mLAN - The Coolest Thing You’ll Probably Never Use
mLAN was created by yamaha some years back, but never really took off. you may say, “well, probably wasn’t that good, serves them right” - but you would be wrong. i feel like it would take us to another level with our rigs, no matter what you’re doing. here’s some highlights, and basically what it is:
mLAN:
- takes audio cables and midi cables (even possibly power cables), and eliminates the need for them - with a firewire cable.
- 150+ audio channels (@ 24bit/48k - higher than CD quality), and tens of thousands of MIDI channels, all simultaneously)
- how you setup your gear doesn’t matter. as long as everything is wired together somehow, it’s connected right. for example, running your speakers to your synth will let you use the speakers with your drum machine, as long as they have some connection through firewire down the chain to the synth. you could go synth->computer->drum machine → speakers, speakers-> computer-> drum machine → synth, or any possible combination, and it works. no more patching MIDI and audio cables in complex configurations.
- no additional hardware/card/box needed, just a firewire connection, and compatible hardware.
- currently supported by mac & windows (linux in the future)
here’s the FAQ:
http://www.mlancentral.com/mlan_info/faq.php
thoughts? i think we should push this as digital pioneers.
