Here is a link to a 8x 175w avb amplifier: https://www.biamp.com/tesira-amp-8175r
Guillaume > On 28 Jun 2017, at 22:06, Augustine Leudar <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Richard - > There is lots of things that pan all around the room but the soundscape is > designed in pre production for this installation and then its just a > multichannel file (or seperate mono ones). Other installations I do are > interactive and so sounds are processed and panned in realtime around the > space depending on the sensors used etc. Certainly the AVB thing might be > good for some less inhospitable environments- I especially like the way > power can be taken to the the speakers via the ethernet cable..... > >> On 28 June 2017 at 21:16, Richard Foss <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 < >>>>> >>>>>> [email protected]> 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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