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Re: Sound hardware access for RO

From Jim Lesurf <jcgl@audiomisc.co.uk>
Subject Re: Sound hardware access for RO
Newsgroups comp.sys.acorn.programmer
Date 2012-01-11 13:43 +0000
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<gemini.lxmw39006h4xk01vw.spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk>,
   Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> wrote:
> Jim Lesurf <jcgl@audiomisc.co.uk> wrote:

> > The 'Prize' I tried offerring to encourage someone to impliment modern
> > USB sound 'card' support for RO has now lapsed.
> > 
> > Is the problem simply that no-one with an interest in RO thinks they
> > are able to do this? Or is it lack of money on offer? Or that no-one
> > has any interest in serious audio? Or... what?

> Is ANYONE interested in serious audio these days?

I cartainly am.  :-)  And it seems clear from magazine sales and talking to
some makers, etc, so are a fair number of other people. However the market
is dividing into two categories.

1) users of iPlops and look-alikes and mobile 'mp3' players.

2) People who are introducing some form of 'media player' hardware into
decent audio systems.

Given the problems people can encounter with some 'computer' kit, and the
tendency for standard PCs <sic> to be over specced, noisy, have interrupted
or irregular data flow, etc, this seems a place were the smaller and
'lighter' systems that RO could run may have an attraction for a market
that is small as a percentage of the UK population, but quite big in terms
of how many people currently use RO.

> Alan

> PS I would be, but I have far too many other projects that need my time,
> and my hi-fi system works.

So do mine. :-)  But I did spend a fair bit of time and effort (and money)
on getting (Linux based) items into the audio systems I use that work well
enough for serious listening. The whole process made me think that a RO
based solution might prove very attractive to users not already committed.
But at present this is impossible due to a lack of the ability to drive
good quality USB DACs. And an advantage of the USB route is that it would
free RO from having to have a sound system that had to be adapted for each
different hardware platform.

FWIW I'm basing my views on more than my own experience. Since I've been
writing for HiFi News I've had various feedback from makers and users
interested in 'computer audio'. [1] But for whatever reasons, an almost
total lack of feedback from RO users/programmers. Hence my questions. I
wonder if those who do work on developing/porting RO have much of a view of
what might be possible here. Or if it is simply not something they could
do. To me, though, this seems like it could be am opportunity to gain a
niche that could be useful for RO and its users as well as music
enthusiasts.

Slainte,

Jim

[1] And also some work with makers under NDA related to kit that I'd love
to see based on RO.

-- 
Electronics  http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm
Armstrong Audio  http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html
Audio Misc  http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/index.html

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Sound hardware access for RO Jim Lesurf <jcgl@audiomisc.co.uk> - 2012-01-11 12:18 +0000
  Re: Sound hardware access for RO Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2012-01-11 12:30 +0000
    Re: Sound hardware access for RO Jim Lesurf <jcgl@audiomisc.co.uk> - 2012-01-11 13:43 +0000
      Re: Sound hardware access for RO Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-01-11 22:35 +0000
        Re: Sound hardware access for RO Jim Lesurf <jcgl@audiomisc.co.uk> - 2012-01-12 10:08 +0000
          Re: Sound hardware access for RO Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2012-01-12 17:57 +0000
            Re: Sound hardware access for RO Jim Lesurf <jcgl@audiomisc.co.uk> - 2012-01-13 12:05 +0000
      Re: Sound hardware access for RO Roger Darlington <rogerarm@freeuk.com> - 2012-04-03 09:03 +0100
        Re: Sound hardware access for RO Jim Lesurf <jcgl@audiomisc.co.uk> - 2012-04-03 09:53 +0100
  Re: Sound hardware access for RO John Kortink <kortink@inter.nl.net> - 2012-01-11 14:10 +0100
    Re: Sound hardware access for RO Jim Lesurf <jcgl@audiomisc.co.uk> - 2012-01-11 15:13 +0000
      Re: Sound hardware access for RO Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2012-01-11 17:04 +0000
      Re: Sound hardware access for RO John Kortink <kortink@inter.nl.net> - 2012-01-11 19:58 +0100
    Re: Sound hardware access for RO "Ste (news)" <steve@revi11.plus.com> - 2012-01-15 17:14 +0000
      Re: Sound hardware access for RO Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-17 07:11 +0100
  Re: Sound hardware access for RO druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-01-11 20:52 +0000
    Re: Sound hardware access for RO Jim Lesurf <jcgl@audiomisc.co.uk> - 2012-01-12 09:21 +0000
      Re: Sound hardware access for RO druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-01-14 20:34 +0000
        Re: Sound hardware access for RO Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-15 05:19 +0100
          Re: Sound hardware access for RO druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-01-15 12:30 +0000
            Re: Sound hardware access for RO Jim Lesurf <jcgl@audiomisc.co.uk> - 2012-01-15 13:38 +0000
              Re: Sound hardware access for RO druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-01-17 23:38 +0000
                Re: Sound hardware access for RO Jim Lesurf <jcgl@audiomisc.co.uk> - 2012-01-18 09:37 +0000
                Re: Sound hardware access for RO Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-01-27 02:05 +0000
                Re: Sound hardware access for RO Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-27 05:19 +0100
            Re: Sound hardware access for RO Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-15 15:57 +0100
              Re: Sound hardware access for RO Jim Lesurf <jcgl@audiomisc.co.uk> - 2012-01-15 17:30 +0000
                Re: Sound hardware access for RO Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-17 07:22 +0100
                Re: Sound hardware access for RO Jim Lesurf <jcgl@audiomisc.co.uk> - 2012-01-17 09:28 +0000
                Re: Sound hardware access for RO Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2012-01-17 11:31 +0000
                Re: Sound hardware access for RO Jim Lesurf <jcgl@audiomisc.co.uk> - 2012-01-17 12:34 +0000
            Re: Sound hardware access for RO Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2012-01-16 21:19 +0000
          Re: Sound hardware access for RO Jim Lesurf <jcgl@audiomisc.co.uk> - 2012-01-15 10:18 +0000
            Re: Sound hardware access for RO Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-15 16:18 +0100
              Re: Sound hardware access for RO Jim Lesurf <jcgl@audiomisc.co.uk> - 2012-01-15 17:39 +0000
        Re: Sound hardware access for RO Jim Lesurf <jcgl@audiomisc.co.uk> - 2012-01-15 10:01 +0000
  Re: Sound hardware access for RO Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2012-01-16 21:28 +0000
    Re: Sound hardware access for RO Jim Lesurf <jcgl@audiomisc.co.uk> - 2012-01-17 09:35 +0000
    Re: Sound hardware access for RO Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2012-01-17 11:37 +0000
      Re: Sound hardware access for RO davehigton <davehigton14@googlemail.com> - 2012-01-17 05:07 -0800
        Re: Sound hardware access for RO Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2012-01-17 16:46 +0000
          Re: Sound hardware access for RO Ron <beeb@woosh.co.nz> - 2012-01-18 11:22 +1300
            Re: Sound hardware access for RO Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2012-01-17 23:42 +0000
              Re: Sound hardware access for RO Ron <beeb@woosh.co.nz> - 2012-01-18 13:47 +1300
      Re: Sound hardware access for RO Jim Lesurf <jcgl@audiomisc.co.uk> - 2012-01-17 12:36 +0000

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