chrismca09 Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 is there at all a machine which is hard drive driven in which you can play back pre recorded house announcements? preferably rack mounted too ; -) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgecaliber Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 There are units out there, however they are designed for other industries - Voice alarms for example. My suggestion would be get an old computer, purchase a small touch screen monitor (£180) sit it at the prompt desk and create files that can be loaded up on WMP. Maybe not 100% reliable, but it's cheap and easy! If you are talking about actually investing in something speak to Baldwin Boxall I have built units to do such a thing before, and I'd be more than happy to help again, the more basic option will only cost a couple hundred to do and it works perfectly fine. Had it in my venue for the past 3 years, one in another venue and never had a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danburns Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 There's a company called ID-AL who produce similar devices but playing off compact flash/SD cards. The back panel has a terminal strip, and to play particular tracks, you just short a particular terminal to common. I used their FlashMPX and another of their units (the name of which escapes me!) last year when I was working in a theme park. Had absolutely no problems with them - all the "programming" is carried out by changing the file and directory names on the flash card. If you're clever with short silent wav files as well, there's an option that closes a relay in the unit if you choose - so it could in theory be set up to also ring the bar bells if you so desired. Also means that it's simple enough to have a couple of flash cards or USB keys around that you can tailor for different times/shows. E2A: Links to their products here and here.(I'm not associated in any way with ID-AL - just liked the boxes from them I used!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Pratt Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Overkill, and probably well over budget too, but this would certainly do it. Able to store and edit loads of clips, any 10 of which can be assigned to instant replay hot keys, and up to 4 of which can be triggered by external GPIs........ http://www.360systems.com/audio_shortcut2000.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobba Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 I'd have a look at Instacue running off a Mac mini that could be hidden in a rack. You also get all the other programs in the software suite when you buy a license. This could be partnered with a touchscreen but is cued really easily by keyboard. http://DTVideolabs.com/instacue.html Lobba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sound Man Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Show Cue System (SCS) is a suitable program which can be installed on a laptop. Hot keys can be assigned to playback various messages or music. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Duffy Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 They're out there. TOA make the EV20R. Denon have the DNV750. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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