Gil;
Is there a noticeable latency difference between the converted adat and the card adat?

112T/IDR48/IDR16

quote:

---

Originally posted by adethefade

The BIG headache for us at the moment is only one card slot. We’ve always recorded to Alesis HD24 via ADAT but if we do FOH/Mons split, then both mixrack card slots are occupied by an ACE card which means we can’t easily record at the moment. I’d love there to be a solution to this. The iLive/T system is otherwise amazing I have to say. Adrian.

---

see link: https://www.ilive-digital.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1141
you only need one ace connection in the Slave rack ( port A) to use dual rack configuration from V1.63 on.You can use the portB from the slave rack to get 64 channels out (MADI,DANTE.) or even with the multi output expantion card to have Adat out.

Lieven

T112/IDR48
Save a tree, eat a beaver

You are right, if you want to connect one surface to the master rack (FOH) and an other to the slave rack (MON) and split digital between them than you use up all the ACE connections and slots
I was referring to the setup with one surface and 2 racks + record. sorry

Lieven

T112/IDR48
Save a tree, eat a beaver

Cost I would think would be the first benefit over MADI! I’m about to buy an iLive system and a deciding factor for me is the ability to multitrack shows – if I put the MADI card in I’m the up for at least a couple of thousand dollars for an interface (say RME), whereas the Dante system from my understanding won’t even need a professional soundcard, but just a solid gigabit Ethernet connection. Big plus for my budget (I can pour that unspent MADI fund into a better computer!)!

Hi All

I thought I would try to answer some of your questions, since there seems to be a lot of interest in this card. Please note that this is preliminary information and not a final specification for the card.

1) You will be able to use a Dante card for digital splits to A&H or 3rd party devices.
2) Dante is a fully networked system, so you can connect many devices in a star topology to a Gigabit Ethernet switch, and route signals freely between them. This includes one-to-many signal routing. The main routing restriction is that a maximum of 64 channels can be routed to/from the Mix Rack Port B.
3) It will be possible to connect the iLives to the same network as Dante, using the same network switches. There is a 3rd RJ45 on the Dante card to minimise the cabling required to achieve this (as with the ACE card, this can be plugged into a Mix Rack ‘Network’ socket).
4) The first firmware version to support the Dante card will not incorporate Dante network control – you will have to use Audinate’s application to control the network.

Hope this helps

Cheers

– Jeff, A&H

Thanks for that info Jeff! So can you confirm that you will be able to send the iLive control data over the Dante network? For example with two mixracks, both fitted with Dante cards in port B, and network linked to effectively be an ACE replacement? Hey if that was possible perhaps you could call it ABCDE Audio Via port B and Control over Dante and Ethernet!! [] He He

I’ve just ordered a IDR16 (+ possible R72) to add to our IDR48/T112 and want to make the right choice for future expansion of the port B cards. I gather at the moment with firmware 1.63 I will need 1 x ACE card in the master rack to do dual mixrack mode, or an ACE card in both mixracks port B to do a full monitor split (with two surfaces) – is that correct? If the Dante cards can also achieve this then I think I’d wait for their release as at some stage we may also get other dante enabled products (Lab Gruppen amps for example). Can you provide any info on this?

Cheers

Richard
IDR48/T112