>Perhaps if you actually try to send 64 channels, and if they're actually >using TCP/IP networking. But it was my understanding that they're not, >and that they're just sending a raw PCM signal over an ethernet cable. >(At least, I hope that's what they're doing.) Assuming that is the scenario, >I would imagine latency would be pretty good. I don't know how they'd >ever sell this to guitarists if it weren't.
as many people on slashdot pointed out, almost no (electric) guitarist wants to send a digital signal from their instrument directly to a mixer. almost everyone wants to "move air" via their chosen amp/speaker combo and then mic it with their chosen mic before passing it into the mix. this setup might be handy for people like fripp or michael brook who process their guitar before ever letting it push a speaker cone, but most people would find this very limiting. and no, its not raw pcm. they packetize using UDP. --p
