thank you to all the forum members!! I have been researching this product for a long time, and i finally pulled the trigger and purchased an IDR-32, on my by birthday too[
]!!! your posts were super helpful !!!
Did you get surface, or are you using editor and the iPad ap?
Jim
R72 & IDR32
iām just going to use the editor, i also ordered an ipad 2 but that doesnāt arrive to May 2nd. couldnāt really afford a surface at the moment. But the ability to mix via laptop and i pad was what i was looking for. Most of my work is in smaller clubs, i was looking for a really small FOH area since most of the those small club have less then ideal mixing positions this was the perfect solution for me. For example I did FOH for a local Hip Hop showcase last night, my FOH position was BEHIND the acts, the promoter didnāt want me to set up on the dance floor (ideal location) because āit was going to get live!!!ā Anyways i digress. I was looking for a digital solution that didnāt handcuff me to one mix position and in my opinion this was the best choice. The only problem is that i purchased the idr without trying it. So iām really excited to hear how it sounds. i usually donāt do that kind of thing but allen and heath have impressed me over the years with consistent analog desks. I already own 2 gl series desk and love them but i have a feeling they are going get kind of dusty along side my FOH rack hahahaha
Glad to hear youāre going with it Chris, you wonāt be disappointed (you got my email I hope?)!
I regularly use the iPad as my FOH - in fact I did a schools showcase on Friday (43 acts!) where FOH was me sitting in the back row of the audience with the iPad & my iPhone (running Freestyler for lighting & AudioTools Smaart!). A bit of a change from the usual racks of clutter out front!
iDR32 mixrack
MixRack for iPad & Tweak for iPhone apps
Asus N61 Laptop (x2 wireless)
Sennheiser IEM (for PFL)
Dante card (soon!)
Chris, I donāt think youāll be dissapointed in your purchase and welcome to the liberating world of mixing with a laptop / tablet / iPad. When I went from analogue to just the iDR-32 I thought I might miss having a traditional style desk but this hasnāt been the case and in fact quite the opposite.
A lot of weddings donāt want a desk at FOH but are quite happy for me to sit in a corner with my tablet pc and not having to deal with a multicore and all the hassles of taping it down across doorways etc is a godsend.
Iām going to be getting the iPad2 soon and really looking forward to this especially the long battery life.
Cheers,
Gary.
iDR-32
Motion Computing LE1700
iPad - sometime soon
Adam i did get your email !!! and i thank you for the reply!!! I just bought a tp-link router that everyone praises, with a 8db external antenna, ironically the support cd jammed in my macbook ā¦so looks like i have to get ye ole precision kit and pull that biotch out. Knowing my luck thats when the ups guy will show up with my idr-32.
gary i canāt wait to leave that dirty multi core at home ,i can only imagine the time saved tearing down at the end of a performance not having to coil a beer soaked multi core
maybe allen and heath can think of a way for the ilive to set up mic stands and run the xlr cables !!! ;0) that would be a system !!!
Just a note, when I looked at a couple of the routers with higher powered antenna available, some of them were N routers, but the higher output add on antenna were only for G level signals (the stock 3dB antenna worked fine for N signals?!?) - weird, but worth checking before purchasing a particular router and extrasā¦
I must say one of the great joys of the system is selling my old multicore - I wonāt miss that great lump of a thing!!!
iDR32 mixrack
MixRack for iPad & Tweak for iPhone apps
Asus N61 Laptop (x2 wireless)
Sennheiser IEM (for PFL)
Dante card (soon!)
quote:
Originally posted by CHRISNAdam i did get your email !!! and i thank you for the reply!!! I just bought a tp-link router that everyone praises, with a 8db external antennaā¦
Everyone praising? 
So far I had an very good experience with it, and Iām very interested in other peopleās experiences with their wifi-routers.
Last friday had some difficulties to connect with a Macbook and lost a connection on the editor. Iāll be investigating this and report back as I want a system that I can rely on 100%.
So Iāll be checking if it could have been caused by me transporting the router in a far less than ideal way (not attached in back of the IDR-rack) or maybe by the wifi-stick that I was using in the PCā¦
By the way, met Lieven 2 weeks ago and he told me that playing around with the country settings could result in higher wifi output. Apparently in some countries that maximum wifi-strength is restricted due to regulations in that countryā¦
Keep on posting feedback on settings and experiences.
UPDATE: tested wifi router again, not a single interruptionā¦ wouldnāt mind to see some clear indication on network link throughput within the editor soft in order to quickly discover wifi link problems when they appear, plus faster reconnect Also in the iPad app you can only see that the connection isnāt perfect when the meters freezeā¦ </font id=ānavyā>
Wouter
Hi Wouter,
Iām running the TP-link now for a week. I noticed also some strange ( in my opinion ) behaviour using the TP-link. When I power up the system, almost everytime after a short time ( 5 - 10 minutes ) the Wifi connection gets lost. Whenn I then reconnect the connection stay up without any problems ( has been running for more then 24 Hours ).
Also I noticed that when the Ipad goes into sleep, comming back the the metering does not work anymore. It needs then to close the app and open it again, to get everything going again.
Yesterday I received Wifi antenna extension cables, so now I will be able to put the antennas outside of the rack, and leave the router save inside the rack. Hope this gives me some extended range.
Rene
btw Where are you located in Belgium ? I live in Brunssum, Netherlands. Maybe I can visit one of your gigs, and have a talk about the ilive
Nothing is completly true, and even thatās not true.
Rene,
Donāt use the ipad sleep mode. Every time it goes into sleep mode it seems to shortly loose connection somehow . If you donāt want to use it for a while , put it in to standby by a short click on the on/off button
Lieven
T112/IDR48/R72/IDR16/IPAD
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