From: "clix" <
clix@...>
> >>>>
> Forget about mLAN for the A-series samplers for a moment. It's not working
> yet, and it's not certain that they will (be able to) fix it.
>
> My source is Jay Vaughan, the guy who runs Teklab.
> <<<<
>
> There was a 4 month special 'bout mlan in Sound on Sound recently. Your
> right and we probably won't see it in our computers soon (at least what i
> understood the whole audio-protocol is in its earliest stages of
> development). The video-protocol is another story, ofcourse it's the most
> commercial component of this fantastic technology.. The advantage of this
> development is that IS going to be a standard protocol in the near future.
> As for samplers and Mlan compatibility, i think the yamaha A4K/5K would be
> the safest bet. Although i can't imagine there won't be some
analog/digital
> mlan converters in the future.
As I said, the A4000/A5000 is not a safe bet, since they may be advertised
as being compatible, but it isn't working yet: they have timing problems.
Whether and when this will be fixed remains to be seen.
mLAN for PC's is pretty simple, because it just takes an extra protocol on
top of Firewire, IEEE1394, iLink or whatever it's called this week. On the
other hand, not all operating systems are suited for real-time audio -
actually, hardly any is.
- Peter