Working on a configuration for a church I may do an install for. I’ve posed this question to A&H support, but the dude never gets back to me. So, perhaps someone here could have some insights…
Here’s the setup i’m considering:
-iLive 144 surface (possible i/o on back)
-iDR64 for stage
-iDR32 for FoH (dual mixrack deal)
I know I need an M-ACE card to do the dual mixrack setup. And I know I can outfit the rear of the 144 with a RAB2 and use one slot for M-ACE. My question is…
-Between the empty port on the second mixrack, and the empty slot on the RAB2 on the iLive, can I utilize both a MADI card and DANTE cards simultaneously? I want to use the MADI card to send audio channels to third-party gear, and the DANTE card to send up to 64 channels to a recording DAW. Can this be done? Alternatively, can I have 2 RAB2 cards in the iLive surface itself, and install both DANTE and MADI on the surface?
Thanks in advance!
Hi Clintage
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-Between the empty port on the second mixrack, and the empty slot on the RAB2 on the iLive, can I utilize both a MADI card and DANTE cards simultaneously? I want to use the MADI card to send audio channels to third-party gear, and the DANTE card to send up to 64 channels to a recording DAW. Can this be done?
I’m afraid only the MMO module is the only module supported in iLive surface RAB2 PortB.
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Alternatively, can I have 2 RAB2 cards in the iLive surface itself, and install both DANTE and MADI on the surface?
No I am afraid this is not possible only 1 slot is available for RAB module within the Mixrack/Surface.
You do not have to use ACE modules for Dual Rack setup if You have 2 x iDR10’s both with RAB2 fitted. You could use 2 MADI cards for Dual Rack but this means you will need to run a seperate network cable for control between the mixracks. This would then mean you could use MADI Link 2 or Aux socket to send Audio out to other 3rd party devices and still have Dante in PortB of the slave rack.
Hope this helps
Sam A&H
Stealth, thanks for the info. After I read your reply, I went more in-depth with the pdf’s available on the site and I see what you are saying. Sounds like using the MADI card in Port B on a surface RAB2 is a possibility through future firmware releases. Any idea if that could be done and/or will be done?
Here’s a follow-up question regarding trying to make this work with an iDR10:
-iLive144 (with RAB2 M-ACE in port A, and option of MMO in port 
-iDR10 at stage position with 8 xlr inputs module (64 channels of input), 1 xlr output module, and RAB2 - port A fitted with M-ACE, Port B fitted with MADI
-iDR32 at FoH with Port B fitted with DANTE
(iDR10 and iDR32 running in Dual Mixrack Mode)
Would that work? To have either the MADI or DANTE card in the RAB2 port B slot on the iDR10, and have the other installed on port B on the second mixrack? And could I still have the MMO card installed on the Port B on the surface and have them all available?
Thanks!
Hi Clintage
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I went more in-depth with the pdf's available on the site and I see what you are saying. Sounds like using the MADI card in Port B on a surface RAB2 is a possibility through future firmware releases. Any idea if that could be done and/or will be done?
This has already been requested and will be implemented depending on customer demand, though not available in v1.8.
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-iLive144 (with RAB2 M-ACE in port A, and option of MMO in port
-iDR10 at stage position with 8 xlr inputs module (64 channels of input), 1 xlr output module, and RAB2 - port A fitted with M-ACE, Port B fitted with MADI
-iDR32 at FoH with Port B fitted with DANTE
(iDR10 and iDR32 running in Dual Mixrack Mode)
Would that work? To have either the MADI or DANTE card in the RAB2 port B slot on the iDR10, and have the other installed on port B on the second mixrack? And could I still have the MMO card installed on the Port B on the surface and have them all available?
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With regards to the MMO card in the surface;
Yes. As long as you have a valid Surface - Mixrack link via Port A the MMO module will work in Port B of the Surface.
With regards to the mixrack Module setup.
No. I’mafraid this is not a valid setup for Dual Rack. Your PortB module of your Master MixRack must match the PortA of the Slave MixRack. This is so there is a valid audio link between the Master and Slave MixRack.
Another way around this setup would be to have the following setup:
iLive surface PortA= ACE PortB= MMO
iDR32 Master Mixrack PortA= ACE(Fixed) PortB= MADI
iDR10 Slave MixRack PortA=MADI PortB=Dante
(iDR32 Master and iDR10 Slave running in Dual Mixrack Mode)
The main difference with this setup is that you now only have 1-32 input sockets available to DSP channels 1-64 on the Master MixRack (iDR32), The iDR10’s 64 input sockets would now use DSP channels 65-128.
Not the best setup for everyone, but it would work if you need it to.
Hope this helps
Sam A&H
Thank you, Sam! You’ve been a great help. I would love to see the Port B expanded to accept MADI and DANTE, so I appreciate the requested feature.
This is probably the last couple of questions…
With the example configuration you gave, given that the 2 mixracks would be connected via the MADI cards, would I still have audio output channels available on the MADI to send to third-party equipment that are assignable from the iLive surface (example, I want to send drum channels 1-8, electric guitar, and acoustic guitar to specified outputs channels on the MADI card to go to a third-party personal monitoring system)? And the other question… the remaining DSP channels on the iDR32 (33-64) I could still utilize to process xlr inputs on the 144 surface, correct?
Thanks again for your help!
Hi Clintage
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With the example configuration you gave, given that the 2 mixracks would be connected via the MADI cards, would I still have audio output channels available on the MADI to send to third-party equipment that are assignable from the iLive surface (example, I want to send drum channels 1-8, electric guitar, and acoustic guitar to specified outputs channels on the MADI card to go to a third-party personal monitoring system)?
Yes! When sending audio out of the master mixrack via port B you have all 64 PortB channels free to assign.
Link 1 of the MADI card should go to the Slave Mixrack Link1.
Link 2 can either be used for redundancy or to output audio to 3rd party devices. You can also set the Aux BNC to output Port B channels to go to other 3rd party devices.
And yes audio from the surface can be sent directly out of PortB of the Master MixRack too.
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And the other question... the remaining DSP channels on the iDR32 (33-64) I could still utilize to process xlr inputs on the 144 surface, correct?
Yes! [
] All Master MixRack DSP channels (1-64) can directly source any surface input socket.
Regards
Sam A&H
Thank you, Sam! You have no idea how much I appreciate this info. Blessings!