Abstract
This paper surveys the rôle of computer networking technologies in the music industry. A comparison of their relevant technologies, their defining advantages and disadvantages; analyses and discussion of the situation in the market of network enabled audio products followed by a discussion of different devices are presented. The idea of replacing a proprietary solution with open-source and freeware software programs has been chosen as the fundamental concept of this research. The technologies covered include: native IEEE AVnu Alliance Audio Video Bridging (AVB), CobraNet®, Audinate Dante™ and Harman BLU Link.
Highlights
Computer networks form the backbone of the internet and have been utilized for the purposes of the music industry for many years
Unlike CobraNet where redundancy is utilized using a link method, in Dante two ports mirror each other; both ports have to be connected to two switches that are separated from one another that delivers the correct failover process [BSS Audio, 2015]
As it is not possible to combine more than one Ethernet transport type (AVB, CobraNet, Dante) in the same BLU Link ring, the two Ethernet transport network have to be connected together to share the same clock even if there may be no audio data transmitted between them
Summary
Computer networks form the backbone of the internet and have been utilized for the purposes of the music industry for many years. Audio Networking has become a specialism in its own right. The main protocols used and their properties are surveyed in this paper. 1.1 Organisation of the Paper The first part surveys the main protocols used in audio networking covering: Audio Video. Bridging (AVB), CobraNet, Dante and BLU Link. The second part covers a practical simulation of an audio network. The third section is an evaluation and discussion covering the audio channel capacity, latency and practical problems faced.
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