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Okay. thanks for all the info.

D.

[tourtelotParticipant]

Okay. All food for thought.

It seems that 100mbit stuff should work fine on a 1gbit network. I have a few Dante things that are 100mbit and they work as they should. It is certainly true the 1gbit stuff will not work at 1gbit on a 100mbit network but some (most) will work, albeit at 100mbit.

I’d be interested in what you turn up.

D.

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Thanks so much for the link. I’ll read it ASAP.

Okay. I already have a (fairly) large Dante closed network (maybe 25 devices) for location recording. So adding a DT168 would be no problem.

I am just trying to understand why I would, necessarily, want to spend $500 extra if the DX168 would accomplish the same ends.

Are you saying that the DX168 will NOIT work on a Gigabyte network switch? Seems unlikely.

More after I read the white paper.

Thanks for your patience.

D.

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Sorry, not trying to be dense here, but if I use the DX for a few mics and maybe a few line level returns to the stage via SLink, isn’t it easy to split those mics out to the Dante stream, and recorders and such, using tie lines in the SQ?

What would make it important that I spend an additional $500 to get the Dante version as opposed to using the SQ to route a few inputs to the Dante stream?

D.

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Thanks. The DT168 had sorta flown under the radar for me but a possibility like other Dante mic preamps.

I was interested in using the DX168 because the SLink function was available in the desk already, un-used, and the DX168 is $500 cheaper than the DT168 (street). Any advantages to the DT168, 1) over any other Dante mic preamp set and 2) over the DX168 via SLink over a VLAN?

Thanks for any thoughts on this.

Doug

[tourtelotParticipant]

Got it! Thanks all.

D.

[tourtelotParticipant]

Thanks. I’ll see if I can muddle my way through these two suggestions.

D.

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FWIW, I hear the fan on my Dante card but it isn’t very loud. On other fans, I have installed 220 ohm 1w resistors in the +12 fan power wires which slows the fans down and makes them inaudible. Not sure how hot the Dante card gets, and I recommend some research/inquireries before you take on the project. Also might look for a “super-quiet” fan of the correct size on the net to replace the noisy one.

With audio over IP needing SO many processors, the overall fan noise in the control room is certainly going up. I am not sure how to remedy this except making each fan as quiet as I can individually. And it’s only going to get worse. 🙁

D.

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Thanks Peter!

D.

[tourtelotParticipant]

Okay. I am using my SQ6 as a live recording monitor board and I use the network RJ45 to connect a remote laptop on a second network to the panel. +In my cast, the vulnerable and fragile Ethernet connect is just hanging out the back of the board while the Dante card and the completely un-used Slink connectors are Ethercon. Sure, I could build a little box or plate with the proper connector on it, but I think not having a third Ethercon was an oversight. Otherwise, love the panel.

Doug

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2) Ah. Of course. It’s just a fader controller. Thanks.

D.

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As someone who is pretty new to digital panels and who don’t use them every day, I see layer and mix toggles as a super-trap. I would be that guy happily mixing FOH for minutes and wondering the whole time where the guitar went. 🙂

Lots of good ideas here; I like the different color touch-screen idea a lot, but even a flashing mix or level button when not on the MainLR bus would help. But definitely something to let newbies like me know that we aren’t on the MainLR bus.

Doug

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Great explanation, Keith. I now understand that part of my SQ6. Thanks.

Now a +1 for a foot-switch setting for CH to All Mix. In a hurry, two hands on faders would be, well, twice as fast as one hand. Looked through all the foot-switch possibilities and that would be the one that I would use in my typical situation.

Doug

[tourtelotParticipant]

Thanks Keith. I’ll give this a try.

Best,

Doug

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Yes! I feel a little stupid about not remembering to turn the mics off in the MainLR. Doh!

Thanks for being patient, y’all.

Doug

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