Expérimentations avec la Synthèse de Front d'Onde
Information on software for processing WFS. Either remote controlling a console or actually handling the audio streams.
Système de sonorisation WFS open-source.
Patch de Pierre-Olivier Boulant fonctionnant dans Max8 sous Windows ou MacOS.
Documentation en français disponible
Open-source WFS sound reinforcement system.
Designed by Pierre-Olivier Boulant. Running with Max8 on Windows or MacOS.
English documentation available.
mise à jour du / updated 2023/01/30
Poursuivre la lecture de « Système WFS DIY »
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Voici quelques repères concernant les configurations d’ordinateur et ce dont on peut en attendre par rapport au nombre de pistes et de la latence.
Si vous êtes déjà utilisateur, vos configurations sont bienvenues dans le tableau ci-dessous. Merci !
Here are a few pointers regarding the configuration of computers and how many channels and what latency to expect.
If you are already using the system, your configuration is welcome in the table below. Thank you!
mise à jour / updated 2019/12/15
Poursuivre la lecture de « WFS: VVerrrry Fast Super-computer? »
The New Year’s Eve 2018 concerts at the Théâtre Garonne in Toulouse were the first occasion to use this WFS system for live concerts in front of an audience in Toulouse. The program for the evening: 6 jazz and free improvisation concerts.
Poursuivre la lecture de « First Concerts: Jazz 360° @ Théâtre Garonne, Toulouse, France »
Here are a few configuration examples of affordable consoles (between 2000€ and 5000€ roughly).
Yamaha 01V96, 01V96i & TF, Allen&Heath Qu24 / Qu32 & GLD80 / GLD112, Midas M32 & Behringer X32, Soundcraft Si, Presonus StudioLive v3, Roland m-400. Poursuivre la lecture de « Console configuration examples »
Here are a few pointers regarding routing between a console and a WFS processor. The console is there to preprocess all the signals from the microphones, recorded or synthesis tracks and send them to the WFS processing. After this the output signals have different options depending on the console’s possibilities. Poursuivre la lecture de « Console+WFS signal routing »
Un projet logiciel basé sur Supercollider avec un kit d’enceintes spécialemment conçu pour ce système et accessible en résidence.
A software system based on Supercollider with a specially designed speaker system. It is accessible to residencies. Poursuivre la lecture de « Game of Life »
Le d&b Soundscape est basé sur un processeur de diffusion, le DS100, capable de traité 64 signaux entrant par une matrice de retards et de niveaux, ainsi que d’une batterie de filtres à convolution pour rendre l’accoustique de salles.
The d&b Soundscape is based on a processor, the DS100, capable of handling the 64 signals through delay and level matrices as well as through a set of convolution filters to render the acoustics of different venues. Poursuivre la lecture de « d&b Soundscape »
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