Inclusive Improv

Netmixer

Net Mixer v2

Built by Scott Hewitt www.scotthewitt.co.uk

Version 2 : August 2009

About

NetMixer is a network controllable software mixer capable of addressing up to 8 independent inputs and outputs.

NetMixer is designed for situations where a dynamic, performer manipulated mix is required.

Download

OS X Server App

OS X Client App

Windows Builds

Coming Soon

Build

Requires either Max/MSP v5 or Max/MSP v5 runtime (http://www.cycling74.com)

Dependencies

ii.Lib (OSX and Windows) ii.lib

OSC-route OSX Windows

How to use

Setup

To use the NetMixer a network is required connecting all clients to the server, best performance is achieved using udp over a single subnet.

Audio cabling is required linking the server audio output to the client input.

Server

• Set Network up
• Assign NetMixer ID
• Start Audio
• Adjust input levels as required

Client

• Set Network up
• Set NetMixer ID
• Set client ID (matches server audio output)
• Check input monitor

Notes

• More than 1 NetMixer may be run using different NetMixer IDs
• No audio is transmitted over the network (due to performance requirements)

Screen Shots

Net Mixer Server

Net Mixer Client

Development

Reasons for V2

Version 2 was developed due to consistently encountered hardware limitations when working with more than 8 audio ins or out.

As a consequence version 2 removes support for more than 8 ins or outs and is much leaner code. It does however add support for multiple NetMixers within a subnet which was unsupported in v1.

Documents

Schematic layout of NetMixer in deployment