| > Paul Davis has lurked here at least as long as you have, and it would have cost $0 just to ask if that card is currently supported in Linux I didn’t need to ask him, I already owned it, I just needed to dual boot Linux to find out, it cost me $0. You don’t seem to understand that a soundcard needs connecting to everything else in a studio, so there’s no such thing as just changing one thing and it not having a knock on effect (unless you’re really lucky, which I wasn’t). You also don’t seem to know that once a setup is right, it can last a decade or more, so getting the right combo of gear to minimise friction in a studio is worth it over time, even if it is expensive upfront. If it makes you feel a little less morally superior, I sold the original soundcard and the two replaced AD/DAs for ~$7200. And, you still miss the point of the story completely: the point was that it’s too risky for anyone considering building a pro setup on Linux. Especially compared to Windows and macOS where everything is plug and play. That doesn’t mean there aren’t pockets of success in Linux-land, but that it can be costly in money and time to get it right, and it might never work for the setup you have. It is risk. > for reasons I still do not understand. That’s obvious. But the reasons are: * I wanted to move away from Windows because it was unstable and pissing me off * I already owned a high-end PCI RME card that connected to three Ferrofish A32 Pro converters * If I could install Linux and have the RME card work then I wouldn’t need to change my studio setup * There’s no official or stable driver * So, a change to the setup was required * To try and future proof the setup I looked to modern protocols like Dante and AES67 as they are taking over pro studios and are much more flexible — I also thought there was a reasonable chance it would work on Linux * I couldn’t get it working on Linux * Time is not infinite * Therefore I bought a Mac for audio * To avoid the expense of a Mac Pro I had to switch from a PCI based soundcard to a USB based soundcard (which I could plug in to the Mac Mini) * I still use Linux on the original machine (for dev work), but with a class compliant soundcard for casual use. It’s relatively trouble free, other than half of my usb ports don’t work, but you know, meh * I haven’t needed to use Windows since. So I consider it a win. |