Audiomovers this week released their MINIBUS plugin, a “virtual aux cord” designed to unlock easier collaboration.
MINIBUS lets you transmit and receive lossless multichannel audio to and from your DAW in real time, to any machines on the same network, with no additional hardware or software required.
MINIBUS makes it easier for studio visitors to get their DAW audio into a session, regardless of their setup. There is no need for aux cords or interfaces; anyone can begin collaborating with just computers on the same network. MINIBUS accomplishes this by bridging the widely adopted NDI connectivity standard, which enables multimedia systems to communicate with one another, wired or wirelessly over local networks.
Cofounder and Head of Product Igor Maxymenko commented, “We are committed to working to remove the unnecessary barriers to audio workflows and collaboration, speeding up processes so audio professionals can concentrate on being creative and making great work.
“With the integration of the supporting NDI transmission plugin MINIBUS into OMNIBUS 3, we’re doing exactly that – further empowering audio professionals to achieve seamless audio routing over networks, including wirelessly, on sessions and in studios.”
Pricing and Availability:
MINIBUS is available as MINIBUS Lite, which is free (a stereo transmitter plugin), and MINIBUS, which retails for $49.99 (containing a 16-channel transmitter plugin and a 16-channel receiver plugin).
Learn more at the Audiomovers website.
audio over LAN is great.
SonoBus is also a good solution. Very low latency for mono 24 bit audio. VST3, AAX, standalone with ASIO. I use it for a WA-47jr microphone that goes into a UA Volt 267 interface on my laptop, to send the signal to my main DAW computer. Very convenient.
Just one detail, with SonoBus VST3 on the main DAW, I did not manage to connect to a group created on the standalone SonoBus on the laptop. Maybe because the main DAW computer is not connected to the internet, I don’t know. Anyway, the SonoBus VST3 connects with the “connect to RAW address” option. Click the three dots in the top right corner to access this option. Then enter the IP address of the sender. You may want to do the same on the sender side to get the address and port. Besides, you can set a fixed port in the sender SonoBus.
Multiple audio tracks are also possible, but this will increase latency. I have not tested multiple tracks. One is enough for my purpose.
No mention if it in the video but if I could hook up my ipad as one of the devices and easily use my ios synths and effects with Logic X, I would be all over this!
Yes Yes YES!
seems interesting, wondering if they can get it to work with different networks