On 05/03/15 00:29, Carlos sanchiavedraz wrote:
2015-03-04 14:11 GMT+01:00 Simon Wise<simonzwise@xxxxxxxxx>:
On 04/03/15 02:13, Jonathan E. Brickman wrote:
I have been trying to strategize cutting the USB cord (right now, one
USB, one Firewire...) for my portable synth on and off for a long time; I
really don't like wearing out USB ports and cables !!!! Was just perusing
some of the AoIP conversation and thinking...and then a thought was given,
did a search, and found:
https://www.hifiberry.com/
So, at least in theory, for about $160 or so, I could get one of those
and an
RPi 2.0 starter kit, run netjack and qmidinet, and have a 96kHz wifi audio
interface with MIDI...? Anyone see an obvious catch?
Raspberries and networking and usb and wifi are not a good idea together.
They are great for what they do, but the USB and LAN on them is very poor.
Maybe an Odroid-C1 model with a reasonable USB audio interface and wifi
module would do it better and cheaper (at $35 list price for quad core, GB
ethernet, separate USB2 from the USB-OTG etc etc and similar gpio to the Pi
it looks interesting but I haven't tested it yet) there are now quite a few
options around at the under $200 price level, with different configurations
and processing power.
WIFI isn't what I'd want to be using without a very controlled environment.
If your issue is wear and tear on the cables, can't you arrange some short
extensions, and leave them fixed at each end till they wear out?
Or probably the ethernet sockets are more durable, and GB ethernet would
be a great deal better than WIFI in almost every respect.
the Odroid ...
http://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php?g_
code=G141578608433&tab_idx=2
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Although (it seems) it has no audio onboard (anyway I prefer better audio
using an external IF), Odroid + Audio IF seems a good option to RPi +Audio
IF, and its connectivity is great:IR, WiFi, USB3.0 to Gigabit Ethe,
Bluetooth, Ethernet Cable CAT6, USB GPS Module, USB3.0 to SATA3 HDD/SS.
An even better if it has a non-Atom chip so you just can use just any
distro, at least Debian or Musix, without worrying about that specific
architecture and the availability of certain software for it.
there are a wide range, the specs you listed are not the C1, so it probably
isn't $35 either ... they look good on paper, but I haven't tested them.
Simon
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