[MOD] MOD as audio interface ?

[Thijs van severen]

2014-09-28 14:44 GMT+02:00 Gianfranco Ceccolini <franconassis at gmail.com>:
> Sure!!
>
> There are two important things to note here.
>
> One is USB class. There is USB 1.0 class audio - 16bit /44.1kHz - and USB
> 2.0 class audio - 24bit/48kHz.
>

this is a difference in hardware, right ?
>
> Other is that this particular feature needs two drivers - one in the MOD
> and one in the Host machine (your PC for example).
>
> The stretch goal is for the compete package - USB 2.0 audio device inside
> the MOD Duo + USB 2.0 24bit Drivers for Linux, MAC and Windows hosts.
>
> Being totally honest, our main concern is the Windows driver and this is
> where a big chunk of the stretch goal money goes.
>
>
> Actually if you consider only the Linux environment ( MOD Duo + Linux
> host) the Audio Driver already exists and depends much more on the ALSA
> implementation inside the MOD than any other thing.
>

oh yeah!
so if you guys do a good job making the MOD class compliant it should be
plug-and-play on a linux box ?
>
> Hope to have clarified
>
> Gianfranco
>
>
> Em 28/09/2014, à(s) 04:13, Thijs van severen <thijsvanseveren at gmail.com>
> escreveu:
>
>
> Op 27-sep.-2014 23:05 schreef "Gianfranco Ceccolini" <
> franconassis at gmail.com>:
> >
> > Hi Thijs
> >
> >> is it possible to use the MOD as audio interface ?
> >> when you connect it via USB to a pc does it present itself as audio
> device ?
> >
> >
> > We have the hardware ready for this (a USB device port) but there is a
> lot of code to do regarding the audio driver.
> >
> > The U$100.000 stretch goal is exactly for this feature.
> >
> > If we reach it we'll have a USB 2.0 24bit audio driver and when
> connected to your computer will present both the processed as the
> unprocessed channels.
> >
>
> And if you dont reach it?
> Could this feature still be made available in a newer firmware version?
>
> >> i see that the MOD has an ethernet interface, does this mean that i
> could use netjack (or one of the jack netwerk methods) to link my MOD to my
> PC ?
> >
> >
> > No. It is not an ethernet interface, just an RJ-45 jack :-(
> >
> > It is the Control Chain connection - our external peripheral system -
> that uses CAT5 cabling due to cheapness and ease of finding.
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> > Gianfranco
> >
> > Em 27/09/2014, à(s) 17:46, Thijs van severen <thijsvanseveren at gmail.com>
> escreveu:
> >
> >> Hi again
> >>
> >> is it possible to use the MOD as audio interface ?
> >>
> >> when you connect it via USB to a pc does it present itself as audio
> device ?
> >>
> >>
> >> i see that the MOD has an ethernet interface, does this mean that i
> could use netjack (or one of the jack netwerk methods) to link my MOD to my
> PC ?
> >>
> >> grtz
> >> Thijs
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> follow me on my Audio & Linux blog <
> http://audio-and-linux.blogspot.com/> !
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Developers mailing list
> >> Developers at lists.portalmod.com
> >> http://portalmod.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/developers
> >
> >
>
>
>

-- 
follow me on my Audio & Linux blog <http://audio-and-linux.blogspot.com/> !
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://portalmod.com/pipermail/developers/attachments/20140929/2b40c265/attachment.html>