XPost: rec.audio.pro   
   From: digilyd@hotmail.com   
      
   Hank wrote:   
      
   > Now, down to the question of pro audio digital resources being   
   > replaced by so-called "cloud computing."  I don't see that happening.   
      
   Requires a lot of network bandwidth to happen at least, but I run a local   
   cloud, ie. do everything from my laptop via rdp.   
      
   > Pro audio is essentially a machine-control application, much more   
   > similar in its characteristics to machine-tool and robotics control.   
   > Audio operates in real time, and involves conversion between digital   
   > and analogue.  That requires dedicated hardware.   
      
   Real time ... yes and no, recording and listening is real time, but a lot of   
   daw work is as fast as the disk subsystem can feed the cpu, at best for me   
   currently 10 times realtime speed. Which is why my current daw is a second   
   hand small server used via rdp. And why I have a pair of raptors on the   
   shelf next to it waiting for the current project to be done.   
      
   > Hank   
      
     Kind regards   
      
     Peter Larsen   
      
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