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re: X32 DiscussionI am just talking about wireless remote of the master unit like with my SAC system except full featured and hardware. No audio being passed through the wireless router, just control of the processing. With the Software Audio Console the remote just controls the settings, not the audio itself. The audio is handled my the master unit. This system works really well and has metering and an RTA on the remote among other things. It is full featured but in the software domain and the remote is a laptop or tablet, actually as many as 8 of them if you so desire. If It had a dedicated full function hardware controller I would not be looking at a pair of X32's. I actually have more invested in that system than an X32 costs as well. I love many features of the SAC system but the learning curve is steep and it is not something I am comfortable putting a visiting engineer on for the first time in a festival situation because of the lack of hardware control, even with the fader packs. The X32 is user friendly and at least stands a chance at this point of being somewhat rider acceptable to more than just local acts. Time will tell.I understand the concept of the FOH taking its inputs digitally from the monitor console and then doing all of its processing from there and sending audio back down a snake to the amps and that is an easy and simple way to run that set up. That is how I plan on doing it. What I am really asking is if the FOH console can be set up as just a full featured remote to control all of the functions of the FOH mix on the monitor console. The processing and output being handled by the monitor console. If this can be done then wireless should not present a problem as far as some latency or timing is is concearned if you wanted to go that way. Plug in to AC power, establish a connection, and you are ready to go. No snake. No grounding issues. You could even run it from a battery source if you wanted to. Yes it would be overkill and sort of expensive as a remote but it does not require any new hardware development if it can be implemented within the software and it is available now. Just thinking out loud.
re: X32 Discussion
I am just talking about wireless remote of the master unit like with my SAC system except full featured and hardware. No audio being passed through the wireless router, just control of the processing. With the Software Audio Console the remote just controls the settings, not the audio itself. The audio is handled my the master unit. This system works really well and has metering and an RTA on the remote among other things. It is full featured but in the software domain and the remote is a laptop or tablet, actually as many as 8 of them if you so desire. If It had a dedicated full function hardware controller I would not be looking at a pair of X32's. I actually have more invested in that system than an X32 costs as well. I love many features of the SAC system but the learning curve is steep and it is not something I am comfortable putting a visiting engineer on for the first time in a festival situation because of the lack of hardware control, even with the fader packs. The X32 is user friendly and at least stands a chance at this point of being somewhat rider acceptable to more than just local acts. Time will tell.
I understand the concept of the FOH taking its inputs digitally from the monitor console and then doing all of its processing from there and sending audio back down a snake to the amps and that is an easy and simple way to run that set up. That is how I plan on doing it. What I am really asking is if the FOH console can be set up as just a full featured remote to control all of the functions of the FOH mix on the monitor console. The processing and output being handled by the monitor console. If this can be done then wireless should not present a problem as far as some latency or timing is is concearned if you wanted to go that way. Plug in to AC power, establish a connection, and you are ready to go. No snake. No grounding issues. You could even run it from a battery source if you wanted to. Yes it would be overkill and sort of expensive as a remote but it does not require any new hardware development if it can be implemented within the software and it is available now. Just thinking out loud.
