interesting Hans - I must admit I think the Allen and heath might be the best option at the moment if it can indeed loop the tracks . With regards to your setup - do you think this would be stable for years (as opposed to weeks or months) ?
On 10 February 2013 18:02, hans w. koch <koc...@netcologne.de> wrote: > i can only second the idea going mini mac. > i have a piece for 12 channels, which i have shown several times over > extended periods driven from am humbly mini mac g4, 1.42ghz (they are cheap > now) with a simple maxpatch, opened automatically on startup in max runtime. > OS was 10.4.1, which is slim enough to not trouble the machine, but still > allows to set automatic start and shutdown times for the computer. > for setup i use a vnc connection via ethernet from my laptop, so no need > to bring a monitor or keyboard to the place. > this was piped via into an echo audiofire12 interface. > the only problems with this setup were occasionally cleaningwomen pulling > the plug in the evening. > > for preparation of the files i used audacity to combine the individual > into 12channel aiff files. works a treat. > > hth > hans > > www.hans-w-koch.net > > > > > > Am 10.02.2013 um 18:00 schrieb sursound-requ...@music.vt.edu: > > > Message: 17 > > Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 11:16:04 +0000 > > From: Oli Larkin <olilar...@googlemail.com> > > Subject: Re: [Sursound] 8+ channel players ? > > To: Surround Sound discussion group <sursound@music.vt.edu> > > Message-ID: <3914ac68-7ce9-4e77-8d08-255888711...@googlemail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > > On 10 Feb 2013, at 11:05, Augustine Leudar wrote: > > > >> I m > >> even thinking the best idea would be to use a apple mini and a motu > >> soundcard. If I can program the apple mini to open an eight channel max > >> patch in runltime upon starting is should just work by pressing the on > >> button - I can then just remove the keyboard and monitor. > > > > I've done this successfully a couple of times. Watch out for all the > resume features in osx 10.7+ though. They can be problematic for > installations. > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > -- 07580951119 augustine.leudar.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20130210/d5e24b94/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
