[alsa-devel] EMU releases 0404/0202 MAC driver stack as open source!!

[Klaus Schulz]

James.

THX for the hint.

I'll check it out. I'll see how far I get with this.

\Klaus

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 1:36 PM, James Courtier-Dutton <
james.dutton at gmail.com> wrote:

> Unfortunately, I cannot release the datasheets for the EMU. Even if I
> had had time to implement a fully working alsa driver for the EMU, I
> still would not be allowed to release the datasheets.
>
> But, a good start would be if someone implemented support for
> extension units in the current alsa usb-audio driver.
> A good start would be implementing support for getting and setting the
> clock rate.
> Referred to in the apple code as "kClockRate".
>
> 2008/12/12 Klaus Schulz <kls.schlz at googlemail.com>:
> > I would love ( and quite some other people I know - too) to get this
> driver
> > developed.
> > The 0404 is one of the best sounding USB boxes around
> >
> > There are not very many cards around which run in USB async mode
> (Benchmark
> > DAC 1?)
> >
> > If  they open up the driver stack, perhaps the ALSA guys who're sitting
> on
> > the data sheets for quite some time and signed
> > an NDA for that, could check if they are allowed to spread the datasheet
> > now.
> >
> > If this case I would try to involve myself to see how far I get.
> >
> > THX
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 7:53 AM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
> >
> >> At Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:28:09 +0100,
> >> Klaus Schulz wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hi folks.
> >> >
> >> > FYI - see below.
> >> >
> >> > Does this makes live easier to get the ALSA driver developed.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >> I don't know whether anyone is working on this device, but this could
> >> be used as a reference, at least.
> >>
> >> Takashi
> >>
> >> >
> >> > THX Klaus
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ---Quote---
> >> > SCOTTS VALLEY, CA - December 1, 2008 - E-MU Systems today announced
> that
> >> for
> >> > the first time it will release as open source the Macintosh driver
> stack
> >> for
> >> > its award winning USB 2.0 audio interface products - the 0202USB,
> >> 0404USB,
> >> > and TrackerPre. The Software Developer Kit will be available on the
> >> > SourceForge developer's website in early December and can be found at:
> >> > https://sourceforge.net/projects/zaudiodrivermac/. The software will
> be
> >> > released under the GNU Lesser General Public License or LGPL v3, which
> >> > enables developers to commercially redistribute products derived from
> >> this
> >> > code base.
> >> >
> >> > The Software Developer Kit will include the E-MU USB 2.0 driver
> interface
> >> > specification and necessary source code for adding new features,
> >> enhancing
> >> > performance, or porting to other Operating Systems.
> >> >
> >> > "We are releasing this code to the public to enable programming
> >> enthusiasts
> >> > the ability to experiment with and to extend the capabilities of our
> >> > products, which we find being used in a variety of applications
> outside
> >> of
> >> > the MI space proper. I'm convinced that our clever user base will come
> up
> >> > with innovative variations not addressed by our mainstream
> activities,"
> >> said
> >> > Michael Lee, marketing manager for E-MU Systems. "I'm excited to see
> the
> >> > results generated by the OpenSource community."
> >> > ---End Quote---
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