Multi-channel playback

[NickDNK]

Hello

 

I am an IT/AV technician at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark.

 

We are currently putting up one of our older exhibitions from our own collection, which is ancient, tehcnoloy-wise.

 

It's 8 channels of mono audio that has to be simultaneously sent to 8 speakers. It runs through and old Roland track recorder, which has the audio on a hard drive

and outputs it through 8 seperate channels.

 

Now... we would like to switch this over to a more easy and convenient solution. We have all 8 files on our servers, so we can easily play them back,

the problem is just that we need something that can playback 8 channels at the same time (such as cubase for instance), and send it out through 8 seperate

mono outputs!

 

We already have two 01V96 mixers, and were wondering if it is in any way possible to use one of these.

 

If not, then we were wondering what the easiest solution might be. Money is not really an issue, budget is not suffering, but ofc as cheap as possible.

 

Thanks in advance

 

Nick

[timtheenchanteruk]

I asked similar question a couple of weeks ago.

 

topic here

[NickDNK]

I asked similar question a couple of weeks ago.

 

topic here

 

 

Thanks. Reading up.

[Solstace]

Something like Reaper (www.reaper.fm, I think) running on a PC or Mac, combined with suitable audio output hardware would work nicely for this kind of thing.

 

Pretty sure there's a similar thread nearby about using Cubase for a similar kind of task.

[Bobbsy]

Something you might look at is the AUDIOBOX FROM RICHMOND SOUND DESIGN.

 

I know this recommendation is a slight departure from the question you actually asked, but the Audiobox is pretty commonly used for applications like yours in museums, theme parks, etc. etc. It might be a bit more than you need for this exact application but, if you purchased one, you'd probably find yourself using it for lots of future applications.

 

Even if you don't decide to go for it, a phone call to Charlie Richmond at the company I linked above might be worth the effort--he's one of the good guys and generally very helpful.

 

Bob

[NickDNK]

Yeah, I did figure I was going to use either Cubase or Reaper. It's the hardware end I'm not sure sure about, cause we don't really have any PC hardware that can output 8 channels.

 

Gonna take a look at the Richmond thing.

[charlier]

It's 8 channels of mono audio that has to be simultaneously sent to 8 speakers. It runs through and old Roland track recorder, which has the audio on a hard drive

and outputs it through 8 seperate channels.

 

Now... we would like to switch this over to a more easy and convenient solution. We have all 8 files on our servers, so we can easily play them back,

the problem is just that we need something that can playback 8 channels at the same time (such as cubase for instance), and send it out through 8 seperate

mono outputs!

Our SoundMan-Server software is designed to do exactly this. Please go to http://www.richmondsounddesign.com/virtual-sound-system.html and feel free to contact me directly with any questions.

 

Cheers and good luck!

Charlie

[BlueShift]

Have you thought about a single unit like this: http://tascam.com/product/hs-8/

[charlier]

Something you might look at is the AUDIOBOX FROM RICHMOND SOUND DESIGN.

 

I know this recommendation is a slight departure from the question you actually asked, but the Audiobox is pretty commonly used for applications like yours in museums, theme parks, etc. etc. It might be a bit more than you need for this exact application but, if you purchased one, you'd probably find yourself using it for lots of future applications.

 

Even if you don't decide to go for it, a phone call to Charlie Richmond at the company I linked above might be worth the effort--he's one of the good guys and generally very helpful.

 

Bob

Thanks very much for this recommendation, Bob! Just a quick update on this solution: The new AudioBox II is actually just a high performance computer with an embedded operating system running SoundMan-Server now. You can also use SM-S on garden variety computers as well and that is the most cost effective multitrack/multichannel playback solution going these days!

 

Cheers!

Charlie

[cho_drummer]

Buy an Audio Interface such as the Focusrite Saffire Pro 40. Or the Motu 828 or M-Audio Delta 1010. They'll all give you 8 mono ouptups straight out of the box. The Focusrite and Motu are Firewire interfaces while the Delta 1010 is a PCI card, linket to an external box. They're all 19" rack mountable. You simply link the output of the audio track within cubase to one of the outputs on the interface then take a lead from each output into the correct amps for your speakers (or straight into the speakers if they're powered).

 

Job done for under £500.