Motu audio-MIDI interfaces on FEdora 21

[andremartins]

Hi there, I have an audioExpress hybrid firewire/usb from MOTU, and I am 
running Fedora 21 on X220. Is there any chance that it can work on Pd, 
Supercollider or Ardour?
Thanks.

[Martin Tarenskeen]

On Fri, 5 Jun 2015, andremartins wrote:

>  Hi there, I have an audioExpress hybrid firewire/usb from MOTU, and I
> am 
>  running Fedora 21 on X220. Is there any chance that it can work on Pd, 
>  Supercollider or Ardour?
>  Thanks. 
You already own the audiExpress.
I doesn't cost you a penny to try it and let us know if you encounter any 
problems?

-- 

MT

[andremartins]

Martin Tarenskeen <m.tarenskeen@...> writes:

>  
>  
>  On Fri, 5 Jun 2015, andremartins wrote:
>  
>  > Hi there, I have an audioExpress hybrid firewire/usb from MOTU, and I am 
>  > running Fedora 21 on X220. Is there any chance that it can work on Pd, 
>  > Supercollider or Ardour?
>  > Thanks.
>  
>  You already own the audiExpress.
>  I doesn't cost you a penny to try it and let us know if you encounter any 
>  problems?
>   

Well, I probably did not express myself clearly. Of course, I already did 
that. I mainly use Motu on Mac OSX, but I always wanted to have a 2nd machine 
with linux. After a few months using Ubuntu, a distro' that I really did not 
like, I switched to Fedora and I was impressed. Anyway, my Motu's interface 
is not recognized in Fedora; I tried with Jack (via Qjackctl) or PulseAudio 
or Alsamixer. The MOTU on Mac, after you plug the USB or firewire, right awya 
make 3 blinks and sets it for the last configuration (44.1, 48 or 96kHz, for 
instance). On Fedora, nothing really happens. It is like if the MOTU is not 
even plugged on X220.I have Pd, Supercollider, Ardour and Audacity on Fedora, 
none of then recognize the audioExpress. I have a Zoom H2 and it works pretty 
ok with Jack, but the MOTU is way better and has MIDI. Thanks.

[Fermin Molina]

On 06/05/2015 09:05 PM, andremartins wrote:
>  Martin Tarenskeen <m.tarenskeen@...> writes:
>
> >
> > On Fri, 5 Jun 2015, andremartins wrote:
> >
> >> Hi there, I have an audioExpress hybrid firewire/usb from MOTU, and I am
> >> running Fedora 21 on X220. Is there any chance that it can work on Pd,
> >> Supercollider or Ardour?
> >> Thanks.
> > You already own the audiExpress.
> > I doesn't cost you a penny to try it and let us know if you encounter any
> > problems?
> >
>
>  Well, I probably did not express myself clearly. Of course, I already did
>  that. I mainly use Motu on Mac OSX, but I always wanted to have a 2nd machine
>  with linux. After a few months using Ubuntu, a distro' that I really did not
>  like, I switched to Fedora and I was impressed. Anyway, my Motu's interface
>  is not recognized in Fedora; I tried with Jack (via Qjackctl) or PulseAudio
>  or Alsamixer. The MOTU on Mac, after you plug the USB or firewire, right awya
>  make 3 blinks and sets it for the last configuration (44.1, 48 or 96kHz, for
>  instance). On Fedora, nothing really happens. It is like if the MOTU is not
>  even plugged on X220.I have Pd, Supercollider, Ardour and Audacity on Fedora,
>  none of then recognize the audioExpress. I have a Zoom H2 and it works pretty
>  ok with Jack, but the MOTU is way better and has MIDI. Thanks.
>
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I think it could work if you use the firewire interface. People on FFADO 
make drivers to all kind of firewire gadgets. For MOTU "mark3" systems, 
you can read this thread for more info about the support:

http://www.ffado.org/?q=node/1268

MOTU is know to deny any kind of support to linux community.

For the USB interface, I think that ALSA project people could not make 
it work, as you can see in his supported gadgets vendors list:

http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Vendor-Mark_Of_The_Unicorn

Try with firewire and ffado drivers. Hope this helps.

Regards,

/Fermin

[andremartins]

Thanks for the hint, but the X220 does not have firewire. I use FW on the 
MAc only. On Fedora, I need to use the MOTU as an USB interface. But I will 
check anyway the FFADO database. Thanks.