Guillaume -Im assuming this has analogue as well as digital outputs for each channel (I looked but couldnt find the specs)
On 28 June 2017 at 22:17, Guillaume Le Nost <guillaume.len...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here is a link to a 8x 175w avb amplifier: > https://www.biamp.com/tesira-amp-8175r > > Guillaume > > > On 28 Jun 2017, at 22:06, Augustine Leudar <augustineleu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi Richard - > > There is lots of things that pan all around the room but the soundscape > is > > designed in pre production for this installation and then its just a > > multichannel file (or seperate mono ones). Other installations I do are > > interactive and so sounds are processed and panned in realtime around the > > space depending on the sensors used etc. Certainly the AVB thing might be > > good for some less inhospitable environments- I especially like the way > > power can be taken to the the speakers via the ethernet cable..... > > > >> On 28 June 2017 at 21:16, Richard Foss <r.f...@ru.ac.za> wrote: > >> > >> Hi Augustine, this sounds like an interesting application. I was > recently > >> at the Buddhist rhythm garden in Hong Kong and experienced a > multi-speaker > >> system within the garden - it was very effective. The UTrack24 looks > great, > >> and affordable. Do you control the internal DSP mixer to have sounds > moving > >> across speakers or would this be pre-mixed into the channels you send? I > >> have been using mixer matrices within the N-DAC8s and SPK-4Ps to provide > >> immersive effects. The nice thing here is that you have a standard > protocol > >> to enable this. To use the N-DAC8s for your application you would indeed > >> need to have 3 x N-DAC8s ($900) and a computer. > >> > >> > >> > >>> On 2017-06-28 09:11 PM, Augustine Leudar wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi Richard and Guillaume, > >>> Interesting stuff. Two things to note - the installation is in a > tropical > >>> botanic garden so I am using a certain type of speaker that is pretty > >>> resilient (used in saunas etc) whci is passive (for obvious reasons) > and > >>> connected by speaker cable . The AVB amps sound interesting - any > links to > >>> the highest channel count ones ? I am not quite sure what advantage 4 > * > >>> N-DAC8 > >>> ($1200) + computer ($ ???) would get me over one Utrack 24 or even a > Joeco > >>> other than the fact its connects via ethernet rather than USB , > bearing in > >>> mind that the speaker will be connected analogue via a a couple of > >>> multichannel amplifiers..... > >>> > >>> On 28 June 2017 at 19:55, Richard Foss <r.f...@ru.ac.za> wrote: > >>> > >>> Yes, I agree with Guillaume - AVB is a good option. miniDSP sell an 8 > >>>> channel box AVB box, the N-DAC8, for $299. > >>>> > >>>> With three of these you have 24 channels, and they all run off the > same > >>>> network clock. You would also need a small (4/5 port) switch. > >>>> > >>>> A more expensive, but also easily configurable option is their SPK-4P > >>>> Power over Ethernet option ($395). For 22 channels, you would then > have > >>>> 22 > >>>> speakers connected to a 24 port switch. Power, audio, and control then > >>>> all > >>>> travel over one cable, which makes for easy configuration. Again, all > >>>> speakers are synced to the same network master. > >>>> > >>>> Richard. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 2017-06-28 07:39 PM, Guillaume Le Nost wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Aside from dante, AVB is another option for multichannel audio over > >>>>> ethernet. > >>>>> It is now available as standard (and for free) in any Mac running a > >>>>> recent os, and several options for avb enabled amplifiers are > available: > >>>>> biamp, crown, l-acoustics to list a few. > >>>>> If converters are required, the Motu AVB series can help, and is > >>>>> relatively inexpensive. > >>>>> > >>>>> Guillaume > >>>>> > >>>>> On 28 Jun 2017, at 18:00, Jörn Nettingsmeier < > >>>>> > >>>>>> netti...@stackingdwarves.net> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> On 06/27/2017 07:52 PM, Augustine Leudar wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> see my post before last for what went wrong. How much are the > Joecos ? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> https://www.thomann.de/gb/joeco_bbr64_dante_blackbox_recorder.htm > >>>>>> > >>>>>> However, if you go the Dante route, you might as well use an old > >>>>>> Minimac > >>>>>> with a virtual soundcard (if 32 ch out is enough) and an appropriate > >>>>>> Dante > >>>>>> converter. Should be cheaper, if you have the Mac lying around, and > no > >>>>>> less > >>>>>> robust if the hardware is otherwise ok. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> Jörn Nettingsmeier > >>>>>> De Rijpgracht 8, 1055VR Amsterdam, Nederland > >>>>>> Tel. +49 177 7937487 > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Meister für Veranstaltungstechnik (Bühne/Studio), Tonmeister VDT > >>>>>> http://stackingdwarves.net > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> Sursound mailing list > >>>>>> Sursound@music.vt.edu > >>>>>> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe > >>>>>> here, > >>>>>> edit account or options, view archives and so on. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Sursound mailing list > >>>>> Sursound@music.vt.edu > >>>>> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe > here, > >>>>> edit account or options, view archives and so on. > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>> Professor Richard Foss > >>>> Computer Science Department > >>>> Rhodes University > >>>> Grahamstown 6140 > >>>> South Africa > >>>> > >>>> Tel: +27 46 6038294 > >>>> Cell: +27 83 288 9354 > >>>> email: r.f...@ru.ac.za > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Sursound mailing list > >>>> Sursound@music.vt.edu > >>>> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe > here, > >>>> edit account or options, view archives and so on. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> -- > >> Professor Richard Foss > >> Computer Science Department > >> Rhodes University > >> Grahamstown 6140 > >> South Africa > >> > >> Tel: +27 46 6038294 > >> Cell: +27 83 288 9354 > >> email: r.f...@ru.ac.za > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Sursound mailing list > >> Sursound@music.vt.edu > >> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, > >> edit account or options, view archives and so on. > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Augustine Leudar > > Artistic Director Magik Door LTD > > Company Number : NI635217 > > Registered 63 Ballycoan rd, > > Belfast BT88LL > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/ > attachments/20170628/b5df6b66/attachment.html> > > _______________________________________________ > > Sursound mailing list > > Sursound@music.vt.edu > > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, > edit account or options, view archives and so on. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/ > attachments/20170628/cf7945ee/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, > edit account or options, view archives and so on. > -- Augustine Leudar Artistic Director Magik Door LTD Company Number : NI635217 Registered 63 Ballycoan rd, Belfast BT88LL -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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