[LAU] Sending audio to another computer

[Ken Restivo]

On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 09:21:45AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Grant <emailgrant at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is there a way to digitally send all audio output from one computer to
> > another where it will then be sent to the sound card for actual
> > playback? ??Maybe jack? ??Could the two computers be connected via some
> > type of direct cable method instead of going over a local network?
> >
> > - Grant
> 
> The two methods I use are:
> 
> 1) spdif coax
> 
> 2) ADAT optical
> 
> Both embed clock information in the transmission so you should set the
> receiving computer as the clock slave which will put the two computers
> in sync at the sample level. This assumes that the receiving
> computer's sound card is capable of syncing to an external clock
> source.
> 
> I actually use word clock for my sync, but have used both spdif and
> ADAT clocks in the past.
> 

Distance on SPDIF is, what, 10 meters?

Ethernet might be a better choice if the distances are longer.

-ken