[LAU] Cutting the USB cord :-)

[Len Ovens]

On Tue, 3 Mar 2015, Jonathan E. Brickman wrote:

>> Because this is a stage/live setup, I would question
>> using 96k, but trust that you have your reasons.
>
> The 96k is for the highs.  I like to have a very gentle feathery timbre 
> available in the higher reaches at lower volumes, in strings.  The shape 
> of the waveform is very crude, if you think about it, at 48k in the 
> higher reaches.
>
Some people would dissagree:
http://xiph.org/video/vid2.shtml

>> I am thinking an OPUS
>> link would be advantageous because it may handle dropped packets better
>> than PCM and still has good latency performance.
>
> Had not heard of OPUS.  Can you direct me to a reading or three?

Considering what you have said above, you may not like it as it does not 
transport anything above 20khz, the native sample rate is 48k.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_%28audio_format%29
http://opus-codec.org/

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