23 Feb
2021
23 Feb
'21
5:33 p.m.
In my research on Linux audio laptop with high channel count, I decided to use a desktop
with a RME HDSPe card.
The only ways I can see, how it might be possible to get many hq i/o channels on a
laptop:
- The closed AVB-driver.
- Older firmware version of Motu AVB is running at up to 48k.
- Firewire, but Firewire is dead.
- RME Madiface with missing Express Card slot on today's laptops.
- Maybee a tunnel through Thunderbold with a Sonnet Echo Express (this works with
Macbooks, but does Linux and Thunderbold?)
- DiGiCo UB Madi up to 48k.
- Using a desktop or RaspberryPi-like single board computer only for it's PCIe slot
with RME cards and establishing an ethernet connection towards the laptop with Jack2 or
Netjack or Zita-njbridge, plus some wordclock maybe. This adds some latency but might be
cool for work on / off the studio.
In terms of 'contemporary' professional studio standards, this software is
missing:
- Linear phase equalizer
- Melodyne
- MaxxBass / Rennaisance Bass
- Automatic phase alignment plugin
- Realistic state-of-the-art algorithmic reverb (such as Bricasti, Exponential Audio, TC
Electronics)
Please correct me, if I'm wrong.
For some tasks you'd have to choose alternatives, such as
MuseScore instead of Sibelius
I would add
Ardour, Reaper, Renoise, U-He, Dexed, VCV-Rack, Pure Data, Iannix
to the list, - althought not all are open source or free.
Some might be more or less important for Pop or multi-mic Classical recordings.
In video postprocessing Linux can't compete with other distros, as far as I am aware
of.
Add FFmpeg, Unity and Blender.
On February 22, 2021 10:15:38 PM HST, Lorenzo Sutton <lorenzofsutton(a)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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