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

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