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AudioRail Technologies: CAT5 digital audio snake (32+32 channels)
AudioRail Technologies is a very small and very new startup company with
a highly simplified approach to aggregating many channels of digital audio onto a Category 5 network cable using Ethernet transceiver technology. Since we introduced our first product in late February, the AudioRail ADAT rx32tx32, we have been shipping both domestically and internationally, and it has been received well by our customers. For those who are not familiar with us, we have developed a "digital audio snake" product that sends 64 channels of audio (32 in each direction) on a Category 5 network cable. It is the simplest, least expensive, and least glamorous product of its class on the market, and has extremely low latency (as little as 5 microseconds end to end, digital). For more information, visit our "user friendly" website, which explains our approach: http://www.audiorail.com/simple.htm Our technical website, http://www.audiorail.com, provides additional FAQs and technical information, including schematics, PCB layout, parts lists, test results, pointers to other companion products, and even pointers to competing and higher-end approaches, which we try to discuss fairly. We are committed to no hype and no marketing ploys. Our product "simply works". The bottom line for those who may not read on: Our price point is $500 per each 64-channel (32 rx + 32 tx) point of connection on a CAT5 daisy chain of two or more units, up to 330 feet (100 meters) per hop, or thousands of feet or even miles with the purchase of additional Cat5 to datacomms fiber converters. Each "point of connection" for our first product is four pairs (rx + tx) of ADAT lightpipe digital audio, to which you can directly connect your choice of digital mixing consoles, A/D and D/A converters, pro-grade PC sound cards, digital multitrack recorders, and other similar equipment, as needed. Each "ADAT lightpipe" is 8 channels of up to 24 bit digital audio at 44.1K/48K, (or 88.2K/96K, using a standard scheme that reduces it to 4 channels per lightpipe). The least expensive A/D + D/A converters available start at $230 for a 16 channel, 8 mic/line in + 8 line out unit (the Behringer ADA8000). The least expensive digital mixer interface card is the $130 Behringer ADT1616 (16 in + 16 out) for their DDX3216 digital mixer. ADAT lightpipe, developed by Alesis, has become a widespread option for digital audio in the professional audio industry. We are still struggling with getting adequate exposure in the market, as we do not have the money to launch expensive advertising campaigns. Most people find out about our product through web searches, online forums, seeing our product deployed somewhere, casual contact with one of our customers, or other word of mouth. Also hindering mass exposure is that we are still doing only direct sales, and do not have retail distribution channels or domestic/international sales reps. However, this does currently benefit all customers with true wholesale pricing. We hope that readers of this forum will keep us in mind for applications where our product would be appropriate. |
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On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:07:09 GMT, "Garth D. Wiebe" wrote:
AudioRail Technologies is a very small and very new startup company with a highly simplified approach to aggregating many channels of digital audio onto a Category 5 network cable using Ethernet transceiver technology. Since we introduced our first product in late February, the AudioRail ADAT rx32tx32, we have been shipping both domestically and internationally, and it has been received well by our customers. For those who are not familiar with us, we have developed a "digital audio snake" product that sends 64 channels of audio (32 in each direction) on a Category 5 network cable. It is the simplest, least expensive, and least glamorous product of its class on the market, and has extremely low latency (as little as 5 microseconds end to end, digital). For more information, visit our "user friendly" website, which explains our approach: http://www.audiorail.com/simple.htm big snip We are still struggling with getting adequate exposure in the market, as we do not have the money to launch expensive advertising campaigns. Most people find out about our product through web searches, online forums, seeing our product deployed somewhere, casual contact with one of our customers, or other word of mouth. Also hindering mass exposure is that we are still doing only direct sales, and do not have retail distribution channels or domestic/international sales reps. However, this does currently benefit all customers with true wholesale pricing. We hope that readers of this forum will keep us in mind for applications where our product would be appropriate. As the owner of a pair of these units which were probably among the very first off the line, I can wholeheartedly recommend them without reserve. They've been flawless in a wide variety of applications. Well done Garth. -- Steve Maki |
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Steve Maki wrote:
As the owner of a pair of these units which were probably among the very first off the line, I can wholeheartedly recommend them without reserve. They've been flawless in a wide variety of applications. Well done Garth. Thanks for the positive feedback. We don't pester customers after a sale, and appreciate hearing back from them when they take the initiative to do so. |
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