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I work for MSFT and have been using an SPX as my primary device for a little over a year. I haven’t had an issue with user space applications, but I do have an

by bpye 4y ago

I work for MSFT and have been using an SPX as my primary device for a little over a year. I haven’t had an issue with user space applications, but I do have an audio interface that doesn’t work because the vendor (MOTU) doesn’t ship ARM64 drivers :(

csdvrx 4y ago
It's sad. I'm using a USB-C to 4.5mm TRRS audio dongle, and if you can't get audio drivers, I fear my "exotic" setup is even less likely to be supported. I've been wanting to try Windows 11 on ARM64 with a Microsoft or a Lenovo device, but nothing seems to have the basics I'm looking for like OLED for a laptop, or ECC (for both a laptop or a server) If there were ARM64 options with ECC RAM, I'd buy that today and start deploying tomorrow.
- bpye 4y ago
  The only ARM64 option with ECC that I know of is Ampere's rather expensive development workstation [0]. [0] - https://solutions.amperecomputing.com/systems/altra/kraken-comhpc-WS https://solutions.amperecomputing.com/systems/altra/kraken-c...
mjard 4y ago
Does windows not provide a generic "class compliant" audio driver? I'm amazed it works so well everywhere else if Microsoft doesn't support it.
- bpye 4y ago
  I went down this path. Yes, Windows includes an inbox USB audio class driver, but it lacks support for implicit feedback. The MOTU interface does not have a feedback endpoint, and relies on implicit feedback, so the inbox driver doesn't work. I think the inbox driver does work for Focusrite's interfaces - I guess they include the feedback endpoint, and both Linux and macOS support implicit feedback so MOTU's devices work there. Apple actually recommend implicit feedback only [0]. [0] - https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2274/_index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS40010116-CH1-TNTAG4_3 https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2274...
  - mjard 4y ago
    Thanks for the information! My Motu (M2) does live on a linux machine and it's been relatively painless, worked on MacOs as well, but required a driver download on Windows. I never dug into why. Audio interfaces tend to be finicky things on their own, I also have an Arturia Audio Fuse Studio that needs to be "rebooted" from time to time, no matter what OS its connected to.
  - mycall 4y ago
    MOTU 828mk3 supports firewire, if you want to try that approach.

by bpye 4y ago

csdvrx 4y ago

It's sad. I'm using a USB-C to 4.5mm TRRS audio dongle, and if you can't get audio drivers, I fear my "exotic" setup is even less likely to be supported. I've been wanting to try Windows 11 on ARM64 with a Microsoft or a Lenovo device, but nothing seems to have the basics I'm looking for like OLED for a laptop, or ECC (for both a laptop or a server) If there were ARM64 options with ECC RAM, I'd buy that today and start deploying tomorrow.

bpye 4y ago
The only ARM64 option with ECC that I know of is Ampere's rather expensive development workstation [0]. [0] - https://solutions.amperecomputing.com/systems/altra/kraken-comhpc-WS https://solutions.amperecomputing.com/systems/altra/kraken-c...

mjard 4y ago

Does windows not provide a generic "class compliant" audio driver? I'm amazed it works so well everywhere else if Microsoft doesn't support it.

bpye 4y ago
I went down this path. Yes, Windows includes an inbox USB audio class driver, but it lacks support for implicit feedback. The MOTU interface does not have a feedback endpoint, and relies on implicit feedback, so the inbox driver doesn't work. I think the inbox driver does work for Focusrite's interfaces - I guess they include the feedback endpoint, and both Linux and macOS support implicit feedback so MOTU's devices work there. Apple actually recommend implicit feedback only [0]. [0] - https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2274/_index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS40010116-CH1-TNTAG4_3 https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2274...
- mjard 4y ago
  Thanks for the information! My Motu (M2) does live on a linux machine and it's been relatively painless, worked on MacOs as well, but required a driver download on Windows. I never dug into why. Audio interfaces tend to be finicky things on their own, I also have an Arturia Audio Fuse Studio that needs to be "rebooted" from time to time, no matter what OS its connected to.
- mycall 4y ago
  MOTU 828mk3 supports firewire, if you want to try that approach.