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John Thompson, Associate Professor, Music Technology, at Georgia Southern University, pictured with several of the program’s Focusrite RedNet units. Photo courtesy of John Thompson. © 2013.

 


 


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Focusrite’s RedNet System Helps Georgia Southern University’s Ambitious Electronic Ensemble Music Program Push the Boundaries of
Music Recording and Composition


Eight RedNet 1 units offer precision 24-bit A-D and D-A conversion and I/O for bringing in analog audio signals from the program’s studio and delivering them digitally to any part of the campus’ network


Los Angeles, CA, November 7, 2013 – RedNet, Focusrite’s flagship range of Ethernet-networked audio interfaces, based around the Dante Ethernet protocol, can take music and recording to places it might never have gone. That’s what’s taking place at Georgia Southern University, where the school’s music technology department is moving forward with an innovative curriculum. The program utilizes eight RedNet 1 devices, which offer eight channels of line-level analog I/O with Focusrite’s precision 24-bit A-D and D-A conversion, to connect acoustical and electronic performances from the school’s electronic ensemble. This allows students to manipulate the audio in real time, creating entirely new compositions in the process.

For instance, as John Thompson, the school’s Associate Professor, Music Technology, explains, a performance by a clarinet in one of any number of venues across the campus, including a performing arts center or a black-box theater, can be routed via RedNet onto the school’s local-area network and back to the program’s recording studio. In the process, students can access that signal and apply a huge array of processing to it, using the original performance as a trigger for other types of sound generation, creating an entirely new work. All of this is made possible by RedNet’s near-zero latency and highly flexible routing capabilities. And the entire campus can be the recordings’ canvas, thanks to the RedNet’s routing capability.

“We’re routing everything through a Cisco switch, and using RedNet we’ve been able to create a very complex routing infrastructure with very little cabling,” explains Thompson. “That ability to access the network, combined with the extremely low latency, is what makes this work. In addition to the interesting potential of networked audio in musical performance, we get the bonus of excellent converters in the RedNet 1s. The audio quality is outstanding with a crisp and focused image.”

The RedNet devices, which were purchased through Sales Associate Jim Swain at Sweetwater, are central to Thompson and Georgia Southern University’s unique and ambitious program achieving its goals. The University's hallmark is “a culture of engagement that bridges theory with practice,” the school’s website explains, and that’s exactly what the Music Technology’s program’s adventurous agenda does.

“RedNet really takes us to places few educational or musical programs can go,” says Thompson. “It changes the mindset. Instead of letting us just find new ways of doing old things, RedNet lets us discover new ways of doing entirely new things. That’s really an accomplishment.”

RedNet is Focusrite’s range of modular Ethernet-networked audio interfaces that harnesses the power of Audinate’s tried and tested Dante digital audio networking system to bring studio quality sound to any modern audio application. Fundamentally, RedNet is an extremely scalable, near zero latency audio distribution system that can be used to expand I/O channel count, interface digital components, and/or bridge between Pro Tools|HD or MADI and the Dante audio network. RedNet 1 connects to your network with a single Ethernet cable.

For more information on the full RedNet range of Ethernet-networked audio interfaces, please visit www.focusrite.com/rednet.

About RedNet 1:
RedNet 1 offers eight channels of line-level analog in and out, with Focusrite’s precision 24-bit A-D and D-A conversion for superb audio performance, and 119-dB dynamic range at sample rates up to 192 kHz. The rear panel includes standard DB25 connectors for analogue patchbay or breakout cable interfacing. RedNet 2 adds 16 analog channels in and out to your RedNet network and can be located anywhere you can run an Ethernet cable. Featuring Focusrite’s precision 24-bit A-D and D-A conversion for superb audio performance, it delivers 119-dB dynamic range at sample rates up to 192-kHz. The rear panel includes standard DB25 connectors for analog patchbay or breakout cable interfacing.

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Photo Caption: John Thompson, Associate Professor, Music Technology, at Georgia Southern University, pictured with several of the program’s Focusrite RedNet units. Photo courtesy of John Thompson. © 2013.

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About Focusrite
The Focusrite brand was established in 1985 and the founding principles of the company were to develop products that sounded more musical, in addition to just measuring well – today, we still carry these founding principles forward in our class-leading and award-winning designs. We measure our success by the success of you, our clients, and you will find Focusrite product prominent in professional and project studios throughout the world. Based just outside of London, we work with the best design talent throughout the world to bring you the tools to enhance the way you work. Our product is made with pride and principle in a highly automated ISO 9002 factory with significant level of test by engineers who themselves are musicians and understand the part our product plays in your process.


 

 

 


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