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2021/07/02 at 3:27 pm #102188
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.
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2021/07/01 at 6:45 pm #102181Still wondering if the DX32 will come around someday as a DT32? In other words, Dante enabled. Any plans?
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2021/06/29 at 12:03 am #102111Still, the problem for me is that sample rates are confirmed capped at 24/48 according to the techs at Audinate. That makes adding any Merging hardware to my Dante rig a non-starter.
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2021/06/27 at 4:41 pm #102089I’ll look into trying it again. Thanks.
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2021/06/26 at 3:36 am #102074I have attempted to get Ravenna into my SQ6 over AES67. It works but it is cumbersome to say the least and not ready for prime time in a professional environment. My short experience with a Hapi, SQ6 and Anemon was, to be kind, a nightmare. I have not thought of implementing AES67 as a viable solution since my experiment. Maybe someday.
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2021/06/13 at 2:24 am #101873I would buy it.
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2021/05/23 at 1:41 am #101486I’m not sure that this works on any platform other than Dante but check this out:
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Hmm, seems like it might be Dante only.
2021/05/20 at 2:53 pm #101417So why not try it? Will the audience notice? Who knows,. But as a live engibneer, isn’t it a good thing to try and make the sound coming off the stage better? I know personally of some big time FOH guys pairing dynamic mics and ribbons like the R-10 on guitar cabinets and getting a “fat” sound that wasn’t available with dynamics alone.
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2021/05/20 at 2:42 pm #101415I can not say whether the SQ preamps have the available gain to allow the use of a ribbon mic. I don’t have the specs in front of me. But in front of an electric guitar speaker cabinet, I am guessing that a Royer R-10 would have enough SPL input to allow it’s use with “any-old” preamp. If you find that there isn’t enough ooomph and you are running the preamp in the SQ at a higher level than you would like, and that it is injecting preamp noise into your sound at a level that is unacceptable, you can always add an in-line pre-pre-amp such as the Royer dBooster, or the Triton Audio FETHead, or even the Cloudlifter CL-1 (my least favorite of the three) which, using P48 power, will add -20-30dB of output to a ribbon mic.
If you want to get fancy, you could add a “real” ribbon preamp like the AEA “The Ribbon Pre” (TRP) which you can leave on stage to produce a line level signal at the SQ.
So yes, a couple of things.
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Remember, the R-10 is a figure-of-eight polar pattern and will pick up the guitar speaker fine but will have the opposing side pointed outward. Again, the SPL of the guitar cabinet will probably make this a non-issue but if any source is “out front” of the mic (drums or a bass cabinet for instance), you might need some sort of gobo to keep the bleed out of your guitar mic.
2021/05/19 at 3:48 pm #101401I am aware of the costs. I have, presently, three Dante enabled Grace m108 preamps. I only record classical content and I am looking for 8 more high-end preamps. Another Grace? Perhaps. The new Millenia HV-316 preamp (it’s 16-channel)? Perhaps. Stay happy with the DT168 because, being at the “tail end” of my inputs, it’s is quite good enough as is? Maybe.
The whole Prime concept seems really great to me and being an A&H fanboy, I would like to hear the Prime preamps. But if they are not Dante enabled and remote controllable, I have no use for them.
Just me thinking out loud.
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2021/05/12 at 3:27 pm #101294Please keep this thread open as the trouble-shooting goes forward. This is really important information for those of us running more and more complex Dante networks that include SQ desks.
For me, I run my controllers, including MixPad, on a separate VLAN connected to it’s own WIFI access point. This along with controllers for remote preamps, JoeCo controller, and CCTV. My Dante server, serving DHCP to the Dante VLAN has never failed and has never been swamped by the DHCP server for the controller VLAN.
I would be very interested in seeing a resolution to your problem.
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2021/04/28 at 11:09 pm #100989Plenty of little add-on boxes that provide POE. Called POE Injectors.
Just one of many.
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2021/04/28 at 1:50 am #100968All the time that AVB is trying to iron out the kinks, Audinate will be moving forward.
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2021/04/27 at 5:09 pm #100963Yes, unobtanium hardware could certainly be a problem. Right you are. Backup gear today. But I guess I am saying that beating our heads against the walls that those who provide the technology build (and I am specifically thinking Avid and Apple who have played this upgrade game for years) doesn’t usually get us to our goal. Run into a wall too high to climb? Turn left.
My recoding chain of Grace Dante enabled preamps and a JoeCo Dante recorder will get me a 64 track recording, albeit at 24/48. With nothing more than the simplest OS (Mac or PC) that will run DVS. Any additional add-ons, monitoring, mixers, controllers, backups, etc? It’s my job as the engineer and recording technician to make this work today. That’s both the trick and the fun.
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2021/04/27 at 4:07 pm #100959All this seems to me to be an exercise. Workable solutions exist already. I still use OSX High Sierra on 2012 Macs (MBPs) for my Dante network. So in the case of my network, and for my requirements, this “outdated” system, both in terms of hardware and operating system works perfectly for me. Tried, true and tested.
So, like anyone with any products, and let’s just keep it to audio now, each user will need to decide how to do what they need done, today. Is your Pro Tools not working on your brand new Mac? You have a decision to make. Is you mixer not allowing recording 128 channels of audio at 24/96? You have a decision to make. But there is little to be gained by trying to foretell the future and wish that it was happening today. Let the designers do that and simply put as good a system together as you can and come as close as you can today to manage your needed workflow. If things somewhere get better, you have decisions to make. Compatibility, cost, expected lifespan, the like.
Or as my respected friend say, “go out and make a recording”.
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