Philippe Delacroix, Digigram managing director, said: "All these devices can share the same network and in combination provide powerful audio networking solutions to numerous markets." He also emphasized the presence of live sound companies among the EtherSound licensees, saying that although many people have said that networked audio and live sound are incompatible due to network latency problems, EtherSound offers a latency of just 125 microseconds.
The combined product offerings from the EtherSound licensees included breakout boxes for EtherSound I/O connectivity, mixing consoles, loudspeaker controllers, ceiling speakers, control interfaces, multi-channel sound cards and integrated security systems.
Digigram launched its miXart 8 ES multi-channel sound card, which features 8/8 Ethersound I/Os and 8/8 analogue I/Os, including four mic preamps with phantom power. Aimed at PA systems and logging applications, it provides a link between audio databases and low-latency audio networks. Audio files may be played directly from a hard disk to the network while live sources may be simultaneously archived to a computer-based logging system. Analogue and network inputs may be mixed on the card and routed to analogue or network outputs. The core of the system - the miXart 8 - supports simultaneous recording and playback as well as audio effects, metering, mixing, routing and real-time processing.
