Hi Len, This concerns me greatly so I thought I'd just comment.
2014-09-10 0:57 GMT+02:00 Len Ovens <[email protected]>: <...> > So some background thinking: > > - The idea is to replace FW audio interfaces with something at least as > good, maybe better. Good stuff! > - Really low latency available (even if a lot of uses don't need it) > - Really stable operation. On a desktop/rack computer where the user has > access to a PCIe slot, it is obvous that a second NIC would be the best > solution. Laptops should work too. > - Normal network traffic will make it through this mess without ever > disturbing the audio. A laptop may be used with only one NIC and still need > to access network traffic. If it complicates stuff I would be all for removing this requirement, instead have a dedicated NIC. Laptops have wireless and potentially having an additional NIC in a desktop should be low cost. <..> > > All control will be MIDI-able. Because there is two NICs and one of them > expects to do real IP based networking, OSC is possible as well as web based > control. IN the end this is also a general computer running Linux that can > be SSHed into (even ssh -Y) almost anything is possible... but I would guess > the first box that has a real DIY digital CODEC, S/pdif, ADAT or MADI IF > will be pretty basic.... but looking at the R-Pi, basic seems to be pretty > powerful anymore. I see, so the "box" will be a dedicated computer. There would need to be some custom hardware to wire in AD/DA? <..> > Price point? Concidering ethernet switches, USB AUdio devices, Ethernet > storage controllers, set top... I hesitate to call them boxes some of them > are so small? Even development boards look ok. I don't think It would be > worth while to make a two i/o box, but by the time we hit 8 or so it begins > to look good. 8 or more is where it starts to get interesting, below that I think USB suffices. I'm guessing this is early days for this project, is there anything you know you want help with? Regards, Robert > > -- > Len Ovens > www.ovenwerks.net > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
