Streaming, chat and on-the-fly video production adds to a live in-person service at The Pursuit in Snohomish, Washington.
existing ethernet infrastructure is a big win. I
like AVB, but the requirement for special AVBcompatible
network hardware doesn’t always
work with already-stretched budgets. As a
big fan of Symetrix, Dante becomes an easy
choice.
[Jon] I think we will see other players
compete heavily with Dante in my opinion. I
love Dante and think its great but I believe we
will see something more from MADI or even
Waves. MADI has been around for awhile now,
I think we will see something more to improve
AES10.
[WM] Has your technical ‘worldview’
changed as a result of the last 90 days?
[Jon] I think yes and no. My large room
system approach has stayed the same. I
have thought a lot more about adding room
mics to help with livestreaming should that be
needed. I also have thought a lot more about
room treatment (acoustics) and that balance
between having a nice dead room that would
suit a livestream well vs. a room with some
liveliness and appropriate reflections.
[Alex] Absolutely. Because of COVID, the
ability to stream, record, and mix audio well
for streaming is no longer a ‘bell and whistle’,
it's a necessity. We've even noticed the
desire for great lighting to improve stream
quality increase. Not just how it looks inhouse.
Clients look at it through a camera lens
first, then in-person second.
[Judson] I never thought I would be a
network guy, but we have installed, fixed and
supported so much network in the last 90
days. IT companies are so slammed, they
cannot respond to all of the calls. So we
are now designing networks as part of our
system designs. The happy side-effect is that
a network designed to handle AV over IP is a
pretty great network for everything else, too!
[WM] Have you taken the chance to learn any
new technology or dive into new certifications
or generally research some new sort of thing in
the tech space over the last 90 days?
[Judson] I love adding new tools and skills,
but we have been so busy, we have had
very little downtime to take advantage of the
great learning opportunities. The exception
has been networking, but it has been more
of an on-the-job learning style, and the only
certification we have found is a system that
works and a happy client.
[Jon] I have learned Meyers Sound’s MAPP
XT software super well. I would like to get
a Dante certification in the near future. I
learned MAPP XT because I would like to
utilize it personally in the future for some side
projects. I also have spent a lot of time digging
into Waves plugins. I use them all the time
and have for a long time but I normally didn’t
read the plugin manuals. One thing I love
about audio production is that when you learn
something new, it could potentially be used in
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