NETWORKED AUDIO
PRODUCT
GUIDE
ALLEN & HEATH ILIVE
www.ilive-digital.com
iLive has built a strong reputation for audio quality and ease of use, featuring an extremely flexible architecture with large-scale
audio distribution and control. There are several Control Surface and MixRack variants, which can be mixed and matched in any
combination and share the same firmware, so that show files are transferable between systems via a USB key. They connect
together with CAT5 cable and use the Ethernet protocol for control. iLive-T Series racks and surfaces connect using Allen &
Heath’s proprietary ACE (Audio Control Ethernet) link, which allows cost effective long distance point to point control and audio
communication over a single CAT5 cable up to 120m in length by combining digital audio and Ethernet traffic. Derived from
the iDR digital installation mixers, which are also compatible with an iLive system, it is possible to configure comprehensive,
integrated venue audio systems. All MixRacks feature the same 64x32 RackExtra DSP mix engine architecture, providing
processing for 64 channels, 32 mixes, and 8 stereo FX processors. The latest dualcore DSP technology handles all the FX
and mixing along with the full dynamics, EQ and delay for all inputs and outputs simultaneously. The flagship iDR10 MixRack
is modular, with ten slots for 8-channel analogue or digital audio interface cards, while the more compact iDR-32 and iDR-48
MixRacks have fixed I/O arrangements. The Port B option slot allows further audio networking possibilities.
ASL VIPEDIA
www.asl-electronics.co.uk
ASL Safety & Security has launched Vipedia, a pioneering life-safety rated networked DSP audio system and ASL’s first
product for the professional audio industry. It has been specifically developed to bridge the gap between pro audio networks
and life safety systems. Vipedia is an advanced Dante-enabled, voice alarm-compliant audio routing and distribution system. It
conforms to all standards for voice alarm systems while providing audio quality and digital networking capacity suitable for pro
audio installers working on major stadia, airport and rail terminus projects. The system is modular; option cards plug into the
back of the unit providing various processing, control and interface functions. The software and hardware is partitioned for ‘life-
safety’ and ‘non-life safety’ functions. This enables a set of comprehensive DSP functions to be built while never compromising
the operation of the system in an emergency. Vipedia will be powered by the VIPA software engine, already in widespread use
on numerous global infrastructure projects, with the ability to import 2D and 3D models directly from standard CAD packages
including Google SketchUp. A number of flexible audio networking techniques are included which allow large distributed
systems to be built and facilitate integration with professional high-power amplifiers. In particular, the adoption of Audinate’s
Dante network protocol has enabled the first collaboration with Swedish amplifier manufacturer, Lab.gruppen.
BSS AUDIO BLU-BOB
www.bssaudio.com
BSS Audio’s BLU-BOB output expander complements the seven other members of the Soundweb London family and
represents an inexpensive solution to increasing the number of outputs in a Harman HiQnet networked system. The BLU-BOB
features eight analog audio outputs on standard terminal block connectors and the 256-channel, low latency, fault tolerant
digital audio bus, also found on the BLU-800, BLU-320, BLU-160 and BLU-120 devices. In addition to providing a backbone
for the transportation of multiple channels, this bus also facilitates the creation of large, fault-tolerant, centralised matrices
containing multiple devices. The digital audio bus uses standard, inexpensive Cat 5e or Cat 6 cable, which enables a distance
of 100 metres between devices. The BSS Audio MC-1 fiber optic media converter can be used to increase the distance
between devices to over 10km (6.2 miles) using single mode fiber. A series of DIP switches on the rear of the BLU-BOB device
allow consecutive channels, in groups of eight, to be selected from the digital audio bus. Multiple BLU-BOB devices can be
configured to receive the same or different eight channel ranges. Signal present and power status are clearly displayed by front
panel LED indicators for monitoring and troubleshooting. The BLU-BOB devices are powered by an external 24VDC power
supply such as the BSS Audio 999-PSU.
DIGIGRAM PYKO
www.digigram.com
PYKO is a range of professional IP Audio endpoints and an advanced software solution from Digigram that helps build clever
and manageable digital audio networks. The solution targets a large scope of professional audio applications that need to
distribute digital audio over shared IP networks, such as background music, paging, transportation, industrial and broadcast.
In other words, anywhere from a railway station to a shopping mall to a museum to a factory floor. PYKO devices will either
convert analog or digital audio sources to high-quality MP3 or PCM IP streams (PYKO-in) or play such streams from the
network or from locally stored MP3 files (PYKO-out). Unlike other pro-sumer streaming devices, PYKO has been designed
for pro applications from the ground up: robust, rack-mountable casings, balanced I/Os on terminal block connectors, and
eight GPIOs. These units may be used ‘as is’ and configured through standard html pages for simple IP audio networks, or for
more complex systems, Digigram offers an entirely revamped Audio Manager software, based on Visiblu, its Network Audio
Operating System. With Audio Manager, planning, deploying and managing the network audio system has never been so
easy. Audio Manager handles all kinds of data: either audio (IP sources, analog sources, audio files, EtherSound channels) or
application-specific control (events, schedules, scripts) and offers processing and mixing points within the network.
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