Looking for usb flashdrive player for DCX2496

[Pano]

Oh, got ya.

A player like that with volume control would seem ideal. It even has a mic input!
Just connect your music track channel to the DCX via an XLR cable and you're ready to roll.

They do output 2 volts, so you may need to turn up the gain on the DCX input.

[imix500]

I have to agree with the need for a small mixer. The first thing that comes to mind is an announce mic for emergency situations. I don't know where you are, but some states in the US demand it. Also, I have seen digital source devices 50X the cost of the Am DJ unit fail mid show and output noise at 0dBFS. It's not pretty. Always good to have a master volume control that doesn't exist solely in the digital realm.

[4pyros]

The first thing that comes to mind is an announce mic for emergency situations. I don't know where you are, but some states in the US demand it.

Alright whare did that come from and how would it apply to pyromusicals?

[imix500]

Hi Andy,
it's because you're dealing with explosives and the public.

Assuming you are licensed and have been doing this for a while, you know that when you do your walk-through/demo for the Fire Marshall(s) part of your conversation will be about redundancies, fail-safes and emergency plans.
In some states you have to have some way to communicate to the punters. It can simply be bull horns, emergency paging built into some fire suppression systems, or through a vog mic that is ideally always up in the pa and muted either with a switch on the mic or external switch like a footswitch.
Pretty standard stuff here.

[4pyros]

imix500;

communicate to the punters

Are you talking about handlights. We do not shoot in NY mainly Pa. We hardly ever see any authorities. I have worked it Ct. it a lot harder than Pa. but we never needed a blow horn and we do not do handlights in Pa. any more. Andy

[imix500]

Hi Andy,
Actually I was referring to these:


I'm a bit surprised at the lack of authorities at shows in PA, but since that's where PyroTech and Theater Effects are maybe they are used to it.

[4pyros]

imix500;

In some states you have to have some way to communicate to the punters.

But what are the "punters"

[imix500]

Sorry, punters is a common word for patrons/audience members across the pond.

[4pyros]

imix500; OK For the most part we leave crowd control and security up to the sponsor of the show so we do not have to get involved in that. Once in a while a "punter" will get around secerity and wonder onto the shoot site and we have to scare them away. We love how caution tape and danger signs dont seem to pertain to some people.
Andy

[desertfox]

I use the Denon DN-F650R and can highly recommend it. It is one of the few units I found that will record to SD card with overflow recording to attached USB flash drive and will play from either as well. It has AES/EBU as well as RCA type connectors for digital as well as XLR and RCA for analog in/out. Will do 96kHz, 24-bit PCM and MP3 up to 320.

Rackmount it up with your DCX and you should be able to do what you are trying to accomplish. Set all 3 input and all 6 output gains to -15dB and toss a limiter on all and mute all channels to boot for starters. AES/EBU cable out to the DCX input 1. Play something off SD card or USB so you see signal, unmute DCX input 1 and watch signal level, which should be fine. Start adjusting gain on inputs 1 and 2 on DCX to get back closer to 0dB. Unmute your out channels and start increasing the gain on these individually until you get your desired volume level. Adjust your limiter if set too aggressively initially. Should be able to achieve your goal... Or that's the way I did it...

Originally Posted by 4pyros

I have been looking for some time now and have not been able to find a way to play WAV files from a USB flash drive player using AES/EBU to my Behringer DCX2496 digital input.

Any ideas? Will I have to make a player?

Thanks Andy