Thanks for all the thoughts guys - i'm going to go back through the thread
and do some further research on all the suggestions :)
Best
Chris
On 22 February 2016 at 08:52, Dave Malham <dave.mal...@york.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
> More thoughts - if you are only concerned with all the players starting
> at the same point and can tolerate a small amount of error at the end
> points (would have to be checked but should be of the order of no more than
> a second or two at the end of half an hour), then I would go down the
> smartphone route. Avoids a lot of problems with rf signals. Again, the guys
> at Hannah Bruce and Company have done something like it - see
> http://www.hannahbruce.org/tlott-app.html Note that I am connected with
> them so am not totally unbiased - tho' I did not do any of the work on that
> project.
>
> Dave
>
>
> On 21 February 2016 at 13:59, Dave Malham <dave.mal...@york.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> > Thinking a bit more about this, the Raspberry Pi solution may not, in
> this
> > case, be the right one because of power consumption/battery life
> > considerations, though new "Zero" version may be better in this respect
> - I
> > can't find data on this yet, unfortunately.
> >
> >
> > The FM solution with distributed antennas should also work though
> > licensing would need checking against local regs.
> >
> >Dave
> >
> >
> > On 21 February 2016 at 09:37, Dave Malham <dave.mal...@york.ac.uk>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Yep, I'm definitely inclined to think that wireless is not the way to go
> >> because of the walls. I'm sure you could work something up with a
> Rasberry
> >> Pi as a player with an rf trigger signal to start playing - or even a
> >> modified mp3 player. If they were all identical (mp3 or Pi player) the
> xtal
> >> clocks should easily keep playback within less than a second at the end
> of
> >> 30 minutes, something that might be problematic with playback off mobile
> >> phones which is another alternative. Note that we've done something
> similar
> >> at Hoxton Hall using BLE beacons to lock playback to place rather than
> time
> >> (http://www.hannahbruce.org/small-choices.html)
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
> >> On 21 February 2016 at 09:23, Augustine Leudar <
> augustineleu...@gmail.com
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >>> thinking about it you'll be lucky to get through thick medieval prison
> >>> walls with anything without expensive booster units etc. Your best be
> >>> might
> >>> be a bit of fun - make it a bit theatrical and at the begining get
> >>> everyone
> >>> to press "play" on their mp3 player at exactly the same time - not the
> >>> most
> >>> elegant solution - but possibly the best ! Otherwise try the
> Seinheizers
> >>> or
> >>> get the licence for a local fm frequency and hire a transmitter
> >>>
> >>> On 21 February 2016 at 09:11, Augustine Leudar <
> >>> augustineleu...@gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > Seinheizer in ear monitor units are about the best. Youd need to test
> >>> one
> >>> > pair first though with walls etc
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > On 21 February 2016 at 07:32, Bo-Erik Sandholm <bosses...@gmail.com>
> >>> > wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> >> Maybe a FM receiver on the earphones and one or more low power FM
> >>> >> transmitters? Or maybe
> >>> >> Just search for FM transmitter with google.
> >>> >> You could use several on same frequency maybe, or just connect
> several
> >>> >> external antennas antennas to the device.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Solution depends on your prison :-)
> >>> >>
> >>> >> BR Bo-Erik
> >>> >> On 21 Feb 2016 03:32, "Chris Timpson" <christimp...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> > Hi all
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > Wondering if anyone has suggestions for a wireless headphone
> >>> solution?
> >>> >> I'm
> >>> >> > working on a live event that will be a 30mins binaural sound
> >>> experience
> >>> >> in
> >>> >> > a medieval prison for 24 audience members at a time. We need the
> >>> audio
> >>> >&g
