HI Jorn, Thanks for the well informed reply as usual. > > honestly, for a system like that, i wouldn't think about windows even for > a split second. there is really only one sane system choice, and that is > clearly linux. for your frontend and user experience, by all means go with > windows if it suits you, but for the backend machine(s)? never.
The last system I built used Linux with soundscape renderer (excellant program) and would definitely be my first choice. However I need height information as well for this system. Matt Montags WFSdesigner does this but last time I checked it was only compiled for windows. Ill have a chat to Miguel about Game of life though - or if soundscape renderer height information .... > > > > yes. swap the MADI to ADAT bridge for a directout exbox, and if you can, > the behringers for directout andiamos (as mentioned by fons before). > > as others mentioned before, directout madi gear can be set to "start > addresses", so that when you chain two 32ch andiamos, the first one will > pick out ch 1-32 from its input and insert its AD into channels 1-32 of the > output, and the second one can then deal with the upper half. Excellent - thankyou > > > > the andiamos have dsub outs. > > when you design the installation, be very wary of the "last mile" of adat > cabling - it's a very weak link. make the toslink cables short, ideally put > them in a separate conduit so they don't get stressed when you have to > revisit the other wiring, and don't coil them, it deteriorates the signal > rapidly. if you have to coil them, the larger the bending radius, the less > signal damping you'll get. > > adat sync loss was (and still is afaik) the bane of the wfs system at tu > berlin. > > > disclaimer: i'm personally acquainted with the directout developers, and > they have helped me out with gear loans several times. > in any case, their stuff is excellent and i can totally recommend it. > > Nice one Jorn - really useful info - thanks again > > > -- > Jörn Nettingsmeier > Lortzingstr. 11, 45128 Essen, 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<https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound> > -- 07580951119 augustine.leudar.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20121208/42dc5633/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
