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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 47880" data-attributes="member: 126"><p>Re: Tell us what you see in your crystal ball....</p><p></p><p>Since I've been crystal ball gazing for a few decades, I've seen a few guesses miss the mark, but most are just too soon for the room still. To a large extent you can predict the future of pro audio by looking at the present of high volume consumer technology. </p><p></p><p>Your wireless audio will no doubt piggyback on some consumer networking technology. </p><p></p><p>Some of this is just logical... Things that don't really do something useful but cost a lot of money will likely go away (like a mixing console). </p><p></p><p>Things that can be done better/cheaper differently will probably happen (like powered speakers vs. old school amps and crossovers and passive boxes). QSC is not just practicing line extension making powered speakers, they're protecting their ticket to the show, in my future vision where free standing power amps end up as curiosities in Ivan's office museum. </p><p></p><p>One of my fun predictions was using a gameboy glove with VR glasses to mix a show with, but watching the game console technology evolve, they are getting so much better at reading human movement, so maybe in some not so distant future to reduce the level on some performer you will just point at them and squeeze their head. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>Another old one of mine is completely leapfrogging the mixing paradigm, from manually riding gain and EQ settings to instead set targets for spectral balance and relative levels. This will be a huge mental leap for many, so probably will be adopted by kids first. They're more mentally pliable. The analogy I like to use to explain target based mixing is like a thermostat in your house to control the result (temperature) instead of a on/off more/less controls to keep tweaking the heat up/down. </p><p></p><p>Some of my "new" ideas are so old I wrote PAs for them (product development definitions) decades ago at Peavey. Listen to this one crazy idea I had way back when. I was going to stack two DPC 1000s together to make a 4 channel digital power amp, then throw our PC4xL digital crossover inside the 2u high package, and turn one or two analog audio inputs, into 4 light weight power amp outputs with DSP controlled crossovers built in.... What a radical idea?? Too bad my engineering support, never managed to throw 3 existing PCBs into one new metal chassis, and beat the rest of the world to a cool product by how many years?? I guess if I was really prescient I would have thrown that kluge into a speaker box to make the ultimate powered speaker. however with a Peavey badge on it, nobody would take it seriously either. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>JR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 47880, member: 126"] Re: Tell us what you see in your crystal ball.... Since I've been crystal ball gazing for a few decades, I've seen a few guesses miss the mark, but most are just too soon for the room still. To a large extent you can predict the future of pro audio by looking at the present of high volume consumer technology. Your wireless audio will no doubt piggyback on some consumer networking technology. Some of this is just logical... Things that don't really do something useful but cost a lot of money will likely go away (like a mixing console). Things that can be done better/cheaper differently will probably happen (like powered speakers vs. old school amps and crossovers and passive boxes). QSC is not just practicing line extension making powered speakers, they're protecting their ticket to the show, in my future vision where free standing power amps end up as curiosities in Ivan's office museum. One of my fun predictions was using a gameboy glove with VR glasses to mix a show with, but watching the game console technology evolve, they are getting so much better at reading human movement, so maybe in some not so distant future to reduce the level on some performer you will just point at them and squeeze their head. :-) Another old one of mine is completely leapfrogging the mixing paradigm, from manually riding gain and EQ settings to instead set targets for spectral balance and relative levels. This will be a huge mental leap for many, so probably will be adopted by kids first. They're more mentally pliable. The analogy I like to use to explain target based mixing is like a thermostat in your house to control the result (temperature) instead of a on/off more/less controls to keep tweaking the heat up/down. Some of my "new" ideas are so old I wrote PAs for them (product development definitions) decades ago at Peavey. Listen to this one crazy idea I had way back when. I was going to stack two DPC 1000s together to make a 4 channel digital power amp, then throw our PC4xL digital crossover inside the 2u high package, and turn one or two analog audio inputs, into 4 light weight power amp outputs with DSP controlled crossovers built in.... What a radical idea?? Too bad my engineering support, never managed to throw 3 existing PCBs into one new metal chassis, and beat the rest of the world to a cool product by how many years?? I guess if I was really prescient I would have thrown that kluge into a speaker box to make the ultimate powered speaker. however with a Peavey badge on it, nobody would take it seriously either. :-) JR [/QUOTE]
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