Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] using soundcards for data communication
From: Fredrik (aeonek_AT_home.se)
Date: ti helmi 15 2000 - 20:38:24 EST
> > I don't think that using soundcards to do data communication is
> > a good idea.
>
> Did you mean network cards, perchance?
>
> I don't think using sound cards for data communication is a useful
> idea, but it certainly is intriguing as an academic experiment.
> You could probably use some of the low-level modem protocols, since
> they are inherently audio-based. Who here thinks they could get a
> pair of Sound Blasters to speak V.90 to each other over a decent
> quality cable?
That would be tricky. V.90 is patented. Starting to see a pattern here?
Sound cards for data communication is a useful idea. It's the way it's done
today if you want to send digital audio between different devices, e.g. a
reverb and a mixer. Have you ever seen a digital mixer with a NIC in the
back? No? How about AES/EBU?
--Fredrik
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