows up on lsusb, but doesn't play ball with ALSA, pipewire or JACK.

No big deal if not, I can use it for another project if it doesn't end up working for linux :)

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Re: Updated list of Linux compatible audio interfaces

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Afaik there are no USB drivers for the 828 MKII, firewire models work with FFADO or ALSA drivers.

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Re: Updated list of Linux compatible audio interfaces

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Thanks for the reply. Damn shame, as they usually go for a relatively low price. I'll probably try to get an RME to enable me to expand on my Linux production machine.

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Re: Updated list of Linux compatible audio interfaces

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Some of the Focusrite devices have good control panels already, and are class compliant

https://github.com/geoffreybennett/alsa-scarlett-gui

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Re: Updated list of Linux compatible audio interfaces

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Concerning the Digi 00x series, I actually have a Digidesign 003r can confirm that it works. Well, using Jack with a period size of 3 it works beautifully. On Pipewire it generates hundreds of errors a second and sounds like garbled garbage. Tried on Ubuntu studio and Fedora on two different computers, followed half a dozen guides, and have generally been banging my head against a wall for two weeks now trying to get it stable. I actually have the exact same problem with my PCI M-Audio Audiophile 192, and I never figured that one out either.

So anyway, the Digi 00x hardware works fine with Alsa, no FFADO necessary. And after a few days of teaching yourself meson and cargo compiling, you can even change the sample rate using snd-firewire-ctl-services.

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Re: Updated list of Linux compatible audio interfaces

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Hi all !

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Re: Updated list of Linux compatible audio interfaces

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Hi
I am back again since September 2024!

I have a laptop on Linux Mint now - better than the one I had in September.

Is there a thread I can follow - like a 4 years old! - to try and make my MiniFuse 2 install?

I have a separate Windows PC, I can get updates etc.

Thanks

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Re: Updated list of Linux compatible audio interfaces

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Concerning the MiniFuse2, I share my experience, that installing the firmware update to my MiniFuse2 did not work from a Win11 running in a QEMU/KVM virtual machine on Debian 13 (Trixie, soon to become the new Debian "stable"). I did not further investigate this.

Installing the firmware update form a commonly installed Win11, controlling all hardware access itself, worked flawlessly.

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Re: Updated list of Linux compatible audio interfaces

Post by troathscream »

Just reporting here that the Tascam DM4800 with the IF-FW/DM MKII firewire card is working with FFADO and Jack on AVlinux MX-21.3.
Takes some tinkering to get it to work,

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