Re: new HW/SW trend?

[Richard Zvonar <zvonar@zvonar.com>]

At 12:28 PM -0800 1/21/03, Jon Wagner wrote:

>ethernet seems so obvious - its been around for a long time and its
>not going anywhere anytime soon, and bandwidth is not a problem at all.  I
>wonder, is there a problem with variable (unpredictable) latency of 
>ethernet
>used for with audio stuff?

There are latency problems with at least some Ethernet 
implementations. CobraNet introduces a 5.33 mS delay (256 samples at 
48kHz), for instance. Yamaha claims under 1 mS for mLAN.
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