Linux PA WAS [linux-audio-user] More Mandrake 9.2 fine tuning...Dell latitude live fx box

[Russell Hanaghan]

On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 10:34, Paul Winkler wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 09:14:01AM -0800, Russell Hanaghan wrote:
> > > Phase 4:  Add software to help analyze a room and set up EQs, etc.
> 
> Personally I think automagic room EQ is not really practical.
> The best it can do is take a good-sounding sound system in 
> a bad-sounding room, and turn it into a bad-sounding system
> in a bad-sounding room :-)
>  
> > Obviously the lack of ins/outs here is the first issue...unless using
> > RME or Echo Layla or similar and then only like, 8 inputs...
> 
> If PCI is an option, two Delta 1010s would give you 16 analog and 
> 4 spdif channels.
> RME options give you a lot more channels.

mmm...And the consumer version is relatively cheap huh?? I might try
this...
> 
> > On standard
> > cards the headroom specs might be an issue on inputs before distortion.
> 
> 24 bits is a lot of dynamic range, you should be able to leave 
> plenty of headroom.
> 
> > > Here's some use cases for an ideal world after all this is set up.
> > > 
> > > 1.  One sound engineer mixes house and monitors for a club band. 
> > > He's up on stage listening to the monitor mix and adjusting it with a
> > > PDA over a wireless network :-)
> > 
> > Love this idea!!! 
> 
> How the heck is he going to judge the front-of-house sound without
> being in the house?
> I don't think this is practical.

True dat!! :) I was thinking this would be kick a$$ for adjusting
monitors when they need to be Eq'd from FOH...as in No seperate monitor
mixing console. I have had to do this a million times and the footwork
was a pain in a big house!
> 
> > > 2.  Two separate engineers for house and monitors.  Everything is
> > > routed through one computer (or a cluster) to multiple controllers
> > > (as opposed to analog splitters they now use).  The monitor engineer
> > > has a controller and builds the monitor mix.  The FOH engineer has a
> > > controller to manage the FOH mix.
> 
> that would be cool :-)
> 
> > > 3.  Multiple computer setup.  Headless processor that takes all
> > > inputs and outputs and does all processors.  Laptop controllers that
> > > do the GUIs.  For that matter, the processor box(es) wouldn't even
> > > need to be running X.  It could be controlled via networking. 
> > > Everything is fault-tolerant.
> 
> oh yeah :-)
> 
> btw, big touring shows are already using computers.
> Digital Performer got some press out of being used on a Madonna
> tour for all the sound cues, prerecorded loops, MIDI control of
> lighting, etc. They didn't run the whole mix through it
> but i'm sure that day will come.