| I'm not sure I'd describe it as disturbing - at the end of the day RME are a business and they have to protect their investments (software and hardware). The RME interfaces are known for their stable drivers, and making them open-source would open much of this up to other manufacturers to 'plagiarise'.
If you really want a usable Unix-based recording environment, you need a Mac. The software just isn't out there for Linux at the moment. It will come, but it's quite a way off... |