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
>>> >> to
>>> >> > begin simultaneously for all audience members and they will be
>>> walking
>>> >> > around between 3 locations. The distances aren't huge but quite a
>>> few
>>> >> walls
>>> >> > etc.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I've been looking at silent disco type headphones but have concerns
>>> >> about
>>> >> > the quality and also that the signal apparently is converted to mono
>>> >> then
>>> >> > back to stereo during RF transmission. Anyone tested these?
>>> >> >
>>> >> > It could be that we use wired headphones with some kind of small
>>> >> playback
>>> >> > device that can somehow be remotely triggered to play. There will
>>> just
>>> >> be a
>>> >> > single audio file that plays from start to finish. Wondering if
>>> anyone
>>> >> has
>>> >> > tried to build something similar, or perhaps theres an existing
>>> solution
>>> >> > i've completely overlooked !?
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Many thanks,
>>> >> > Chris
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Chris Timpson
>>> >> > *Director*
>>> >> > EarFilms
>>> >> > T: +44 (0)7888 695770
>>> >> > E: ch...@earfilms.com
>>> >> >
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>> Dave Malham
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>> 'Ambisonics - Component Imaging for Audio'
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> Dave Malham
> Honorary Fellow, Department of Music
> The University of York
> York YO10 5DD
> UK
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> 'Ambisonics - Component Imaging for Audio'
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