Having said this we are doing a spatial audio zone in a festival this year
where we boast of "5D" audio ....

On 18 May 2017 at 09:58, Augustine Leudar <augustineleu...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ha its you ! I think you were the person who told me about the daisy -
> chained firewire devices. Re putting the thing up - being the least DIYish
> person in history I would not know other than to say have four on each
> column, or even three, one at the top, one/two in the middle and one at the
> bottom. As for how to mount them physically in a way that would satisfy a
> risk assessment - I suspect this might be the wrong mailing list (no
> offence fellas) best of luck and keep me in the loop - glad its progressing
> - and dont call it 4D haha (marketing nonsense)
>
> On 17 May 2017 at 22:48, Matthew Palmer <palme...@mymail.vcu.edu> wrote:
>
>> wait, hold up... thank you! but ----
>>
>> due mostly to financial circumstances & a lack of experience with anything
>> other than ⅛" or ¼" cables,
>> i am buying & daisy-chaining 6 presonus firestudio interfaces <
>> https://www.presonus.com/products/firestudio>  (you can find for ~$150
>> usually) which will give me 48 ¼" input & output - i got the logitech z506
>> @ ~$45/each, the total is a little under $3,000, excluding cables & a rack
>> I'm still on the hunt for (for the interfaces) which made the endeavor
>> seem
>> approachable so I've been saving up for the last few years.
>>
>> my question to the group is about the process of building a version of the
>> '4d sound system' approach, specifically suggestion, advice, designs
>> regarding the 16 columns i need to build. i'd like to create a version i
>> can break down & fit in a pick-up truck. i was thinking something like
>> speaker stands & custom PVC architecture & mounts but i know there are way
>> smarter people than me on this listserv who might be able to help me save
>> money & build a safer, better rig.
>>
>> I am awaiting the dimensions of the proto-rig but let's say bottom speaker
>> is 12" of the ground, mid = "54", top = 96"...
>> (reference:
>> http://demonicsweaters.com/2015/03/the-amazing-4d-sound-syst
>> em-is-a-nicola-tesla-inspired-fully-immersive-audio-experience/
>> )
>>
>> thanks again. - matt /
>>
>> On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 4:49 PM, Richard Foss <r.f...@ru.ac.za> wrote:
>>
>> > Another reasonably priced possibility is to set up an Ethernet AVB
>> > network. For 48 speakers one could use 6 x N-DAC8s ($299 each) from
>> miniDSP
>> > together with two MOTU AVB switches. miniDSP have also recently come out
>> > with a PoE Ethernet AVB capable speaker. This allows for incremental
>> > expansion of the immersive sound system.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Professor Richard Foss
>> > Computer Science Department
>> > Rhodes University
>> > Grahamstown 6140
>> > South Africa
>> >
>> > Tel: +27 46 603 8294
>> > Cell: +27 83 288 9354
>> > email: r.f...@ru.ac.za
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > > On 17 May 2017, at 1:41 PM, Augustine Leudar <
>> augustineleu...@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > An interface suggestion might be a Motu 24ao with 3 Behringer ADA8200
>> > adats
>> > > - that will give you 48 outs for around £1000. Somebody mentioned some
>> > > daisy-chainable firewire device recently which might wook out cheaper
>> -
>> > but
>> > > I forget the make/model.....
>> > >
>> > > On 17 May 2017 at 05:50, Matthew Palmer <palme...@mymail.vcu.edu>
>> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> hi group,
>> > >>
>> > >> i am looking for any advice or suggestions about low-cost materials i
>> > could
>> > >> use to build the columns of this 4d sound system <
>> > >> http://demonicsweaters.com/2015/03/the-amazing-4d-sound-
>> > >> system-is-a-nicola-tesla-inspired-fully-immersive-audio-experience/
>> >
>> > >>
>> > >> i have bought 48 logitech z506's (https://www.logitech.com/en-
>> > >> us/product/surround-sound-speaker-z506)and am working to construct a
>> > way
>> > >> to
>> > >> mount the 5 speakers around the sub (any suggestions here are also
>> > >> appreciated) & build 16 3-speaker high columns that can fit in the
>> back
>> > of
>> > >> a pick-up truck.
>> > >>
>> > >> the design objective is minimal cost, safe, modular, optimized for
>> > ease-of
>> > >> setup & travel.
>> > >> *my recent proposal to a friend of a speaker stand to start & a
>> custom
>> > PVC
>> > >> structure to finish was deemed unsafe.
>> > >>
>> > >> thanks for any help.
>> > >> - matt
>> > >> palme...@vcu.edu
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