pakige..
pakige! pakige!
it seems according to zoom the only years that exist are 2025-2099
firmware is already the latest version. thats good because otherwise id have to find a microsd card
im guessing Helvum devs never tried a device with more than 10 channels 😏
it works 🔥🔥
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

some people said the sd card is hard to remove on these but it seems fine to me
most important feature
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
space appears
i should print some dust covers for the open jacks
this was a fantastic idea, i shouldve done it a long time ago
since i found barely any info about using this device with linux, i should write a blog post just affirming that its fine
Zoom L6max on Linux

tl;dr: it works 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
@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 ;)
@ahihi @poetaster
Hell is other peoples code.
@dec23k sigh. Sometimes, my code is hell. In about 9 peregrinations, I generally manage to make it purgatory.