Re: Akai EIE pro
On Oct 1, 2014, at 12:03 PM, Pete Orrall wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 12:38 PM, John Aten
> <welcome.to.eye.o.rama@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I would like to record audio with Wheezy through the Akai EIE Pro audio interface. Akai does not officially support Linux. I have searched around the internet, and mostly all I can find are forum posts, from people trying to get it to work, that remain unsolved. I tried out ArtistX, thinking that it might work right out of the box, but it wasn't available as an input source.
>>
>> Anyone have any leads on what I might be able to do?
>
> Hi John,
>
> Have you checked ALSA's website to see if it supports your device? I
> was in a similar situation when I bought my Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 a
> couple years ago. The company supports Windows and Mac only, but
> after searching the database I found it is supported it OOTB. See the
> link below.
>
> http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Main
>
> While there is a link for AKAI devices in the list, you will need to
> know your device's chipset. Hope that helps!
>
> --
> Pete Orrall
> pete@cs1x.com
> www.peteorrall.com
> "If there isn't a way, I'll make one."
I checked the link you provided, and the only Akai model that is listed is the MPD16. It does not identify the MPD16's chipset, and after doing some searching for this and the EIE, I can't find any information about the chipsets for either device...
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