Delaying rendering time for audio computing systems

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, are configured to cause a peripheral audio computing system to:

• establish a connection with an audio source within a first network, the first network including the audio source, the peripheral audio computing system, and a central audio computing system;
• establish a connection with the central audio computing system within a second network, the second network including the peripheral audio computing system and the central audio computing system, the central audio computing system functioning as a central node in the second network;
• receive, from the audio source via the connection within the first network, an audio packet, the audio packet including audio data;
• send, to the central audio computing system, a receipt time, the receipt time indicating when the peripheral audio computing system received the audio packet;
• receive, from the central audio computing system, a rendering time;
• and
• output, at a time based on the rendering time, audio based on the audio data.

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, are configured to cause a first audio computing system to:
• establish a connection with an audio source within a first network, the first network including the audio source, the first audio computing system, and a second audio computing system;
• establish a connection with the second audio computing system within a second network, the second network including the first audio computing system and the second audio computing system;
• receive, from the audio source via the connection within the first network, a first audio packet, the first audio packet including audio data;
• receive, from the second audio computing system, a receipt time, the receipt time indicating when the second audio computing system received, from the audio source within the first network, a second audio packet, the second audio packet including the audio data included in the first audio packet;
• calculate a rendering time based on a time of receiving the first audio packet and the receipt time;
• send the rendering time to the second audio computing system via the second network;
• and
• output audio based on the audio data.