The FFADO team is happy to announce the release of the second release candidate for FFADO 2.0.

It has been 6 months since we released FFADO 2.0 Release Candidate 1, and we have to admit that this is quite long. The usage statistics show that about 300 people have been using RC1 in this period, and the good news is that we did not get a lot of bug reports. Most of the reports filed were related to crappy host controller hardware (most notably the Ricoh controllers), which is something we unfortunately cannot fix. In the mean time the remaining bug reports have been fixed, so here we are again.

With our 2.0 release approaching in an albeit slow but steady pace, we are happy to announce some additional devices that will be supported in the future 2.x release.

This week Focusrite provided me with a brand-new Saffire PRO 40 to ensure FFADO compatibility of this device. I should stress that they contacted me, making this device is the first one where the vendor actively seeks FFADO support. Bonus points for Focusrite.

The FFADO team is proud to announce the first release candidate for FFADO 2.0.

This release candidat is intended to collect feedback about the library under wide-spread usage. The code should be free of major bugs. It is recommended that you have a basic amount of experience with Linux and with building software before you try to install this.

We are looking for packagers that are interested in creating packages for their favourite distro.

Life has been catching up with most of the FFADO developers over the last few months. Therefore the activity was rather low. However today we are proud to announce a new beta release. This release mainly improves the mixer applets, increases the reliability of streaming and improves latency performance. An elaborate changelog can be found below.

This beta release is created to collect feedback about the library under common usage. It is expected that there are still some bugs and unresolved system related issues. However the code has proven itself to be usable. It is recommended that you have a basic amount of experience with Linux and with building software before you try to install this.

Please review this package thoroughly in order to spot potential problems. Feedback on distribution aspects and documentation is also welcome.

As I also have access to the TCAT platform abstraction layer, I was wondering if I could pull off the same trick as with ECHO. Hey, once I start experimenting, it’s difficult to stop…

Aside from the 2.0 beta tree, there is also some other work going on… admittedly, it’s more fun to work on features than to work on bugs. But hey, the current beta code seems to be pretty good. We’re just waiting for a next jack version to be released, such that our users don’t have to recompile jack themselves. After that we can go for a large-audience beta. And the associated bug reports… Let’s have some fun first!

Echo provided us with an AudioFire8 to help us extend the support for their device range. By doing so we can provide support for all AudioFire devices: the AudioFire2 and AudioFire4 are based upon one platform, the AudioFire8 and AudioFire12 are based on an extended version of that platform.

The FFADO team is proud to announce the release of a sixth beta version of libffado.

This beta release is created to collect feedback about the library under common usage. It is expected that there are still some bugs and unresolved system related issues. However the code has proven itself to be usable. It is recommended that you have a basic amount of experience with Linux and with building software before you try to install this.

Please review this package thoroughly in order to spot potential problems. Feedback on distribution aspects and documentation is also welcome.

Thanks to TC Applied Technologies, I have the opportunity again this year to go to the Musikmesse in Frankfurt later this week. This gives me the opportunity to meet vendors face-to-face, which might help getting some extra support. Many thanks to TCAT (especially Steven) for this.

Today we received the Onyx Mixer with FireWire expansion card Mackie provided us with. This means that the FireWire option card for the Onyx Mixers will be supported in the upcoming FFADO release. Note that currently only the Onyx Mixers are supported, NOT the Onyx 400F, 1200F or Satellite.