Multi Track multi out solution.

[pete10uk]

Hi All

I find my self in a tight spot because of a customer mixup with 5.1 surround sound and multitrack. 

Looking for a solution where I can playback 6 tracks at the same time but route them to 6 independent speakers.

 

Customer has 6 files I would ideally trigger via physical contact closure or udp command. just need to trigger the same 6 files from a PIR every time someone walks through a corridor for a month.

 

Any advise would be gratefully received, Needs to be as simple as possible and available quite quickly.

 

Many thanks

 

[James Remo]

If you are looking to buy a system laptop, daw (Reaper is what I would use) and an 6ch sound card was my first thought - I’ve been looking at “track rig” as an option for one playback system recently, just the international shipping charge is putting me off. For your time constraints I’d go with whatever is available in your region. The cymatik LP 16 playback would fit the bill if not wanting to use a computer, however you would have to find one secondhand since Reidel wound up the company. Joco black box another option but overkill and pricey. 

If rental was an option and you need the best in the business I can highly recommend chris @ full fat and his fly racks, he’s the sort of fellow that is trusted with playback by some of the biggest bands out there, and they have a ready made solution with redundancy sitting on the shelf ready to rent, just add your own laptops

[adamburgess]

For Audio, If you can find any old MacBook… QLab and a 8 out interface? The Behringer 1820 or the Focusrite version?

Any Arduino will do a sensor to a MIDI note for triggering quite easily.

[sunray]

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On 5/15/2023 at 9:35 PM, pete10uk said:

Hi All

I find my self in a tight spot because of a customer mixup with 5.1 surround sound and multitrack. 

Looking for a solution where I can playback 6 tracks at the same time but route them to 6 independent speakers.

 

Customer has 6 files I would ideally trigger via physical contact closure or udp command. just need to trigger the same 6 files from a PIR every time someone walks through a corridor for a month.

 

Any advise would be gratefully received, Needs to be as simple as possible and available quite quickly.

 

Many thanks

 

I have a full size PC card (?? PCI ??), never used with loads of ballanced in and outputs, same as BBC used for 'radioman' if any use.

Edited May 17, 2023 by sunray
Probably find a tower PC to go with it