Audiofusion™ Wireless Personal Monitoring System
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
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Hello all you happy people!
I got here by watching Jake Gosselin's video (Churchfront). Wanna say that the concept and implementation looks amazing!
Just wanted to find out what would be the maximum distance the system would cover without too many signal drops? I know there are other factors involved, like the router, other wireless networks...
The distance the system will cover is 100% up to the capability of your Wi-Fi router. The routers we recommend on our Web-site have been used up to 100 ft or more but you will need to follow general Wi-Fi best practices. How big of a stage do you have? How big of a distance do you think you need to cover?
This seems like the perfect fit for our church. Did I hear correct in the video that it is limited to 16 total inputs? Our church runs about 23 inputs on Sunday mornings. The drums alone take up 7 channels.
Mike Douglas I bet those drums can be routed to a sub mix, or maybe overheads, snare, kick in order to condense channels.
Hi Mike, send me an email and let me know what kind of console you are using. Many digital consoles these days will allow you to route aux mixes (which you could use as a sub-mix) to the USB outs. leafblad@audiofsuionsystems.com
I have several questions:
1- Around when are y’all planing on releasing to the public?
2- How much is Sound Caster going to cost?
3- If I’m using my usb out from my mixer for Sound Caster, will I still be able to multi track record to protools or other daws?
4- and last but not least, can I get my church into your beta testing? Thanks!
1. Hopefully we're just a month away from initial release. Performer is already up in the app store.
2. As an all software solution we plan to sell SoundCaster for $100 per musician (per the number of devices that can connect at one time)
3. Apple's core audio does not allow SoundCaster and another DAW share the same audio device. We hear there are third party software that might be able to aggregate the audio but we are not prepared to make any kind of recommendations
4. Sure! send me a note at leafblad@audiofusionsystems.com
We are just a few weeks away from our 1.0 release. Performer will continue to be a free download. You will be able to purchase SoundCaster based on how many Performers you want to connect at one time. It will be a one time purchase of $99 per connection. A single audio source can only be used by one DAW at a time so you will need a separate audio interface (or some third party aggregation software) to use Audiofusion and another DAW to record the same audio.
Thanks Brandon ! For setting us up with audio fusion we love it!!
I tested the demo version and I'm pretty amazed. Absolutely NO perceptible latency at all. There were several clicks and pops but I didn't follow your recommended procedures (I didn't use ethernet between my MacBook and my router, and my router is not that good). Gonna try again with better conditions later, but I'm super excited for this. Any updates on the Android version?
It has taken us a bit longer than expected to get the 1.0 on the market, then even longer to put out the new version of SoundCaster with Gear Test Mode. Beta testing of the PC/Android versions is still a number of months away.
@@AudioFusionSystems Thanks for the quick reply! Best of luck with the project!
Hi,
It looks great. I have one question. We are 6 musicians in our band. But there is a couple of musicians that can use the same mix. Can we connect two devices to one broadcast chanel. I mean two iphones/ipod to the same mix?
Thanks.
Each device has to have its own Connection in order to receive the broadcast. The only way to share a mix would be to use a headphone jack splitter from one device.
This is a game changer, my church is looking to invest in inear monitors and was going to turn in the budget for hardware devices but I’m tempted to wait for this one...Is there going to be a trial version to least make sure if that will work well for a particular church etc?
We are about 3~4 weeks away from launch but you're welcome to join the last few weeks of beta-testing as a way to 'try before you buy'.
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Audio Fusion Systems i Love this product i want it for my church here in Argentina
have you tried pairing this with Emotion LV1 System from Waves? This sounds like a massive game changer, however we all use android devices so it would be quite an investment to switch towards IOS devices and we gotta make sure this works well with our current live setup. Thanks
We have not run it ourselves with the eMotion LV1 from Waves but there are a number of users with similar set-ups having great success. Check out the Audio Fusion Users (Official) group on Facebook to see different ways folks are using the system.
i am trying to buy a membership, how. test mode is not letting me
Quick calc: 1. wifi router about 300usd, 2. audio i/o (dedicated for this because integrated IO is used for DAW in general) 400usd 3. host mac (2000usd ?!) 4. 100usd per perfomer, - so its 3200usd for 5 performers with limited battery life (about 2-3h)... still good price point but not enough i think :)
Is audiofusion ever going to do a multi-purchase special ?
Like buy 2 and get 3rd at half price ? Etc
That would help sway my vote more towards buying this system.
I’m currently purchasing in ear monitors and ebay sells them pretty cheap now. But I still wouldn’t mind this system due to the saving of buying rechargeable batteries for the IEM body packs.
CCLI has an article about Audio Fusion under 'Gear' on www.worshipfuel.com that has a discount. Buy 5 connections for the price of 4. Check it out
Audio Fusion Systems oh wow awesome !
Thank you. I’ll check it out now.
Cheers !
Audio Fusion Systems is it possible to run the audiofusion along side the actual mixer app ?
Like if half my band used performer while the other half controlled the bus/monitor mix from the XR18 ?
@@RexyFan Yes! That's no problem for Audio Fusion. You can even connect the XR-18 and the Mac to the same Wi-Fi router. We suggest that you connect the phones running the Behringer app to the 2.4 GHz band and the devices running Performer to the 5GHz band
Audio Fusion Systems thank you so much. That’s a great help.
Thank you.
I am freaking out right now!!!!! Praise God for you guys!!!!!!
Hi Jon, You sound almost as excited as we are. It should be just a few more days before our 1.0 release. Send me a note at leafblad@audiofusionsystems.com if you'd like to try the beta version in the mean time. -Brandon
Audio Fusion Systems thank you so much! Just sent the request. I can’t wait to get my hands on this!!
Why my iphone 8 plus cannot detect any sound on my console behringer xair18
Great idea, no question! Maybe the most innovative piece of audio software to be released the last couple of years. I‘m really thinking about purchasing a license or two and testing it out, but I have a question that might be a dealbreaker for me (being a tech who wants to offer IEM instead of carrying heavy, feedbacky floor wedges). As it is shown in this video the Performer App has a preset button on the bottom left which is missing in my Performer App I recently downloaded. Was that feature taken out of the newer versions? If yes: Audio Fusion will unfortunately not be useable for me. Is there still a way to save presets? Or is it just useable AFTER I purchased a Performer license? Thanks for the help and Greetings from Berlin!
We took the preset feature out until it is completed. Today Performer will come back wherever you left it last. Of course, each Performer will do the same. If you’re working with different musicians, their Performers will retain all their settings which should match up with any scenes you save on your mixer. Presets should be out in the next couple of months
Does the system requires internet to operate or only a wifi network?
Can the router be connected to our existing internet switch or it has to be directly to computer?
Luis Nunez we recommend using a dedicated router that is not connected to the internet. But you can run it for free in Gear Test Mode to try routing it through your existing network. We have some users doing that. You do need to have an Ethernet connection between the Mac and the router.
I want to buy the software audiofusionsystems, I can use Director or not., My trial version cannot control each input channel separately, Looking forward to support
Hello Son, thanks for reaching out. I got your email as well. Director is still in beta testing but we would love to get lots of feedback. Anyone who would like to test it can send me an email to leafblad@audiofusionsystems.com
Hi , does it works with Airpods ? What about delay ?
Unfortunately the Bluetooth technology adds too much latency to use it in live performance. You’ll need to use the Lightning to Headphone adapter.
You can hear it for yourself for free by downloading SoundCaster and running it in Gear Test Mode
We’ve got a Yamaha LS9-16. I’ve tried hooking it up via Ethernet cable and through a Behringer UM2 and soundcaster isn’t picking up any of the channels running through. I’d like to test this out and implement it at our church, but can’t get the gear test to work. Any suggestions?
The ethernet out on the LS9 is only for control (no audio) and the USB out is only a L/R stereo mix. The most cost effective way to get multi channel audio out of the LS9 is to get a Dante card. SoundCaster will recognize the Dante Virtual Sound Card as an input device.
Ah. Thank you! That’s good to know!
Hola, deberían pensar en difundir esto en América Latina y México ya que este sistema es más costeable que estaciones de monitoreo como las P16 de Behringer, les ánimo a que lo tomen en cuenta sobretodo para android que es lo que más abunda por aquí, saludos.
We are about to release the beta version of Performer. Be sure to subscribe to our email list so we can keep you updated.
audiofusionsystems.com/contact-us/
I have a question that might have an obvious answer. How would you use this system to play a backing track that goes to the PA system of the venue and simultaneously a click track that goes to all the musicians? Much like the one in the video that had a count in and marked the different parts of the song while having a click
The signal flow, typically, would be 1) You would have some 3rd party software or player that is generating the click / track that goes into the sound board where it mixes with the live instruments
2) The mixer then sends all the audio (minus the click) to the PA while simultaneously sending separate multi channel audio (including the click) into the Mac for SoundCaster.
Most of the digital mixers these days can do that easily using a USB connection or other digital connection such as Dante, firewire, AVB etc.
If your mixer does not have a way to integrate with the Mac then you will have to use an alternative method of converting your analog signals to digital.
A) You could split the analog instrument signals on stage and send one side to your mixer and send the other side of the split to an audio interface or small digital mixer. Or B) You could send your aux outs from the mixer into an audio interface that would connect with the Mac
Feel free to send me an email to leafblad@audiofusionsystems.com or reach out on Facebook Messenger and let us know what kind of mixer you have and how many channels of audio you normally use. We can give you some recommendations.
I currently run a soundcraft UI24 rackmounted with a chromebook as a controller and hard wired through an external router. Occasionally I also use a remote tablet for FOH control. While all my current gear is android, I am not against buying some used iphones and a used IPAD to run this program but would this work with my current setup. I am not interested in investing in a new PA setup. Just adding In Ears without the weight and space needed for rack systems.
You would need to invest in a Macbook Pro, a few iPhones and a really good WiFi router ($250)
Your UI24R would interface through the USB and you would have a great system. Send me an email to leafblad@audiofusionsystems.com if you have more questions
Is it possible to use real devices (aka those made by a company other than Apple?)
We do plan to release a PC/android version. It may be 3~4 months before we begin beta testing those platforms.
Is there updated timing on the PC/Android version?
Not yet. We are about to release an updated version of SoundCaster that will include a 'Demo Mode'. You will now be able to try the system for free running on your devices with you gear.
@@AudioFusionSystems Where is the android/pc version? it's been 2 years.
@@mthompson965 we are about to begin beta testing the Android version of Performer. Be sure to subscribe to our email list so we can keep you updated. The development of the Windows version will follow that effort
What’s a good speed dual band router to run this ? Is 300 (2.4ghz) + 300 (5ghz) ok ?
are there any more recent videos on this?
Hi Leon, we have been hard at work on the Android version of Performer. Nothing new to report but we hope to have some news soon!
Does your system only work on IOS? How about Android? How about the latency we get? Which company is your distributor for Indonesia? Thank you.
We just launched our 1.0 with Mac and iOS only. We do plan to make a PC and Android version available as soon as possible. Be sure to join our mailing list at www.audiofusionsystems.com to be notified when we start beta testing those versions.
Currently we do not have a distributor in Indonesia. Our system is software only so we plan to distribute our apps through the app stores.
Trust me. There is no latency or delay. Just make sure to get a good wifi router
i was looking for the director but it says coming soon
You can still try the beta version of Director. Send me an email to leafblad@audiofusionsystems.com and I will get you started
Hello, I have a couple questions.
1) Just curious if I can use bluetooth earbuds on my iPhone without latency?
2) Also, after making my adjustments on my iPhone performer app, can I lock the phone or does the app need to stay open?
Basically I'm just trying to avoid wires and accidental key presses.
I plan on using a presonus AR mixer or StudioLive 16.0.2 USB. These should be okay with your system, correct?
Thanks your help!
Bluetooth earphones will add too much additional latency to use them in a live performance. You can lock the screen so that you can put the iPhone in your pocket without accidental key presses but you will have a wire from your ears to the phone
Can it be configured to simply transmit the Aux out for people not comfortable with setting up a personal mix and having the audio engineer do it for them via the mixer?
Many digital mixers can route an entire aux mix to the USB out but our Director app for iPad (still in beta) will give your sound tech the ability to help your Performers do their mix. Send me an email to leafblad@audiofusionsystems.com and I would be happy to send you a link to download the beta version
Are there plans to provide more than 16 channels in the future? Is that even a possibility?
Yes! Our 1.0 release handles 16 channels very well provided you have a great Wi-Fi Router. Down the roadmap we plan to make other products using our platform that can deliver more channels. Those products will likely be at different price points and feature sets that have not yet been decided. An interim step that we have planned will be to add a sub-grouping feature. SoundCaster will already recognize all the channels from any connected digital audio source. Today you simply enable 16 or less to include in the mix. We plan to give you the ability to group channels into a sub-mix that would broadcast as a single channel allowing you to keep the count under 16.
Our church we have the X32, wireless router (5.0 set up for our mixer and private network for the praise team. We use iPads for adjusting in ear mixes, and use MusicStand through Planning Center). After watching these videos and hearing about it through Churchfront and LoopCommunity this has really peaked my interest. My question is sometimes I need or would really like to have an additional wireless in ear monitor. We currently use the P16 system (have 6 stations) and also have 3 Shure PSM wireless in ear packs. We have a MacBook Pro we use to run ProPresenter that we could use have the software on. My main question is would this be something in addition we could consider investing into with our current set up? Also, with the X32 the digital interface is obviously already there, but we’re using the Ultraviolet already for the P16 system. Would that still work with Audiofusion? Any help would be much appreciated.
Hi Micah, the new version SoundCaster has a Gear Test Mode you can use to try it for free with your set-up. The 16 channel limitation will be in place for a while but you're already used to sub-grouping things for your P16 mixes. You should be able to use Audiofusion in conjunction with your current monitoring set-up. Simply choose your P16 settings as the audio source for the Card Out. That way you can expand the number of musicians you can connect without buying new boxes. You should be able to run SoundCaster on the same computer with ProPresenter but I'm not familiar with Ultraviolet. You'll have to test that part on your own. We run it with Ableton and both use the same audio coming from the USB connection.
Audio Fusion Systems yes were used to the 16 channel interface system and for us it works so far. I just didn’t know if it would use the same interface that the P16 uses or if anyone option would have to be used. I’ll try the test mode some time to see how it all does. That’s the only real way to know for sure and thank you for getting back to me.
I downloaded the app on my tablet but looks exactly like the mobile device, what is the name of the tablet version you are utilizing?
SoundCaster runs on a Mac and takes the audio from any digital mixer or audio interface you can connect to the Mac. Performer is the app musicians use on their iPhone or iPad to receive audio and control their mix
@@AudioFusionSystems thank you, I have sound caster on my Mac as the main channel, i have the app on my phone and tablet. However I would like to have my tablet formatted as the “director” as mentioned on 10:45 of the video. Instead it replicates my mobile phone format
The iPad can run Performer or Director. Performer is the only one available from the App Store. Send me an email to leafblad@audiofusionsystems.com and I would be happy to send you a link to download the beta version of Director
Is this also available in spanish...?
Is it/will it be possible to group multiple input channels into 1 broadcast channel? i.e. grouping 10 drum mics/inputs to one of the sixteen broadcast channels to better utilize the other fifteen channels.
thanks
We do not yet have the capability built in to create sub-mixes but that is on our road map. Currently our software will only pass through the audio it receives from your console. You can get around the 16 channel limitation if you use Audio Fusion in conjunction with the native mixer app on your console. Send me an email at leafblad@audiofusionsystems.com if you are interested in learning more.
I tested it, and i am very impressed by the super low latency guys!
BUT... there were dropouts when i moved around a little, and the price pr licens is the same as a cheap wireless in-ear system, so it's not for me. :-(
Thanks for the note. The key to getting great sound quality is to use a really powerful Wi-Fi router like the ones we recommend... and to follow how to get set up in our other videos.
For the cost, you mentioned cheap wireless systems. Do you not want CD quality sound, stereo, or personal mixing capability?
Audio Fusion Systems I create my monitor mixes on iPad today, i can live with mono if the competition is a very small amount of latency and dropouts (I know my WiFi, I’m a wireless network professional ) and I don’t need my band to carry a power bank. I love the idea, but the pricing is way off!
Thanks Soren. We think $99 is a great price for stereo, wireless, and personal monitor mixing control. But, we are considering a simple, stripped down version of Performer that would act only like a stereo wireless IEM receiver. The musicians would only have control over volume. The mix would have to be done by the monitor engineer like a traditional IEM. What do you think would be an appropriate price for that kind of stripped down version?
Obviously a router issue
Whats the latency of this system?
I am curious if you can create an aggregate device in Mac's native Audio Midi Setup, set the aggregate as input for SoundCaster. Then in a DAW create bus sends from your mixer/audio interface that output to that aggregate device. I would LOVE to be able to download Souncaster to test this and a few other things.
send us a message on Facebook. We're still adding beta testers if you'd like to try it.
Thank you for the fast response. I believe this will be a great product and will greatly benefit the audio industry!!
Were you able to use your DAW to feed 16 channels into sound caster? I'm curious too because we run our studio live board into Pro Tools via USB which feeds our Facebook live stream. I wonder if I can program our iMac to take the USB signal through Pro Tools and to sound caster at the same time.
hello Brandon. Soundcaster sends 16 channels to Performer. So if I have 24 active channels from soundboard, do I lose 8 channels on the Performer ?
SoundCaster will see all 24 channels coming in from the board. You can select up to 16 to include in the channels sent to Performer. SoundCaster will broadcast the first 16 channels you have enabled so you will have to deselect channels in the 1-16 range if you want to broadcast any channels in the 17-24 range
Can I use an android laptop, an iPad and iPhone together for this?... Another question. I have the ipad and the iphone but I do not have a mac laptop, will it work?
We will not begin testing the PC/android versions of the system for 3~4 months. You will need a Mac to run Soundcaster and iOS devices to run Performer and Director.
I have an older Presonus Mixer 1st generation 24 channel board that only has firewire outs...can you explain how I could use this software to send mixes to musicians?
Hi Shannon, SoundCaster will automatically detect all the channels from the 24ai boards. You would need to invest in an adapter or hub to get Firewire into a Mac these days. Performer is limited to receive 16 channels at this time so you would have to select 16 of the 24 to include in the mix
@@brandonleafblad Hi Brandon. Thank you for the reply. I have several android based phones and tablets that I work with...any chance that the software is compatible with these systems yet?
so I have a presonus mixer will I still be able to use the capture software with along with audio fusion
Hi Herman, which presonus console do you have? Most have either Firewire or USB or AVB. Apple's core-audio will recognize the multi-channel audio coming in from those connections. If the Mac can see it, then Audiofusion will see it.
When will be the android version available?
We’re releasing the first beta version to a small group of users this week. Be sure to subscribe to our email list so we can keep you updated on the full roll out.
audiofusionsystems.com/contact-us/
Hi, Is it possible to use Dante to connect to this software instead of a USB pipeline?
Yes. Our system works very well with Dante. SoundCaster will recognize the Dante Virtual SoundCard as an audio source. Since Performer is limited to 16 channels at this time, simply choose 8x8 or 16x16 on your Dante controller. Put the Mac in the booth and the Wi-Fi router on the stage. They just find each other. Beautiful.
Will only broadcast 8 channels?
SoundCaster will automatically recognize all the channels available from any connected audio source. Performer is limited to 16 channels at this time so you can enable up to 16 channels to include in the mix.
Our worship team already use ipads for onsong. Can we have performer on ipads instead of iPhones. And what about iPod touch?
You can run Performer on iPad. Set your mix and leave it running in the background. iPod Touch does work but the battery life is not great. You can buy a new iPhone 6 for only $150 at Target and Bestbuy right now. That would be a better choice for a dedicated device. You wouldn't even need a sim card.
@@brandonleafblad thanks Brandon . I think the system is great I will give it run.. you said we can test it before we invest in the liscences?
@@brandonleafblad also we have the Presonus studio live 32.. do you think it would work without much twiking?.. any ideas.. ?
Im trying out the demo, i have everything running ok I'm using a behringer xr18 the only issue I'm having is with eq/comp and effects aren't coming out of performer. Is this just for volume control? cause i would like to have control over my effects in my inears
Hi Benjamin, our software simply passes the audio through that comes from the mixer. You can control on the routing on the XR18 to choose for each channel pre or post EQ/FX. We plan to add these controls to our software later on our roadmap.
Brandon Leafblad thank you for the quick reply ! I was able to get it to work I had to route my effects to channels 15-16 now I can here them
That would be awesome having those controls in the app that way I wouldn’t need to sacrifice two channels
Thank you for the help!
Link for purchase?
There is a quick link to the Mac app store at www.audiofusionsystems.com
Hi, you can do a Review for people of speakers Spanish, please regards since Honduras
Thanks for the recommendation! I will add Spanish to the list of videos we need to make
Are you able to pan certain channels left and right?
Yes. You have full volume and panning control on all 16 channels.
So I use abelton live and connect it to my x32 rack mount to run multiple channels of tracks. Can it use the USB at the same time as ableton using the same USB?
Yes. We run SoundCaster on the same Mac with Ableton all the time. All the individual tracks go out the USB to the X32 where they mix with the live instruments and all comes back together over the same USB for SoundCaster
@@brandonleafblad Ok definitely going to give this a try, if i run into any issues ill post it here. Thanks!
I have a 2011 MacBook Air, would that work to control this?
Sorry for the late reply. You should be able to run it if your 2011 can run MacOS 10.12 or newer
Can this be used together with allen & heath qu series?
Hi Jett, we have a number of beta testers having great success with the QU consoles. USB out to the Mac and SoundCaster will take it from there. Send me a note if you are interested in beta testing.
leafblad@audiofusionsystems.com
Thanks,
Brandon
Why no Microsoft support?
We actually started on Windows and Android but, at that time, the Android devices were not capable of doing this. Android has come a long way but we are still in beta testing on the Android version of Performer. The development of the Windows version of SoundCaster will begin after the Android version is released
Will this work with Dante?? How do we set that up with SoundCaster?
Yes. Just connect both the Mac and your Wi-Fi router to the Dante network and they will find each other. Its beautiful. You will need to run both the Dante Controller (free) and the Dante Virtual SoundCard ($29) on the Mac. Performer is limited to receive 16 channels so we recommend that you simply run 16x16 on your Dante controller. Route to those 16 the channels or sub-mixes you want in the mix.
@@AudioFusionSystems awesome
Any idea if this will work with a Roland M400 via the cat5? (I know this dinosaur only seems to work with Sonar for recording, but thi would be great for monitoring).
You would need to route your Aux outs into an audio interface to get the multichannel audio into the Mac. Let me know if you would like to try it for yourself. leafblad@audiofusionsystems.com
Thanks,
Brandon
Audio Fusion Systems . Thanks. So I'm guessing the amount of aux outs we have limits the amount of tracks we can run?
That is correct. It looks like you have 8 outs so you might do 8 sub-mixes that each musicians could mix themselves, or 8 unique mono mixes that each musician would simply pick 1 of the 8 to control volume (just like a traditional wireless pack)
Audio Fusion Systems Great. That sounds like a possible solution. I'll look into it with the team. Thanks for your help! :)
Is there a way to run soundcaster off a tablet or ipad instead of the laptop? this is a deal breaker as a stable laptop cost more then a typical wireless iem system.
No. SoundCaster has to run on a Mac. Check out our Facebook group called Audiofusion Users (Official) for tips and suggestions on the best inexpensive used Macs to run SoundCaster and where to find them.
@@brandonleafblad shame im not wanting to have to buy a laptop
Many of our users are running SoundCaster on a Mac mini or other desktop option that may be less expensive.
@@AudioFusionSystems still an unwanted expense that puts me in the same price as getting a sennheiser wireless wich is tried and true. I'll wait and see if anything changes.
Andrew Miller, A new laptop costs nearly as much as a Sennheiser unit and the laptop can send mixes to multiple people vs only one with a Sennheiser unit so your point isn’t accurate at all.
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Hola Josias ud uso este sistema????
Would this work with an Ipod touch??
It does work very well with the latest generation of iPod touch. The only downside it the battery life is not great. For the same ~$200 you might be better served picking up a used iPhone 6.
Can you send me info as soon you guys release the android version. Thanks...
Be sure to sign up for our mailing list at www.audiofusionsystems.com to be notified of new releases.
How Does this work with iPhone x?
It works great with all iPhones 6 or newer. Send me an email if you would like to try the beta version. leafblad@audiofusionsystems.com
Thanks,
Brandon
What is the latency like compared to hardware units?
Hi KeLynne, sorry for the late reply. The latency is mainly a function of your digital mixer or audio interface, that is, what you use to do the original analog to digital conversion to get the audio into the computer. You can get to single digit millisecond latency with USB out from a mixer and a good Wi-Fi router.
Send me an email at leafblad@audiofusionsystems.com if you would like to try the software for yourself.
is the software available for windows and android apk
Not yet. We hope to begin beta testing the PC/Android version later this year. Be sure to subscribe at our web-site if you would like to be notified when that is available.
So you need Your phone, Mac and a Router to broadcast and the software still cost $100 for one person? That’s a bit much, I thinking after spending all that money on hardware the software for each person should be about $50.00
I agree, $100 is too high for an app.
Is there assurances of upgrades and new features locked into the $100 price? Ie. upgrades to cross-platform devices/windows software license, etc. That would ease some hesitation for me.
Kuuuks a good entry level IEM system starts around $300 each, $1K for really good ones, that’s per person, so $100 isn’t so bad after all is it.
Hows the latency?
It will depend on the capability of your Wi-Fi router and the digital mixer or audio interface you are using to do the initial analog to digital conversion. Some musicians are sensitive to latency and have been able to perceive it but 99% still find it very usable for live performance. We've been using it every Sunday for the past 2 years. We hope you will give it a try for yourself. We are about to release a new version of SoundCaster that will have a 'Demo Mode' which will allow you to broadcast up to 16 channels to as many as 16 musicians so you can test full functionality with your gear. Be sure to subscribe at our web-site to be notified when 'Demo Mode' is available.
When will u launch a android version?? Waiting for it
Maybe by the end of the summer but don't hold me to that!
I will mention that you can get an iPhone 6 for only $149 at Target and Bestbuy. You wouldn't even need a sim card to use it as a dedicated device. Not a bad price for a stereo wireless IEM receiver with a touch screen to control your own mix
We use a Yamaha tf5. Would that be compatible?
Sure! You can get the multi channel audio from the USB out or Dante if you have that i/o card. Performer is limited at this time to 16 channels. SoundCaster will automatically see all 32 channels on the TF5. You will simply need to choose 16 or less to include in the mix. The TF5 should also allow you to route sub-mixes to the USB out so you can get just what you need. Send me an email if you would like to try the beta version with your yamaha. -Brandon leafblad@audiofusionsystems.com
Audio Fusion Systems Just emailed!
Has anyone tried this with the Zoom L-20 Console?
We have a number of users running the Zoom mixers. Simple USB connection. You’ll see 22 channels come in on SoundCaster and you can pick any 16 to include in the mix
Does it work on android?
We plan to release the PC/Android version of the software in 3~4 months. In the meantime you can pick up a used iPhone 6 for under $150 these days.
What about old iPod touches or pre-6 iPhones?
iPod Touch works great but they have to be the new gen 6 to have good enough Wi-Fi. They are ~$200 new. The downside is battery life for this application. The iPhone 6 and especially the 6 plus have much better battery life and you can find those used for ~$150 these days
@@AudioFusionSystems what are the current plans for releases on windows and android? Those are the platforms most used and I don‘t get it why you only provide your solution for Apple devices.
Your solution looks very interesting, but it‘s a bit disappointing for me that I can’t test it in my church's ecosystem...
Does this work with analog mixers?
You have to have some way to get the analog signals into the Mac. If you have an analog board you would need to get a small digital mixer or audio interface to convert your instrument signals to digital; either on stage before they go into FOH or converting your aux sends on the way out
Brandon Leafblad thanks for your reply. I can probably get an audio interface but the mixer has an rca record out output. I just bought an rca to USB-c connector. Do you think this will suffice?
Josh Asi that wouldn’t work. The rca out usually only sends the main (LR Mix) you could use the aux sends to go into a multichannel audio interface. Or you can upgrade to something like a Behringer XR18 for around $500
Im trying to purchase and set up 6 licenses. Sent urgent email to company. Need help. No number to call. Help. Check email
Hi Joanna, great to talk with you today. feel free to email me directly if you ever have any more questions. leafblad@audiofusionsystems.com
And this piece of crap doesn't have a trial version. What if that doesn't work with my set up?
We do have a trial version. Now you can download SoundCaster for free and try it out in Gear Test Mode. It will run fully featured so you can broadcast up 16 channels to as many as 16 devices running Performer. You can use it to figure out your routing and make sure your WiFi router is capable.
It's a shame you don't like Android operating systems.
Hello! would this work with the airpods ?
Unfortunately the airpods (and all bluetooth ear phones) add too much delay to be usable in live performance.
Audio Fusion Systems thank you so much for your reply!
I'm the music director at my church and I am definitely getting this for our church. Our church is small we might start with 3 or 4
2 questions 1. can licences be added as needed? 2. Do we have to register each license to specific user/musician or can they be set generally for the church?