Linux driver?

[jiddoo]

I hope I haven't missed any thread concerning this.
But are there any plans for a Linux version of the Asio4All driver?

[wushu]

Steinberg's ASIO is not a hardware feature, it is a driver API which provides low latency. So, ASIO won't work on Linux, nor any other OS than Windows.
If ASIO were hardware-related, it would never be possible to use ASIO with any soundcard out there in the wild, thing that ASIO4ALL does.

For linux, I think you have ALSA + jack as an alternative. Check this: jackaudio.org/faq

Hope it is of any help.

~W

[Joelg]

Linux already has a low latency kernel, so no need for Asio4All... Check planet ccrma to get the updated kernel if needed (RPM).. and as posted before, Jack is needed.. as an aside, check out Ardour for a FREE linux digital audio workstation (multitrack unlike Audacity)

[Mikooze]

Hello,

What you are looking for is wineasio: sourceforge.net/projects/wineasio
This allows Windows programs to see the jack server as an asio device.

I was able to run Ableton Live 7, Reaper and all my vst(i) plugins almost flawlessly.
But i have more xruns than with asio4all on Windows when using softsynths at the same latency (256p/f => 10ms). I believe this has more to do with wine task scheduling, as it seems highly related to gui interaction.

Looking at how things were just 4 years ago, i feel really confident.
Linux will soon be the best platform for audio work (if it isn't already the case on a technical point of view)