Comment by nvarsj
6 years ago
I shouldn't expect a widely used standard (USB Audio) to work after upgrading my hardware? All the Windows and Linux machines I've had have no problem with USB audio and I don't expect they ever will.
6 years ago
I shouldn't expect a widely used standard (USB Audio) to work after upgrading my hardware? All the Windows and Linux machines I've had have no problem with USB audio and I don't expect they ever will.
I mean I can't even get (all) my USB audio gear to work properly on Linux, at all. For example system settings on Ubuntu Studio misinterpret anything with more than 2 channels as a surround device. But that's OK because the hardware manufacturer has advised they don't support Linux for their proprietary device management software because "widely used standard" like class compliant USB audio is not sufficient for their use case.
And I've been burned enough times by OS upgrades that I know to be cautious. I'm not saying the situation is good, just that it's a shitshow everywhere. I got around a dozen emails from my device and software vendors telling me not to use Catalina, so I'm not yearning to go out and buy a new Mac to run my software on and connect my hardware to it. I'll shit on Macs for that, but under the hood, CoreAudio is much more impressive than anything on Windows or Linux.