Indeed the Utrack looks great - but I would like to hear back from someone who has actually used one for as a 24 channel player .....
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. 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