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From: meme <meme@interzone.org>
To: Andrew Clausen <clausen@alphalink.com.au>
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Subject: Re: Event Layle / Multitrack driver
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On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Andrew Clausen wrote:
> meme wrote:
> > I'm very interested in writing a driver for the Event Electronics Layla
> I'm drooling already.  How much do they cost?

I believe you can pick one up for $799 or so street price.

> 
> >From look at the API, it should be possible with ALSA.  (non-authoritative
> opinion)
> 
> What do you mean by DSPs?  AFAIK, ALSA only supports PCM - I don't know that
> you could do effects processing or the like through ALSA.  It would be
> difficult to provide device abstraction...


Well, that would not be good then.  Ideally if you can get the DSP's to do
the work, the chance of real-time effects is much greater.  For example,
Ensoniq has 6 DSP's on their PARIS EDS 1000 card.  The Layla has some
sembelance of on board processing as well.  Maybe what we need is the
OpenGL of sound, an effects/processing abstraction layer. Woohoo, this is
getting silly.

So you are Mr. Audiotechuequeue, cool.  I'll definitely help out where
possible.  

-JKB


