[Argo Duck]

Isn't that what Jason's been doing ever since he went into his garage and 'cooked up a sturm'?

Jason, when can we expect to see a Schiit "Sturm"? You know you want to do it.

 

[reddog]

Isn't that what Jason's been doing ever since he went into his garage and 'cooked up a sturm'?

+1 Well said.

 

[aamefford]

That was bad and you should feel bad.

I do. Awful in fact.

 

[mab1376]

  @Jason,
 
I was just looking at the Bifrost FAQ about Linux compatibility, and it mentions that Linux works with Modi.  You do mean Bifrost, I assume?

Bifrost works fine for me on Mint 17.2 with USB. no drivers needed.

 

[FrivolsListener]

  Bifrost works fine for me on Mint 17.2 with USB. no drivers needed.

 
Thank you.
 
I actually had trouble with Modi and Fulla on Ubuntu (Xubuntu) 14.04 because they decided, in their infinite wisdom, to make ALSA ignore USB devices. It took a while to puzzle that one out. My solution here:
 
https://askubuntu.com/questions/583310/xubuntu-14-04-usb-sound-card-problems/583513#583513

 

[mab1376]

   
Thank you.
 
I actually had trouble with Modi and Fulla on Ubuntu (Xubuntu) 14.04 because they decided, in their infinite wisdom, to make ALSA ignore USB devices. It took a while to puzzle that one out. My solution here:
 
https://askubuntu.com/questions/583310/xubuntu-14-04-usb-sound-card-problems/583513#583513

The shortcoming of open source, one person with clout in the community can push a change they feel is necessary because it fixes their issue which probably only affects a very small group of people.

 

[rmoody]

  The shortcoming of open source, one person with clout in the community can push a change they feel is necessary because it fixes their issue which probably only affects a very small group of people.

SystemD....sigh.

 

[45longcolt]

  Jason, when can we expect to see a Schiit "Sturm"? You know you want to do it.

Nice name for a new amp! The companion DAC would be the "Drang..."

 

[Armaegis]

I do. Awful in fact.

 
In fact, you could say you're feeling rather s....
 
 
...nope, not gonna say it.

 

[Jones Bob]

In fact, you could say you're feeling rather s....


...nope, not gonna say it.

Shameful? Lol

 

[peterzzz]

   
Thank you.
 
I actually had trouble with Modi and Fulla on Ubuntu (Xubuntu) 14.04 because they decided, in their infinite wisdom, to make ALSA ignore USB devices. It took a while to puzzle that one out. My solution here:
 
https://askubuntu.com/questions/583310/xubuntu-14-04-usb-sound-card-problems/583513#583513

Isn't that a PulseAudio fail? If you want bit-perfect audio, better not use PA, it resamples pretty much everything to (48/16 by default iirc). So all your redbook content needs bigtime number munching. Add to that that PA defaults to some horrendously bad resampler (because less CPU usage) and you've got a massive case of FAIL on your hands.

 

[maverickronin]

  The shortcoming of open source, one person with clout in the community can push a change they feel is necessary because it fixes their issue which probably only affects a very small group of people.

 
How's that any different from closed source software development?

 

[FrivolsListener]

 
Isn't that a PulseAudio fail? If you want bit-perfect audio, better not use PA, it resamples pretty much everything to (48/16 by default iirc). So all your redbook content needs bigtime number munching. Add to that that PA defaults to some horrendously bad resampler (because less CPU usage) and you've got a massive case of FAIL on your hands.

 
No, that's ALSA.  Everyone on the system but ALSA were aware of the interface, and you have to go through ALSA to do anything.
 
There's a lot of FAIL in Linux audio, particularly ALSA, IMO.  It wasn't one of the better-engineered pieces of code in the Linux universe.
 
/but now I'm going to want to look closer at PA when I can at home tonight.

 

[yay101]

Not sure where you are getting that from, alsa is far and away superior to just about about everything provided by anyone, it easily makes windows look like the audio mess it is. Your complaint is with one distro, not Linux or alsa.

 

[FrivolsListener]

Not sure where you are getting that from, alsa is far and away superior to just about about everything provided by anyone, it easily makes windows look like the audio mess it is. Your complaint is with one distro, not Linux or alsa.

 
It's thirdhand.  I worked with someone trying to implement some userland software for ALSA and they didn't stop bitching about it.  (Much like I did when I wrote my USB device driver back in the stone age.)
 
I'm open to giving everything a second chance, but this person thought it was Evil Incarnate.