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Moving Line level audio wirelessly

4Mal

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Jun 2, 2002
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Got a sound co gig for a fund raiser this weekend. A femal acoustic guitarist in a wine tasting room as background music. The room is large 200 to 2500 sq ft the volume needs to be low though as it is cocktail hour... I'm placing 1 PRX 612 on a stick, one on the floor for her. Assuming it works on arrival, a Mackie DL-806. She is on deck from about 5 to 6. After her the party migrates outside and there is a 4 pc acoustic band, lot's of harmonies, soft music as background for dinner. L shaped patio... Qsc K-Subs mostly acting as stands for k10's. 2 PRX's as monitors, StudioLive 16.4.2 as the board After dinner and some fund raising stuff, the acoustic closer who is a single but a real dynamo...

So ... I have 2 spaces, 2 separate systems. Wouldn't it be cool to be able to transmit the audio from my main setup outside to the little setup inside - mostly this would be for the announcing and fund raising stuff. Cooler yet would be to be able to go bi-directionally and send the acoustic chick opener out to the main system as well... I can do this by taping a couple of long mic cords to the deck but they have typo run through door ways... Ick. Doors slamming on 100 foot mic cables is not something I relish... Let alone on a 24x8 snake... No wireless would be really sweet for this kind of thing.
It's probably late at this point but anyone have any ideas ?
 
i've seen wireless packs for powered speakers, and they're pretty cheap; the issue as i understand it is sizable latency, more than typical bodypack wireless units. not a concern at all with piping music to another room, but apparently no good for monitoring actual performance.
 
Wii audiolink is pretty cheap and the sound quality is great. I have a carvin em900 IEM system as a comparison. You can set the input for instrument level or line level. It's bad as instrument wireless or IEM due to the extreme latency, but for your purposes it would probably be perfect. Works in stereo too and comes with all the appropriate cables.
HMM but the range/going thru walls might be a problem.
 
Look at Airlink.

For broadcast quality (with a price to match), look at Lectrosonics.

The HM is a plug-in XLR transmitter. Pair it with an r400a receiver. Outstanding audio quality. Very low latency.
 
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