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John Roberts {JR}

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Re: What is the next big thing
« Reply #20 on: August 09, 2014, 10:01:37 AM »

Fiber replaces copper on the small signal side of things. All it will take is a company like Neutrix to develop an XLR like connector, along the lines of Fibercon and Belden to make a fiber cable with 2 conductors for phantom power and an entertainment use jacket. Will also need an industry agreed standard for digital control of preamps. What we end up with is microphones and direct boxes that use fiber to feed consoles. On the PA drive of things, self powered speaker enclosures with control and signal on 1 connector. All the technology already exists, just needs a few industry specific standards to solidify the chain.

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Re: What is the next big thing
« Reply #21 on: August 09, 2014, 10:25:11 AM »

Like that's gonna happen.

In remember a couple of decades ago, there was an AES meeting in which there was a discussion about standardization of audio "stuff".

Things like dbu vs dbv, 2.83V vs 1 watt and so forth.

It was brought up that the industry really didn't need to worry-because when it changed to digital-there would be just one standard and everything would interface flawlessly.

YEAH RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!  It is waayyy worse now.

It is a nice idea hoping people would agree on a standard-but the nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from :)
I recall attending meetings about control/interface standards at an NSCA show IIRC about 20 years ago. How did that turn out?

Controlling a mic preamp is relatively easy lifting but where is the incentive for competing manufacturers to agree on standards? Even something with obvious industry benefit like standardizing definitions for corrective speaker EQ remains unaccomplished.

Probably like midi any standard will come from a manufacturer or a group of manufacturers acting unilaterally to promote their arbitrary standard to the industry. Such standards usually create winners and losers so the losers will not go quietly into the night.

JR

PS: I have lots of ideas but no clue about what the customers will embrace.
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Re: What is the next big thing
« Reply #22 on: August 09, 2014, 01:19:56 PM »

If you look at the lighting industry it took years for everyone to move to DMX.  It stuck... and now they just are starting to switch to a standard Ethernet protocol after years of squabbles on that front.  Hopefully we will do the same... but it also feels like every time you turn around there is a new protocol... so the speed of inovation either needs to slow or we need to get out in front of it.  Its one of the reasons our place still has and will continue to have coppers splits and FOH runs. 
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Re: What is the next big thing
« Reply #23 on: August 09, 2014, 10:23:38 PM »

Perhaps the reason is the example of Bill Gates and Microsoft.  A fortune was made and they stayed in the drivers seat as long as the "standard" kept evolving.  As soon as they built a reasonably stable and solid platform-XP-the customers took control.  If your forte' is designing protocols why would you want to solve the problem? There will always be a "better" way to do it tomorrow.
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