Atte Andre' Jensen wrote: > Folderol wrote: > >> Recent discussion on LAU morphed into an idea for an Ethernet driven >> sound card, and as this is now becoming a real development the >> suggestion was made that it would be better to transfer the discussion >> here. > > This sounds very promissing (I know it's only "in our minds" ATM). > > I wonder why no company took up this idea already, it seems so sleek and > logical. (Almost) every computer has ethernet and the ethernet standard > is (in my experience) problem free... I believe there are already musical instruments with Ethernet connectivity ... ah, sounds much like what Gibson was doing back in 2004: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.01/guitar.html Their technology is proprietary (probably patented), and a previous Google search found a number of patents, just to add to the minefield. And here's an entry from Fender in 2005: http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/11/21/wed.enabled.guitar/index.html -- David gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx authenticity, honesty, community _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
