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Sorted it out. Ducker-mode compressor on the Group Master keyed by the Slate Mic.

This should otherwise not affect the main L/R mix unless the Slate Mic is opened, correct?

D.

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Old-man eyes, but is there a hi-res copy of the “SQ. Basic Signal Path Diagrams – Input/Group/LR/Aux/Matrix” diagram around somewhere that I can enlarge onto an 8 1/2×11 page so that I can read it?

D.

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I don’t have a Dante card in front of me, so these are general thoughts which I have used to quiet noisy fans.

A couple of choices here. First, there are, perhaps, quieter fans available on the market that will directly replace the fan on the card. Next, the proper resistor in-line with the V+ lead to the fan to reduce the voltage and slow the speed of the fan. If you are handy with a soldering iron and a drill, a small switch mounted in the card front that will disconnect the V+ wire to the fan when flipped.

Now, all fair warning here. I am not sure how the Dante card reacts to overheating. It could simply shut down with no throughput but no damage. It could throttle back throughput until the temperature returns to “normal” values. Or it could blow up and never work again. In my experience, most manufactures put in cooling fans that will keep the component temps in range at the maximum working parameters of the device. Most times, a slowed down fan is plenty to keep the average component happy. If you install a switch the trick will be remembering to turn it on again when you don’t need the ultra quiet.

Final thoughts; seems to me the the fans in my SQ6 are much noisier than the fan in my Dante card, but not too noisy for me, even in the control room of a recording session. I did need to put resistors in all the fans of my Cisco SG300 switches. Now those suckers were noisy.

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Yes Soren. “Yes the new Yamaha cards has the possibility to downsync to 44.1KHz, or “split” the clock in case you combine two different Dante networks.”

The idea of being able to combine two Dante networks at different sample rates is what appeals to me. That would allow, say, my 96k recording network to take inputs from a FOH console in a venue on a Dante network running at 48K.

To all, I know about the SQ running at a base rate of 96k and allowing connection in a network running 48k. But that doesn’t solve the potential problem of having to record at a lower SR because I need to include a outside network that runs at 48k.

That’s why the Yamaha card is of interest to me.

Just a FR like many that can’t/won’t get implimented. No biggie. Just a thought.

D.

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Maybe I’m just confused that the Yamaha Dante card will do something that the A&H card won’t do?

D.

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My thoughts on such a Dante card (and I believe that Yamaha has such a card) is to allow my SQ6, running at 96k, to be able to send and receive to a Dante stream running at another sample rate. Let’s say hooking up to a house system in a venue that is running at 48k.

D.

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Thanks for this information. Could be important in my rig.

D.

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Yes, of course!

D.

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No, you didn’t read my post. No console in the rig. Just the DT168 and a MBP running DT Preamp Control. No lights of any kind.

D.

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Maybe it’s just me but I hear the two fans in the board way more than I hear the fan on the Dante card. I have considered swapping out the fans in the board but at the end of the day, even in a control room, I guess I just find them objectionable enough. Not to say that tomorrow, I might not change my mind.

D.

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Old tune being sung by me but a DT32 for Prime is still of interest to me. Imagine being able to have 24 Prime pres available on my Dante network?

D.

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Remember, it’s a digital signal. Don’t put too much thought (or money) into your decision. I use Cat5e shielded stranded network cable for my whole Dante rig (20+ devices) and use this on location as a portable system. I think I bought the cable on Amazon but any like it are available pretty much everywhere. Maybe Monoprice. https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=12724

I use good shielded connectors and solder the shield to the plug and then encase them in Neutrik Ethercon connectors. I have, literally, never had a cable failure. And if I do, off to Home Depot to buy more cable. Even unshielded will serve perfectly for a gig.

I do carry a “first aid kit” to every job with connectors and tools to terminate ethernet cable just in case. If you are doing a permanent install, you might use solid core (stranded rolls and coils much better but connectors, theoretically, stick to solid more securely) and maybe “riser rated” which might make the Fire Marshall more happy.

But really, it’s not rocket surgery.

D.

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Sometimes, at least for me, the recordist IS the producer as well.

D.

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The reason I even ask is that I record, primarily, acoustic classical music. The Prime preamps interest me but I could only consider them if they plug-and-played into my Dante network. I have a DT168, but I will confess that it gets used for those “utility” inputs (the outputs all get used). The high count of important inputs run through Dante enabled Grace m108 preamps.

Love to hear the Prime preamps someday.

D.

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Still wondering if the DX32 will come around someday as a DT32? In other words, Dante enabled. Any plans?

D.

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