On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 05:15:23PM +0100, Francesco Napoleoni wrote: > Basically, what I am trying to achieve is a network mainly made of > Ethernet cables (while minimising audio cables), with the following > nodes: A nice idea indeed. I have been aiming to achieve something similar in the long run. Ideally with entirely libre hard- and software, eventually. It will be a while before I achieve libre hardware and do away with audio cables, though! > * a master (or maybe better, a “conductor” ;-) ) machine controlling > and transmitting the transport information, ideally a tablet or a > minipc with a touchscreen showing the “big clock” and the “big > buttons” (transport controls) > * another machine (the router) with audio h/w and a DAW, receiving > audio data from the network. The same machine could also host a > notation software, perhaps Here, I would do things differently. I think the primary machine should host the sequencer (or DAW, depending on features needed). If you want a peripheral device for transport controls and time display, fair enough. But this machine need not (and for simplicity/reliability, probably *should* not) run a sequencer or DAW itself. Instead, it could be something like a Mackie Control, or a hardware or software clone thereof: https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/mackie-control-universal (Maybe an Arduino or Teensy-based clock with 7-segment LED displays and transport buttons; maybe a tablet running Replicant and some suitable app from F-Droid, if such exists.) It should only need to communicate to/from the primary machine via MIDI: traditional MIDI cables, or MIDI-over-USB, or some kind of MIDI-over-IP, but still just MIDI. This is a much more maintainable approach, IMO. > * N >= 1 hosts running synths, virtual instruments As per my message in the other thread :) All best, Sam P.S. I am writing this offline. Perhaps someone else has already made the observations above. Sorry if so and I seem to be duplicating their effort. I'll only find out once I am back online and sync emails. -- A: When it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: When is top-posting a bad thing? () ASCII ribbon campaign. Please avoid HTML emails & proprietary /\ file formats. (Why? See e.g. https://v.gd/jrmGbS ). Thank you. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
