ILIVE MIXES NOBEL PEACE PRIZE CEREMONY
DATE: December 16, 2009
5 iDR-8 DSP matrix mixers have been installed by Allen & Heath's Norwegian distributor, Benum, for audio distribution, accompanied by several PL units for remote control, including the PL-6 8-fader panel, PL-4 wallplates, and PL-8 logic control panels.
The venue has also installed Allen & Heath’s iLive digital mixing system to manage live events, comprising an iDR10 MixRack digitally split to an iDR0 mini MixRack, with iLive-112 and iLive-80 Control Surfaces to manage FOH and monitors.
The Peace Prize ceremony was attended by the Norwegian Royal family and celebrities, including actor Will Smith and country singer, Toby Keith.
EtherSound is an elegantly simple and open standard for networking digital audio using off-the-shelf Ethernet components. Fully compliant with IEEE 802.3, EtherSound is a deterministic network protocol with high data capacity at mixed sample rates and powerful control functions. EtherSound's latency is stable and easily calculated: the point-to-point transmission time between an audio input and an audio output in an EtherSound network is six samples (125 microseconds at 48 kHz), independent of the number of channels transmitted.
As Ethernet standards evolve, EtherSound is able to keep pace easily, since the Network and Data Link layers are implemented via FPGA's (Field Programmable Gate Arrays). EtherSound licensing programs are available to manufacturers and qualified implementers.
Current adopters include:
Allen & Heath; Apex NV; Archean Technologies; Atelier 33; Audio Performance; AuviTran; Barix AG; Bittner Audio International GmbH; Bouyer; CAMCO; DiGiCo; Digigram; Focusrite Audio Engineering Ltd; InnovaSON; InOut Audio Communication Systems; Klein + Hummel; L-ACOUSTICS; Link Srl; Martin Audio Ltd.; MC2 AUDIO LTD; MEDIACHIP - Sistemas Multimédia, SA; NetCIRA by Fostex; Nexo; Opaz; Out Board UK; Peavey Electronics Corporation; Pinanson; QSC Audio, Inc.; Richmond Sound Design Ltd.; Tesi; VTG Audio; Whirlwind; Wisycom srl; XTA Electronics; Yamaha Corporation.
Qualified implementors who offer third party engineering support to product developers include:
AuviTran; Barix AG; Lab X Technologies, LLC.
Stardraw Control software uses the EtherSound API to enable control and operation of multiple devices from separate manufacturers across EtherSound networks.
EtherSound is developed, patented and licensed by Digigram. Using current 100 Base-T Ethernet hardware, EtherSound networks provide bi-directional transmission of up to 64 channels of 24-bit digital audio at 48 kHz (or 32 channels at 96 kHz), plus bi-directional control/monitoring data. EtherSound networks can accommodate more than 60,000 networked audio devices in daisy-chain or star architectures, or a combination of both. All daisy-chained devices can send and receive all channels concurrently.
