[PlanetCCRMA] Last call!! Gadget Labs linux driver mailing list going private.. subscribe today!!

[Mike Mazarick]

(I don't know why this didn't dawn on me earlier.. I've notified the Gadget
Labs 

and Alsa mailing lists, but I forgot to notify the biggest potential
audience... 

the crowd around PlanetCCRMA!!)

 

There is a recently re-invigorated effort to create an alsa driver for the 

Gadget Labs 8/24 cards (a long bankrupt company).  The card was 'state of
the 

art' around 1998-2001, and is similar to the Delta 1010 in functionality.
It 

has 24 bit converters, 44.1/48 khz sampling rate, 8 channels of audio
in/out, a 

rack mounted breakout box, etc.  The most important thing is that there is 

already source available for a known good "rock solid" Windows XP driver for
us 

to model the linux driver off of.

 

There is a small mailing list (~10 people subscribed) for this project, and 

there are currently archives available of the old postings.    Because there
is 

some concern about security and 'trolls' stealing email addresses that some 

members would prefer to keep private, the group will go 'private' within 5
days 

(I'm extending it by a couple of days so that the Planeteers can subscribe
if 

they want to).   When this happens, the only people notified of the progress
and 

availability of the driver will be developers, beta software testers, and
PEOPLE 

WHO ARE SUBSCRIBED TO THE MAILING LIST.   I don't believe the existing
archives 

will be available to non-subscribers when this happens.

 

Subscribing can be done here:

https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wavepro-driver-developers

 

Project summary is here:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/wavepro-driver/

 

Project Web page is here:

http://wavepro-driver.sourceforge.net/

 

It dawned on me this weekend (Doh!) that using this card may be of interest
to 

someone who's running Planet CCRMA software, but is currently testing it out
on 

their motherboard soundcard or Soundblaster, and is thinking of getting a
more 

professional setup with more channels.    If you've already got a Delta 1010
or 

a RME card, then I'd recommend staying with what you have since the
companies 

still exist.  GL cards currently go on ebay in the $80-$130 range.    I've
also 

just received 6 GL cards and breakout boxes that I will give to people who
help 

with this project at my cost (a little less than the low end of ebay's
pricing).   

If you are interested in helping in some way, please let me know.

 

The current plan is to do beta testing with a Planet CCRMA software load 

installed, and to include the driver in Alsa tree once a driver exists.   It


appears to me that the existing group of people is fairly skilled in C/C++ 

software development who don't have experience with alsa or kernel
development 

(but can probably figure it out).  It's a 'small club', and you may enjoy
being 

a member of it as well as CCRMA.

 

-Mike Mazarick

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