22 Feb
2021
22 Feb
'21
4:21 a.m.
On February 21, 2021 3:51:05 PM HST, Sam Kuper <sampablokuper(a)posteo.net> wrote:
On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 05:15:23PM +0100, Francesco
Napoleoni wrote:
Linux Laptop Orchestra
http://l2ork.music.vt.edu/main/
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David W. Jones
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Basically, what I am trying to achieve is a
network mainly made of
Ethernet cables (while minimising audio cables), with the following
nodes:
A nice idea indeed.
I have been aiming to achieve something similar in the long run.
Ideally with entirely libre hard- and software, eventually. It will
be
a while before I achieve libre hardware and do away with audio cables,
though!
* a master (or maybe better, a “conductor” ;-) )
machine controlling
and transmitting the transport information, ideally a tablet or a
minipc with a touchscreen showing the “big clock” and the “big
buttons” (transport controls)
* another machine (the router) with audio h/w and a DAW, receiving
audio data from the network. The same machine could also host a
notation software, perhaps
Here, I would do things differently.
I think the primary machine should host the sequencer (or DAW,
depending
on features needed).
If you want a peripheral device for transport controls and time
display,
fair enough. But this machine need not (and for
simplicity/reliability,
probably *should* not) run a sequencer or DAW itself. Instead, it
could
be something like a Mackie Control, or a hardware or software clone
thereof: https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/mackie-control-universal
(Maybe an Arduino or Teensy-based clock with 7-segment LED displays
and
transport buttons; maybe a tablet running Replicant and some suitable
app from F-Droid, if such exists.) It should only need to communicate
to/from the primary machine via MIDI: traditional MIDI cables, or
MIDI-over-USB, or some kind of MIDI-over-IP, but still just MIDI.
This is a much more maintainable approach, IMO.
* N >= 1 hosts running synths, virtual
instruments
As per my message in the other thread :)
All best,
Sam
P.S. I am writing this offline. Perhaps someone else has already made
the observations above. Sorry if so and I seem to be duplicating
their
effort. I'll only find out once I am back online and sync emails.