On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 10:01:44 +0100, Pieter Palmers wrote: > >The recent discussion of jack over networks has gotten me wondering a > >few things. > >Here is my current fantasy rack setup: > >1U: UPS > >1U: KVM > >2U: RAID > >2U: Master/DAW > >1U: Slave Recorder/Node > >1U: Slave Recorder/Node > >1U: Slave Recorder/Node > >1U: Slave Recorder/Node > >1U: Gigabit ethernet switch (all computers connected through it) > > > >Basically, all slaves would boot off of the RAID server (for easier > >maintenance) into a cut-down Linux kernel, and will boot into > >text-only mode, starting only the programs absolutely required to run > >Ecasound. The slave node would begin recording when the master tells > >it to, and all audio data would be sent to the RAID server. I am > >thinking that each slave would be able to handle 8 channels of mono > >input. All nodes would be equipped with the OpenMosix software, so > >that they can assist the Master when they are not busy. ... > Using firewire as a transport layer for audio can solve some problems, > mainly those of sync and QoS. The scenario I had in mind was something > like you describe above, but using FW for the audio transport between > machines. > > The idea is still rather vague, but nevertheless...
Well, its only vague in that its not implemented :) From a thoeretical p.o.v. its well defined, as the slave PC's appear as firewire audio class i/o devices to the master. I've not been keeping track of developements on FreeBob very closely, but when I asked about this someone thought this might not be that hard, I guess it was :( - Steve
