[LAU] ADAT, spdif, netjack, midi ...

[rosea grammostola]

On 08/15/2011 08:35 PM, Brett McCoy wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 2:26 PM, rosea grammostola
> <rosea.grammostola at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> Just experimented a bit with netjack these days... Which makes me wondering,
>> it's possible to transport audio data in different ways. What are typical
>> situations to use and what are the (dis)advantages:
>>
>> 1) spdif/adat
>> 2) netjack
>> 3) midi
> I tried using netjack to transfer audio between a Linux machine and a
> Windows machine but netjack wasn't very stable on Windows (endless
> xruns even when nothing was going on, plus I had to bridge the ALSA
> MIDI to jack and back on both sides). The plan was to use Linux for
> MIDI sequencing and recording and use Windows for hosting samples (via
> Kontakt, PLAY, etc). A more stable solution for me was to send MIDI to
> Windows via QMidiNet (using ipMIDI on the Windows side to receive the
> MIDI), and send the audio back via SPDIF, and I have been using this
> successfully for a while (using RME Multiface on Linux for all audio
> output, so the Windows audio is all routed to Linux for monitoring).
> This only allows one stereo channel at a time, though, which can be
> tedious to record, so I am upgrading to using ADAT between the two for
> audio (will give me 8 channels of digital audio between the two, for
> now). I found an e-MU 1010 for less than $150, which is the perfect
> card for standalone ADAT output.
>
Thanks, this was the kind of information I was looking for. I just 
tested Linux <> Linux with netjack (seems to run stable), but it was my 
plan also to test it with Windows <> Linux. Did you test it with the 
latest jack2 on Windows?

What hardware do you need exactly to be able to use ADAT between the two 
systems?

Regards,
\r