Distributed audio playback and recording

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving, by a server device, audio data that was recorded using a microphone associated with an audio device, wherein the audio data is received via a network connection existing between the server device and the audio device;
• writing the received audio data to a buffer;
• reading the received audio data from the buffer after a delay;
• and
• processing the audio data that is read from the buffer using a digital audio workstation.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• saving audio data in a buffer;
• reading the audio data from the buffer after a delay;
• transmitting the audio data that is read from the buffer to a client audio device, wherein the audio data is transmitted over a transmission control protocol (TCP) network connection;
• and
• playing back the audio data using a speaker associated with the client audio device.

A distributed audio processing system comprising:

• an audio engine configured to (a) establish a transmission control protocol (TCP) network connection between a server device that hosts the audio engine and a remotely-located client device and (b) write audio data to a buffer managed by the server device;
• and
• an audio stream scheduler configured to determine a read position corresponding to the buffer, wherein the audio engine is further configured to read audio data from the buffer at the determined read position;
• wherein the audio data that is written to and read from the buffer is transmitted between the server device and the remotely-located client device via the TCP network connection.

A computer program product encoded with instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, causes a process to be carried out, the process comprising:

• transmitting audio data between a client audio device and a server device via a transmission control protocol (TCP) network connection;
• writing at least a portion of the audio data to a buffer managed by the server device;
• reading audio data from the buffer after a delay;
• and
• processing the audio data using a digital audio workstation running on the server device.