Some mixers had an app the musician could the sound they get from an iPhone or iPad is mixer or audio interface, their Wi-Fi router, their
use to control their aux mix from a smartphone just as good or better than any of the wireless MacBook and iPhones, and their ear buds.
but none of those apps were delivering audio. receivers they’ve tried and bands who never They can hear the sound quality for themselves.
You still had to get the audio from the mixer to thought they could afford this capability are musicians on stage. That’s the expensive part. saying, “Thank you so much”.
[WM] You’re calling Audiofusion “real-time
We were first to market with this technology.
And we called it “Audiofusion™”.
audio over Wi-Fi”. There’s no delay?
[WM] What have been some of the challenges
or criticism you’ve faced getting to market?
[WM] How has Audiofusion™ been received
in the market?
[Kevin] In every digital audio system there is
some delay, or “latency”. And Audiofusion™
[Kevin] Naturally there are those who say, runs on digital systems. Audiofusion™ has
‘you can’t do that over Wi-Fi’ but try to tell been tuned and optimized so that 99% of the
[Kevin] The response has been absolutely that to our customers for whom Audiofusion™ musicians who have heard our system can’t
incredible. We have over 700 churches and has been a total game changer. Some people perceive any latency. And we keep improving
bands now using the system and our users relate some negative experience they’ve had that with updates. Some reviewers and others
are extremely passionate. Lots of people want while trying to use Wi-Fi on the internet and have pressed us to publish latency numbers,
to do in-ear monitoring for lots of different assume Audiofusion™ will be similar. They but the truth is the total latency depends more
reasons. The sound team wants to get control may also think, “Certainly, if this could be done, on the gear than on the software. Fortunately,
of the stage noise. The worship leaders want someone would have done it by now”. So, we digital gear keeps getting better and better
to get their band on a click and maybe start give everyone a chance to download and try all the time. For instance, with continual
running tracks. Gigging bands are tired of SoundCaster for free from the Mac App Store improvements to Wi-Fi, Audiofusion™ likewise
being at the mercy of whatever and whomever in what we call ‘Gear Test Mode’. Any musician just gets better and better. And since it’s
the venue provides for monitoring. They tell us or sound engineer can connect with their digital software, our users will continue to get those
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