Re: [Sursound] 8+ channel players ?

[Oli Larkin]

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.



On 10 Feb 2013, at 11:09, Augustine Leudar wrote:

> Yes - for public venues - no museum/gallery etc is going to want their
> staff to be operating a computer - so for permanent multichannel audio
> installations, whether they be ambisonic or otherwise, a standalone device
> capable of playing multiple tracks simultaneously is the only option.
> So anyone know if I can load my 8 tracks onto the Allen and heath and then
> someone can just come in and press play and they will loop in sync all day ?
> 
> On 10 February 2013 11:01, Dave Malham  wrote:
> 
>> Interesting - so I wasn't the only one who spotted the market niche
>> for this sort of thing, wished I'd gotten on with my design :-(
>> 
>>Dave
>> 
>> On 10 February 2013 10:32, Oli Larkin  wrote:
>>> it's a shame the IO are unbalanced on that Allen & Heath
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 10 Feb 2013, at 00:59, Augustine Leudar wrote:
>>> 
>>>> without a computer (ie its not just an interface) with just a usb stick
>> ?
>>>> 
>>>> On 10 February 2013 00:23, Augustine Leudar >> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> without
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 10 February 2013 00:21, Augustine Leudar >> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> that looks reasonable thanks - so let me just double check - this can
>>>>>> play all 16 tracks simultaneously in sync ?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 10 February 2013 00:08, Alexandre Rocca >> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> There is the Allen & Heath ICE-16 sound card. 16 channels player and
>>>>>>> recorder, in standalone.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I don't test it, so...
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Alexandre
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Le 9 févr. 2013 à 22:24, Augustine Leudar a écrit :
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I've got a couple of installations that require a standalone device
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> will play 8 or more channels (octophonic mixes so all tracks need
>> to be
>>>>>>>> played simultaneously) can anyone think of an affordable standalone
>>>>>>> player
>>>>>>>> ? The museum staff will not know anything about audio technology so
>>>>>>>> preferably it will work just by pressing "on". I found one but it
>> was
>>>>>>>> ridiculously priced (nearly 4000 euros !!). Ive just found this :
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> http://www.waveplayer.de/
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> which seems quite affordable - has anyone used them ?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> cheers,,
>>>>>>>> Gus
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Re: [Sursound] 8+ channel players ?

[Oli Larkin]

it's a shame the IO are unbalanced on that Allen & Heath


On 10 Feb 2013, at 00:59, Augustine Leudar wrote:

> without a computer (ie its not just an interface) with just a usb stick ?
> 
> On 10 February 2013 00:23, Augustine Leudar wrote:
> 
>> without
>> 
>> 
>> On 10 February 2013 00:21, Augustine Leudar wrote:
>> 
>>> that looks reasonable thanks - so let me just double check - this can
>>> play all 16 tracks simultaneously in sync ?
>>> 
>>> On 10 February 2013 00:08, Alexandre Rocca wrote:
>>> 
 Hi,
 
 There is the Allen & Heath ICE-16 sound card. 16 channels player and
 recorder, in standalone.
 
 I don't test it, so...
 
 Cheers,
 
 Alexandre
 
 Le 9 févr. 2013 à 22:24, Augustine Leudar a écrit :
 
> I've got a couple of installations that require a standalone device
 that
> will play 8 or more channels (octophonic mixes so all tracks need to be
> played simultaneously) can anyone think of an affordable standalone
 player
> ? The museum staff will not know anything about audio technology so
> preferably it will work just by pressing "on". I found one but it was
> ridiculously priced (nearly 4000 euros !!). Ive just found this :
> 
> http://www.waveplayer.de/
> 
> 
> which seems quite affordable - has anyone used them ?
> 
> cheers,,
> Gus
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Re: [Sursound] New ambdec release (Fons Adriaensen)

[Oli Larkin]

if anyone wants to compile this on OSX, here is what i had to do, other than 
what it says in the readme

- compile libclthreads, then libclxclient with the OSX makefiles
- remove #CPPFLAGS += -march=native from /source/Makefile
- remove all occurrences of -lrt from /source/Makefile
- now it should build

i guess you also need to have jack, freetype, and libpng libraries installed... 
macports can probably help with that

still i'm not sure how to handle this stuff on OSX:

Ambdec should be run with the privileges required to start real-time
threads and to lock virtual memory. How this is done depends on your
system. On most recent systems nothing special is required if you are
a member of the 'audio' group.


thanks fons!

oli


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[Oli Larkin]

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