Re: [Sursound] Waveplayer - 16 chnl SD-card audio device
AS you say, great for installations, Ambisonic or not - I could really have done with this device a year ago for a non-Ambisonic project! It's a pity it doesn't do 24 bit audio as this would make it more attractive still. Still, at that price...I presume the 200 Euro is for the multichannel version with the splitter board and two 8 channel boards? Dave On 22/04/2012 20:43, Jan Jacob Hofmann wrote: I could immagine using it for installations and concerts playing predecoded ambisonic music. For permanent installations I guess it could convenient because any of the staff of a museum could easily operate it. For concerts it would be convenient for me because I would not have to travel with a computer. I do agree that if it would be possible to record on that on multichannel, if would be most interesting for audio artists. The device seems to be a lot in development and I think if this feature should be requested, I guess it is an interesting idea to let it become also a recorder. All the best, Jan Jacob sound | movement | object | space sonic architecture |site: http://www.sonicarchitecture.de spatial electronic composition | higher order ambisonic music ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound -- These are my own views and may or may not be shared by my employer /*/ /* Dave Malham http://music.york.ac.uk/staff/research/dave-malham/ */ /* Music Research Centre */ /* Department of Music"http://music.york.ac.uk/"; */ /* The University of York Phone 01904 322448*/ /* Heslington Fax 01904 322450*/ /* York YO10 5DD */ /* UK 'Ambisonics - Component Imaging for Audio' */ /*"http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/mustech/3d_audio/"; */ /*/ ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
Re: [Sursound] Waveplayer - 16 chnl SD-card audio device
Hi, Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:54:16 +0200 From: Jan Jacob Hofmann Dear list, I was pointed to a device, which is able to play audio-files of up to 16 channels without the need of a computer as a stand-alone device. It is basically a SD-card player and I wonder, if this might be interesting for some on this list. The price is about 200,- Euro, which makes it really affordable. The file has to be written onto the SD-card by the use of a computer and a usual card-reader/writer, though. The link is here: http://www.waveplayer.de/ I even talked to the person developing it and he said, that higher sample rates for multichannel might be featured in one of its next software-updates, as this would be no technical problem to provide this. I am quite curious what people on the list might think about this device and if there are even experiences or test results about it. All the best, Jan Jacob Seems like you have to do quite a lot of work (power supply, a box to put it all in, connectors to get audio out etc.) to have a usable unit. Also you need a splitter board and two 8-channel Expansion boards, and some form of display. So, not quite so 'affordable' as first appears, and very much for the OEM user. It's not entirely true that you don't need a computer, as some set up commands have to come from a computer. If you want some sort of programmed control this would have to come from and external device. It seems that it won't loop automatically, which would probably be required for an installation. Interesting though. Ciao, Dave Hunt ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
Re: [Sursound] Waveplayer - 16 chnl SD-card audio device
For predecoded audio properly dithered and almost-normalized 16-bit is perfectly adequate; I'd be more worried about the jitter from a bad clock than about the limited wordlength. Sent from my mobile phone On 23 Apr 2012, at 10:00, Dave Malham wrote: > AS you say, great for installations, Ambisonic or not - I could really have > done with this device a year ago for a non-Ambisonic project! It's a pity it > doesn't do 24 bit audio as this would make it more attractive still. Still, > at that price...I presume the 200 Euro is for the multichannel version with > the splitter board and two 8 channel -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 5863 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20120423/f7d8c590/attachment.bin> ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
Re: [Sursound] Waveplayer - 16 chnl SD-card audio device
Personally, for a museum or attraction install, I'd rather go for one of the long established systems, like Richmond Sound Design's AudioBox II (http://www.richmondsounddesign.com/audiobox-ii.html) Last year I replaced an original 8 unit Audiobox install at Madame Tussauds New York, that had been running synced multi-channel playback from standard hard-drives for ten years, 18 hours a day, 364 days a year, with virtually no maintenance. The system now uses the latest version of Audiobox, which is SSD based. I've also used Audioboxes for basic B-Format playback (on-board eq, polarity switching, matrixing, etc.) with a degree of success. Plus you get one of the best back-up support in business with the designer dealing with your questions. There are other card-based playback systems out there and have been for many years: Warwick Castle's Kingmaker exhibition uses an elderly playback system that utilises CardBus memory cards which hold two minute loops and which play synchronised multi-channel sound into the exhibition. That's been going for about fifteen years, as far as I remember. I re-did the audio and music for it eight years ago, but the playback system is still the same as it was from the original install. Regards, John On 23 Apr 2012, at 09:14, Dave Hunt wrote: > It's not entirely true that you don't need a computer, as some set up > commands have to come from a computer. If you want some sort of programmed > control this would have to come from and external device. It seems that it > won't loop automatically, which would probably be required for an > installation. ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
