[linux-audio-dev] MIDI API

Dave Robillard drobilla at connect.carleton.ca
Thu Aug 12 23:38:36 UTC 2004


On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 19:21, Jody McIntyre wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 07:11:44PM -0400, Dave Robillard wrote:
> 
> > Well, once Jack has MIDI, all we need is a jack-over-ethernet driver,
> > and the world is ours! :)
> > 
> > (Network transparent low latency sample-accurate cross-platform MIDI and
> > audio... mmmm...)
> 
> I assume you're joking, but I have to ask anyway: how are we to achieve
> low latencies over a medium with no bounds on transmit time? :)

Well, yes I was.  But.. :)

Keep in mind I didn't say TCP or even IP.. never underestimate what
gigabit ethernet on a good switch can do.  People have sent audio over
ethernet with sub millisecond latencies before (google)

-DR-




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