RE: [AudioBox] FW: another wild Richard idea.... just to drive you crazy!
On Mon, 16 Oct 2006, Richard B. Ingraham wrote:
> Anyway, I think we've beat this horse to death.....
Nahhhhh... not even close!!! ;-)
> Best to just use hardware and/or software for what it's best at, and use
> other stuff for what it's good at.
always use the tool that is appropriate ....
> I desperately would like to completely replace all my mixing consoles
> with an AB64, a nice control surface, and some proper I/O boxes. (Cobra
> or EtherSound) But it's not there yet..... so I wouldn't even think of
> trying.
Well... of course we are still hoping to provide a complete and proper suite of
boxes and tools - there will be a discussion of what a 'nice control surface'
should be like soon, I expect...
> But of course that doesn't' mean I stop bugging Charlie about it.....
> :-))
And you are supposed to do that, as is everyone else!
I sent this email to Charlie Richmond and Loren Wilton privatly. Charlie has asked me to forward it to the list. To possiblly stimulate conversation. Although...
If you throw enough hardware it is estimated that SoundMan would poop out well above a piddly eight in/eight out scenario. Loren tests routinely with MOTU 828...
... Of course, but I only suggested limiting the number of live inputs.... not the number of outputs, because: 1. I figured that way you wouldn't be trying to...
Richard, I think your suggestion to get SoundMan out there sooner rather then later as an SFX alternative is a good one, but I think it's the UI that will help...
... I would never want to put a sound system together that has more than 5ms of total latency through out the entire system. And this means all devices from...
From: "Richard B. Ingraham" <rbingraham@...> ... They have vastly different form factors. And the AB does not need the external plugin boxes for its...
... No, it doesn't unless you use Cobranet or Ethersound and external converters - but then, that can be more convenient because the analog lines don't have...
... No it doesn't. You can have 64 analog inputs and outputs if you want to spend the money. ... And that is too high for most live audio applications, plus...
... My point exactly...... so why bother trying to route dozens of channels of live audio, if the latency is going to be too high for most applications. ...
... the ... If the routing was for reinforcement only perhaps so, but when you get into real-world applications where performers have to sing/play along to...
... The actors are not 20ms away from stage monitors most of the time. Nor are musicians 20ms away from any hotspots or other pit monitors, etc..... :-)) ...
From: "Richard B. Ingraham" <rbingraham@...> ... Increasing the latency does not reduce CPU load materially. Arguably it increases the CPU load if it...
... The this is counter to all of my experiences with DAWs then. I don't know how all this buffer stuff works well enough to really give examples, but all I...
From: "Richard B. Ingraham" <rbingraham@...> ... I wonder of a MOTU 828 can be configured to loop back locally within the box for "zero" latency for...
... It would only be possible if they allow ethernet connectivity, which would then mean latency again goes out the window.... There is a driver A&G have...
... My mistake! The setting I'm referring to is the buffer size, and not the number of buffers. Hey, as I said, I don't care what all these things really do,...
... Nahhhhh... not even close!!! ;-) ... always use the tool that is appropriate .... ... Well... of course we are still hoping to provide a complete and...
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