@clarkcontrol said:
SvK,
Very exciting what you have figured out here! Thanks for sharing the good news.
If one were to use audio interfaces could they use more than two G5's? Of course this means you're buying extra hardware but then you would also have multiple audio channels...
Clark
Or......
It could be worth experiementing with an optical daisy chain.
Master out to slave 1 in.
Slave 1 out to slave 2 in.
Slave 2 out to slave 3 in.
Slave 3 out to Master in.
Given SVK has already indicated there's no latency to speak of, maybe this would work? It would be worth setting the master as clock, and have the slaves sync to that.
Or, do the same thing, and with optical Gigabit ethernet cards (allegedly able to transfer 1000mbs) in each machine all connected to an GB ethernet switch.
(I've seen three in sites whilst researching a network setup, and have been surprised just how little they cost. And of course, not confusing switches with hubs)
It would be worth going to the Euphonix website, and checking out their network diagrams for some other possibilities.
And the controllers are worth looking at too!
(Two vids to see, with Steve Tucher using an MC controller at home, and John Ross sitting in a mixing barn with the full System MC 5 laid out in a row. Definitely worth a look.)
Interesting developments here.
Alex.