[Louis Robitaille]

My brother and I are hoping to use Farplay to jam together. My brother lives 2000 miles away. Before he buys a USB mixer to connect to his computer, can FarPlay be used to connect 2 musicians 2000 miles apart? or will the transit delay cause the latency to be too high?

[David Liao]

Dear Louis,

Thanks for your question. At 2000 miles, you can jam together at modest and slow tempos, but not with fast music like the math metal in this example from three locations in Brooklyn. To minimize latency, use fiber internet. Use cable internet if fiber is unavailable. For more recommendations for your internet connections, see our requirements.

Here are some examples of playing together more than 2000 miles apart:

• Oteil Burbridge played bass guitar from California with a drummer in New York, a 2900-mile drive away, in this music-lesson excerpt.
• Our own Dan Tepfer in Brooklyn and Thomas Enhco in Paris, France improvised rhythmically together on piano in this live broadcast performance, 3600 miles apart.
• Mezzo-soprano Valerie Eickhoff and pianist Elenora Pertz rehearsed together from New York and Dresden, Germany in this excerpt, 4000 miles apart.

Thank you,
David Liao

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[Louis Robitaille]

Thanks David for your reply. It looks promising and I look forward to giving it a try.

[David Liao]

👍🥰

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[Gaber Rock]

wanna try? I’m in Des Moines

[David Liao]

Thanks for your location, Gaber. You’ll be happy to hear that jazz pianist Ben Lewis, who hosts weekly Open Sessions on FarPlay Meet, is in Chicago, super close to you (as far as latency is concerned). I visit Ben’s Open Sessions sometimes and would love to meet you there. I put more details about FarPlay Meet in our other thread.

Thank you,
David Liao