[LAU] [RFC] A “poor man’s”, yet professional level studio setup

[David W. Jones]

On February 22, 2021 10:15:38 PM HST, Lorenzo Sutton <lorenzofsutton at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 22/02/21 19:37, Paul Davis wrote:
> 
> In relation to the Francesco's original post:
> 
> One other aspect would be: why such a focus on a network for audio and
>  not audio cables and some hardware (mixer(s), monitors, etc.). I 
> understand network for control (e.g. having a mobile device
> controlling 
> play/stop/ transport / record of the DAW), but for audio why not just 
> use (balanced!) cables and stuff? If as I understand this would be a 
> relatively small studio (e.g. 2-3 adjacent rooms).
> 
> Finally, one thing to keep in mind would be compatibility 
> (interoperability to use a more fancy word), with the 'outside' world:
> while wanting to do a 'FLOSS studio' is commendable, you will
> inevitably 
> have to send stuff around, so software which is able e.g. to stem 
> export, or use decently supported formats (MusicXML for scores?), etc.
> (I was surprised to learn from one of the people at the studio during 
> the scoring that they didn't want a FLAC file I sent them because it 
> 'wouldn't work on a Mac' and only AIFF.. but that's another story).
> 
> Lorenzo

Well, nothing's more compatible inside a studio than audio cables. :)

Odd about FLAC and Macs. Macs support FLAC for playback. What DAW were they using on Mac?



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