pulusoundpakige..
firmware is already the latest version. thats good because otherwise id have to find a microsd card
anyway the highly exciting job that awaits this thing for now is just mixing together sound from my various desktop computers
problem is that the current mixer outputs via xlr so i need to redo cabling again uuuuohguhjh
my only complaint so far is that there isnt a "direct usb output" mode. in order to hear the usb output channels, you have to switch channel 7 and/or 8 into usb mode, which disables the analog inputs on those channels
i guess it kinda makes sense for a device that is primarily a mixer rather than an audio interface but still
the little "32bit Float" graphic seems to be a sticker, unlike all the other labels which are printed on. curious
my favorite thing about zoom devices is the little "Goodbye! See you!" message that pops up when you power them off
since i found barely any info about using this device with linux, i should write a blog post just affirming that its fine
ok i have another complaint. the L6max *only* runs at 48000 Hz. i generally prefer to use 44100 so this is a bit annoying
the lack of 44100 Hz support causes many practical problems, such as "i am now reading libayemu source code in an attempt to figure out the ancient mystery of why the AY oscillator from sc3-plugins is (more) out of tune at 48000 Hz than at 44100 Hz"
i think it might have to do with this
- the oscillator runs the AY emulator at the default chip frequency of 1773400 Hz
- a value ChipTacts_per_outcount is calculated by the formula ay->ChipFreq / ay->sndfmt.freq / 8
- all of the numbers involved are integers
- at 44100 Hz, the integer division gives 5. if we were to do the corresponding float division, it would give ~5.03, which is pretty close
- at 48000 Hz, the integer division gives 4. the float division would give ~4.62, which is not close
everything is a lie
but back to AY. the sclang class definition includes this method to convert frequencies to the emulator's tone values
so now i gotta figure out how the fuck this relates to those numbers above
basically 110300 is pretty close to 44100*5/2 = 110250
remember that at 44100Hz, ChipTacts_per_outcount = 5
bazkie 👩🏼💻 bitplanes 🎵
Morten Mosgaard@ahihi reading this thread, makes you look like some kind of audio-computer super-wizard of otherworldly dimensions. Just saying.
bri@ahihi bleh, been seeing that more recently and it annoys me too. y’all are making pro equipment, you can put a second oscillator in there, i believe in you!
@brhfl it could also be that they pulled the fx algorithms from some of their pedals and didnt want to spend developer time on making them sample rate invariant 😔
poetaster@ahihi I think it's a dac manufacturing thing. For the last decade + 48000/96000 (192000) have been standard.
@poetaster all my other audio interfaces are older than that so i can believe that. now i need to check whether my 2024 laptop's onboard card actually supports the 44100 i have pipewire set to
@poetaster "rates [0x540]: 48000 96000 192000"
oof ouch
@ahihi yeah, it's a bit of s pita after the 'music industry' first did that 44100 standard, cough, for cds. But, all the code I have since about 2013 (16?) is setup to default to 48000. In most cases, it's variable, though, so I can bit bang at 32kHz and be in tune :-) I do have some dacs that can switch to 44, but they're a pita.
@poetaster the problem, as always, is other peoples code ;)
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)}]@poetaster @ahihi afaik the typical chips take an external clock anyway… audio players tend to have two oscillators these days specifically so the dac can handle both multiples without any reclocking
Alison Wilder@ahihi oh cool, thanks for the update! That is very good to know.
lee@ahihi thanks for sharing! Definitely on my wish list!
Aleksandr Koltsoff@ahihi That looks quite nice and compact.
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