Re: [linux-audio-dev] synthesis on gp2x .. (was Fwd: RE: [gpx-dev] hardware interfaces)

2006-01-18 Thread Jacob
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 10:13:17PM +0100, Jay Vaughan wrote: > > no, you see .. the gp2x has, sorta, 'two' of everything, including > USB. there's the on-chip (magiceyes) USB1 'host device' (like in > your PC) routed only to EXT2 (not a standard 'flat' USB jack), and > there's the additional '

Re: [linux-audio-dev] synthesis on gp2x .. (was Fwd: RE: [gpx-dev] hardware interfaces)

2006-01-18 Thread Jay Vaughan
At 13:16 -0600 18/1/06, Richard Smith wrote: > > Sounds great, but I'm a little bit confused by other information I found > > on the web about USB host mode support: > > I'm confused too. I've never heard of "USB host mode", what is it? I believe he is refering to if the device can operate

Re: [linux-audio-dev] synthesis on gp2x .. (was Fwd: RE: [gpx-dev] hardware interfaces)

2006-01-18 Thread Jay Vaughan
Yes, that is what I'm refering to. AFAIK I haven't any chance to access an USB 'device' (device/slave/peripheral mode, eg MIDI/audio interfaces) from another one that isn't capable to do/switch to 'host mode', be it a host controller or an on-the-go (OTG) device. its not OTG on the gp2x; there

Re: [linux-audio-dev] synthesis on gp2x .. (was Fwd: RE: [gpx-dev] hardware interfaces)

2006-01-18 Thread Jacob
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 01:16:55PM -0600, Richard Smith wrote: > > > Sounds great, but I'm a little bit confused by other information I found > > > on the web about USB host mode support: > > > > I'm confused too. I've never heard of "USB host mode", what is it? > > I believe he is refering to if

Re: [linux-audio-dev] synthesis on gp2x .. (was Fwd: RE: [gpx-dev] hardware interfaces)

2006-01-18 Thread Paul Davis
On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 13:16 -0600, Richard Smith wrote: > > > Sounds great, but I'm a little bit confused by other information I found > > > on the web about USB host mode support: > > > > I'm confused too. I've never heard of "USB host mode", what is it? > > I believe he is refering to if the de

Re: [linux-audio-dev] synthesis on gp2x .. (was Fwd: RE: [gpx-dev] hardware interfaces)

2006-01-18 Thread Richard Smith
> > Sounds great, but I'm a little bit confused by other information I found > > on the web about USB host mode support: > > I'm confused too. I've never heard of "USB host mode", what is it? I believe he is refering to if the device can operate as a USB host bridge rather than just as a usb devi

Re: [linux-audio-dev] synthesis on gp2x .. (was Fwd: RE: [gpx-dev] hardware interfaces)

2006-01-18 Thread Lee Revell
On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 20:06 +0100, Jacob wrote: > Sounds great, but I'm a little bit confused by other information I found > on the web about USB host mode support: I'm confused too. I've never heard of "USB host mode", what is it? Lee

Re: [linux-audio-dev] synthesis on gp2x .. (was Fwd: RE: [gpx-dev] hardware interfaces)

2006-01-18 Thread Jacob
Hello, On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 10:38:23AM +0100, Jay Vaughan wrote: > At 5:14 +0100 13/1/06, David Olofson wrote: > [...] > the GP2X sure is fun. i have two now, and another two on their way > for siblings/family .. > > >Are there any restrictions WRT which Linux drivers are available? (I'm > >

Re: [linux-audio-dev] synthesis on gp2x .. (was Fwd: RE: [gpx-dev] hardware interfaces)

2006-01-18 Thread Jay Vaughan
At 15:40 +0100 13/1/06, Sam Roig wrote: May your wishes come true: http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep05/articles/tahorng.htm yeah, that looks like a lot of fun .. definitely will keep an eye out for that as a near-future accessory for the GP2X .. -- ; Jay Vaughan

Re: [linux-audio-dev] synthesis on gp2x .. (was Fwd: RE: [gpx-dev] hardware interfaces)

2006-01-18 Thread Jay Vaughan
At 5:14 +0100 13/1/06, David Olofson wrote: Well, I'm considering getting one, though I'm not totally sure what I'd use it for. (Except plain fun, of course, which is no small part of the whole Free/Open Source thing.) the GP2X sure is fun. i have two now, and another two on their way for s

Re: [linux-audio-dev] synthesis on gp2x .. (was Fwd: RE: [gpx-dev] hardware interfaces)

2006-01-13 Thread Sam Roig
> Are there any restrictions WRT which Linux drivers are available? (I'm > thinking external USB devices and the like.) Does it support (USB) > keyboards and mice? (A foldable rubber keyboard and some sort of > tracker-like sequencer could be useful. Or is there a foldable rubber > MIDI/USB keyboar

Re: [linux-audio-dev] synthesis on gp2x .. (was Fwd: RE: [gpx-dev] hardware interfaces)

2006-01-12 Thread David Olofson
On Thursday 12 January 2006 18:06, Jay Vaughan wrote: > > >Then again, the DSP code usually accounts for just a fraction of > >the code of a full application. > > .. unless you put such DSP code in certain 'key infrastructure' > components of the system .. Still shouldn't be much code to change

Re: [linux-audio-dev] synthesis on gp2x .. (was Fwd: RE: [gpx-dev] hardware interfaces)

2006-01-12 Thread Jay Vaughan
No, it's not a pity at all, we should not support GPL violators by buying their hardware. errm.. in my limited GPL'itude, i thought the rule was that we should be running GPL software wherever we can, and choose to? fact is, gp2x is nice hardware to run, 100%, your own code on. of the code

Re: [linux-audio-dev] synthesis on gp2x .. (was Fwd: RE: [gpx-dev] hardware interfaces)

2006-01-12 Thread Lee Revell
On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 16:26 +0100, Jay Vaughan wrote: > >I told him I was keen to buy one - but would hold back until the GPL > >was being complied with. > > well, that'd be a pity, because there's not actually anything about > their code release thats going to prevent you from running your own

Re: [linux-audio-dev] synthesis on gp2x .. (was Fwd: RE: [gpx-dev] hardware interfaces)

2006-01-12 Thread Jay Vaughan
Then again, the DSP code usually accounts for just a fraction of the code of a full application. .. unless you put such DSP code in certain 'key infrastructure' components of the system .. And heavy duty, DSP centric applications (ie ones with lots of DSP code) probably won't be of much us

Re: [linux-audio-dev] synthesis on gp2x .. (was Fwd: RE: [gpx-dev] hardware interfaces)

2006-01-12 Thread David Olofson
On Thursday 12 January 2006 16:56, Jay Vaughan wrote: > > > >exciting, but it will be completely divergent from the intel/ppc > >world because of the floating point issue. > > > > so? any particular reason a linux hacker should give a damn? are > intel/ppc the only CPU's worth writing audio sof

Re: [linux-audio-dev] synthesis on gp2x .. (was Fwd: RE: [gpx-dev] hardware interfaces)

2006-01-12 Thread Alfons Adriaensen
On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 10:52:58AM -0500, Paul Davis wrote: > i can just about begin to imagine how one might write a JACK and a > JACK client that could run on fixed or floating point, but beginning is > where i give up. JACK itself shouldn't be affected too much. Apart from the dithering it doe

Re: [linux-audio-dev] synthesis on gp2x .. (was Fwd: RE: [gpx-dev] hardware interfaces)

2006-01-12 Thread Jay Vaughan
exciting, but it will be completely divergent from the intel/ppc world because of the floating point issue. so? any particular reason a linux hacker should give a damn? are intel/ppc the only CPU's worth writing audio software for? should linux become platform-homogenized, just because of

Re: [linux-audio-dev] synthesis on gp2x .. (was Fwd: RE: [gpx-dev] hardware interfaces)

2006-01-12 Thread Paul Davis
> the gp2x just plain rocks. nothing quite like having a completed > linux platform in your pocket, running thousands and thousands of > games, and soon .. music software of note. for example, i think you > can all expect to see news about drum machines, trackers, sequencers, > patch libraria

Re: [linux-audio-dev] synthesis on gp2x .. (was Fwd: RE: [gpx-dev] hardware interfaces)

2006-01-12 Thread Jay Vaughan
On another note, have you heard about the current situation regarding the availability of source code for the port of the Linux kernel to the GP2X? yes, tho' this is changing the subject. i'm sure the GPL issues with GPH will get resolved; certainly i've been keeping a very close eye on it a

Re: [linux-audio-dev] synthesis on gp2x .. (was Fwd: RE: [gpx-dev] hardware interfaces)

2006-01-12 Thread Michael T D Nelson
Jay Vaughan wrote: just to let you guys know .. following up on the GP2X synthesis thread from earlier, the author of littleGPtracker for the GP32 (ARM-based handheld predecessor to the GP2X) has this to say about synthesis on ARM .. That sounds fairly promising. On another note, have you

[linux-audio-dev] synthesis on gp2x .. (was Fwd: RE: [gpx-dev] hardware interfaces)

2006-01-12 Thread Jay Vaughan
just to let you guys know .. following up on the GP2X synthesis thread from earlier, the author of littleGPtracker for the GP32 (ARM-based handheld predecessor to the GP2X) has this to say about synthesis on ARM .. j. Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "M-.-n" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <