Has anyone seen (or even tried) the Audiofusion wireless monitoring system?
http://audiofusionsystems.com/how-audiofusion-works/I've seen a few bits online of people using a Beta version of it and apparently it doesn't have the latency issues that I would have expected. Sounds like it could be a brilliant way to get individual monitor mixes.
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With that said, it's a great idea, and I'm happy to be proven wrong!
"...but the 'Fusion' part is really about bringing that sound...together...by fusing it together, it brings the musicians together"
So...it's a mixer, then?
Seriously, they could've thought about that one a lot harder. Looks like it's a software-only solution, so the system performance is going to be heavily-reliant on the laptop's wireless driver performance.
If your on any of the current bunch of digital mixers then you can already use your phone to set your monitor mix. I appreciate this system negates the need for a IEM transmitter and receiver but like digitalscream I can't believe they can get the latency low enough. I mix via wifi all the time and there is way to much latency with something like digital desk - normal router and iPad to monitor audio - for mixing it's fine but even a slight latency in IEM's sounds strange and off puting
Just make sure your phone is well charged before the gig! And hopefully there's a feature built in to prevent your Mum from phoning you for a chat whilst you're just about to nail that big solo.....
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Sounds like the final product launch is less than a month away - although initially only runs on a Mac and iphones
To get under that you need to go to 96khz or 192khz, or use Pro Tools HDX.
I call BS, but also happy to be proven wrong.
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Dante is quite amazing as technologies go.
1 ethernet cable will give you 128 channels of bidirectional audio and only use 10% of the bandwidth available, which means it is good on converged networks (voice/audio/video/data.
The issue is latency- even the best system available cannot get below 2ms at 48khz with a 32 sample buffer, so some Dante enabled products, such as the Focusrite Red series, give you the ability to monitor off hardware.
If they can really do this with 5ghz at better than 2ms latency then sign me up.
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It really does sound too good to be true - which things normally are if they sound it, but having seen comments from other beta testers it seems like people are impressed.
I guess a couple of questions are:
- in a live gigging environment how low an audio quality are you willing to put up with?
- in the same live environment what level of latency becomes unusable?
- Is there a hardware component, or is it app-only?
- Is it iPhone-only, or does it include Android?
I'm guessing that details about latency etc are definitely going to be under NDA...
A good drummer can feel 4ms, so that means the round trip would ideally need to be under that.
You'll get 0.5ms from the converter (in both directions) so the rest of the chain needs to be under that.
This is the chain:
Source (amp/drum kit/voice) -> microphone -> A/D stage -> DAW buffer/mixer->D/A stage ->headphone
When direct monitoring is enabled this is basically what happens:
Source (amp/drum kit/voice) -> microphone -> A/D stage -> interface mixer -> D/A stage ->headphone
The way Pro Tools HD/HDX does it is using a technique called Time Division Multiplexing, which is best illustrated here:
By combining multiple input signals into a single channel with very high bit depth you can move data more efficiently.
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So I don't really see what it's trying to achieve
Ah just had a good read ... it does need a digital source so unless you have a desk with a digital source out it's useless ....
"After you’ve connected your instruments to the digital audio source such as the soundboard at a venue, connect your laptop to the digital audio source"
All it can do is take the place of the IEM transmitter and receivers in as much as it can send the audio over wifi .... that's still a cool feature and could save bands money if the latency is low enough and the band have a digital desk already
It's interesting but needs a lot of gear to work, where a normal digital desk needs next to no external gear but does require individual IEM transmitters and receivers to work.