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Douglas R. Allen

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Airfader O1v96 with Windows tablet for wireless mixing
« on: November 07, 2015, 04:02:02 PM »

Wanting to have wireless mixing for my O1v96 I've been trying AirFader. This was with a connected windows based laptop.
I've found with a windows based tablet I can use a USB "share" router and mix without a direct connection to my O1v96.

To keep the cost low in testing I picked up a used IBM X41 Pen tablet off fleabay for $45 dollars.
Into the tablet I loaded the router software. Uploaded the recommended windows service pack. Plugged in my desk via usb to the router. Turned on the usb connection in the router software. It found the desk and requested the drivers so I loaded the USB drivers for it.
Opened Airfader and it worked as it should.

I could still add more clients to it. I tried 2 Android tablets at the same time with no issues.

So far stable and responsive.

My view so far is a great program to do walk around mixing and on stage monitor mixes. Just having to plug a router into the desk with no "connected" laptop is a big step up from Studio Manager.

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Re: Airfader O1v96 with Windows tablet for wireless mixing
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2015, 11:04:52 PM »

Very nice hack.  A+
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Re: Airfader O1v96 with Windows tablet for wireless mixing
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2015, 01:20:09 AM »

Nice!

And I use the X61t for my audio computers as well. I've got 3 of them....
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Re: Airfader O1v96 with Windows tablet for wireless mixing
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2015, 05:31:52 AM »

For those who may be interested in this program and still have an O1v96 I wanted to show some basic controls done between the X41 with AirFader software using my O1v96 done wireless.
Out of focus but you can still see the basic idea of the controls.

This tablet is a Pen touch type running winXP.

1. Showing meters set to prefade on desk
2. View set to post fade
3. Gate on. Not set too low , just to see gate working.
4. Compressor on. Adjusting output gain.
5. Tapping to show fine adjustments can be done
6. Adjusting eq. Setting back to flat and the different ways to control.
7. Main Left/Right outs. Compressor/EQ/back to flat

When tapping on a control the fader or faders needed come up so you can adjust the value or you can adjust it by touching and moving the controls themselves.

I found the meters to be spot on and very little lag time between software and desk.
If your looking for something different other than Studio Manager this may be worth a look.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32iuCheshRw&feature=youtu.be
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Re: Airfader O1v96 with Windows tablet for wireless mixing
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2015, 06:23:08 AM »

Damn, I just got the 01V96->laptop->router->ipad Airfader setup working.... now I'll need to upgrade to this  ;D

Nice work Doug!
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Re: Airfader O1v96 with Windows tablet for wireless mixing
« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2015, 05:34:51 PM »

For those who may be interested in this program and still have an O1v96 I wanted to show some basic controls done between the X41 with AirFader software using my O1v96 done wireless.
Out of focus but you can still see the basic idea of the controls.

This tablet is a Pen touch type running winXP.

1. Showing meters set to prefade on desk
2. View set to post fade
3. Gate on. Not set too low , just to see gate working.
4. Compressor on. Adjusting output gain.
5. Tapping to show fine adjustments can be done
6. Adjusting eq. Setting back to flat and the different ways to control.
7. Main Left/Right outs. Compressor/EQ/back to flat

When tapping on a control the fader or faders needed come up so you can adjust the value or you can adjust it by touching and moving the controls themselves.

I found the meters to be spot on and very little lag time between software and desk.
If your looking for something different other than Studio Manager this may be worth a look.

Takes about 9 sec. for video to start...

Douglas R. Allen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32iuCheshRw&feature=youtu.be

Looks great and makes and older board new again.  I find it really interesting that 3rd parties are stepping in to rewrite the UI's.  I see a real market for this.  The audio companies can focus on the processing engine and input boxes.  We can choose the form factor for the job from a tablet to a full "console" like device that is a combination of touch screens, faders and rotary encoders. 

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Re: Airfader O1v96 with Windows tablet for wireless mixing
« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2015, 09:14:55 PM »

Tried something tonight that worked well so I wanted to share.
If you ever wanted a "wired" connection from the O1v96 to your Windows server via AirFader but the usb length limit wasn't enough to get the job done this I found worked for me.

I went out of my mixers USB send into the Usb in on my router setup by it. Went Ethernet out on the router to my IBM tablet running windows via cat5. The tablet connected to the router. I was able to open the USB connection and connect to the board via the ethernet connection. This gave me full Airfader control of the desk.

In basic terms the router became a USB to Ethernet adapter.  I tried it with a 50 and 30 foot cat5 cable coupled for an 80 foot total length and it worked fine. I could at the same time connect my RCA (android) tablet to the router as well and run the airfader program wireless.

With this setup I can have the desk set up on side of the stage with a cat5 cable to the back of the room hardwired to the Windows tablet and  have a Android/ipad setup for wireless mixing where needed.

Just wanted to add the flexibility to the setup I found to work well.

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Re: Airfader O1v96 with Windows tablet for wireless mixing
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2015, 11:30:55 AM »

May I ask which router you used that shared the USB port in that fashion?

Thanks
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Re: Airfader O1v96 with Windows tablet for wireless mixing
« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2015, 04:34:21 PM »

May I ask which router you used that shared the USB port in that fashion?

Thanks

Belkin Share N300 Model: F7D7302 V1

I just tried it last night and was surprised it work but it worked well.

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Re: Airfader O1v96 with Windows tablet for wireless mixing
« Reply #9 on: December 04, 2015, 05:42:36 AM »

Belkin Share N300 Model: F7D7302 V1

I just tried it last night and was surprised it work but it worked well.

Douglas R. Allen

I did want to add that another good thing is you don't rely on a wireless connection between the Windows system and the Router. With the Desk,usb to router,Ethernet to server the server doesn't need to have its wifi on. Just the Router is all that is needed if you want to have a tablet for wireless work.

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Re: Airfader O1v96 with Windows tablet for wireless mixing
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