Calipso
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Sorry for maybe being stupid, but what is Wi-Fi ?  |
Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:17 pm |
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AUdIoCoUrSeS
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Short for
wireless fidelity
This is another name for IEEE 802.11b. It is a trade term promulgated by the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA). "Wi-Fi" is used in place of 802.11b in the same way that "Ethernet" is used in place of IEEE 802.3. Products certified as Wi-Fi by WECA are interoperable with each other even if they are from different manufacturers. A user with a Wi-Fi product can use any brand of Access Point with any other brand of client hardware that is built to the Wi-Fi standard.
Definitions of Wi-Fi on the Web
Many public places are becoming Wi-Fi enabled, for example giving wireless internet connection on laptops, if in the zone.
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Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:24 pm |
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conquistadore
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i think Wi-Fi in a few years is gonna catch up really fast. and its more advantagious than bluetooth (data transfer wise).
for audio i feel its gonna be quite a revolution.....but the only problem is when using it in total analog environments, everything would have to be converted to digital first. so its gonna help if ur a 'digital' person.
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Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:43 pm |
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Humpa
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How about Wireless USB?
WUSB is 480Mbps ... that'll work, eh?
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Fri Mar 11, 2005 1:47 pm |
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AUdIoCoUrSeS
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Oh that'll do nicely sir, half a Gig of audio..
That's well into multitracking territory.
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Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:39 pm |
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Calipso
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Ah yes thats what I thought it was. Ive got a wireless network setup in hy home, right now im in the Kitchen on my powerbook that has airport card, its 802.11g goes up to 54mbps - its really good. I only set it up last week and its really brilliant. I got this - http://www.netgear.com/products/details/DG834G.php - and I would highly recommend it.
As Wi-Fi for audio. Hmm. In a Live sound situation, it could be very helpful. Loose lots of wires. But it could be very complicated. Firstly youd need a desk with some sort of access point. Then each microhpone would need a "wireless card" device in it. But microphones are analog, so b4 that the signal would have to be converted to digital to be sent. Am I right? Or does wi-fi send out analog signals?
Well anyway, it would be complicated, and possibly very expensive, also again there is hte problem of interferance from your P.A and monitors etc |
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Sat Mar 12, 2005 6:44 am |
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AMR
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quote:
Originally posted by Calipso
Ah yes thats what I thought it was. Ive got a wireless network setup in hy home, right now im in the Kitchen on my powerbook that has airport card, its 802.11g goes up to 54mbps - its really good. I only set it up last week and its really brilliant. I got this - http://www.netgear.com/products/details/DG834G.php - and I would highly recommend it.
As Wi-Fi for audio. Hmm. In a Live sound situation, it could be very helpful. Loose lots of wires. But it could be very complicated. Firstly youd need a desk with some sort of access point. Then each microhpone would need a "wireless card" device in it. But microphones are analog, so b4 that the signal would have to be converted to digital to be sent. Am I right? Or does wi-fi send out analog signals?
Well anyway, it would be complicated, and possibly very expensive, also again there is hte problem of interferance from your P.A and monitors etc
Hi,
I think that in a live situation, or even a studio one, "wireless" would take on two aproaches. The "analog" one you have now (VHF or whatever) that is analog and modulates the signal all the way to some analog receiver, then another device would take that "already wireless" signal, make it digital, and then another one could brag the digital data and post it away via Wi-Fi
As far as speed goes, only commercial and marketing reasons keep it at around 110 Mbps, but nothing but technology, and market rules, ( = time) will stop it from groing up 10 Gbits per second... add lossless compression to make transmission faster and the future is wireless. WiFi is the most "retro-compatible" not making programmers having to do all over again, and it's "routable" (unlike USB), which means you can "stream" from London all the way to Australia... in real time, in theory.
Now, this opens up possibilities beyond multi-track... now you have multi-place, multi-tracks, you dont need to know where the tracks are, you'll be able to jam with video-feedback from any place to any place in the world... and as I said, it's just a matter of time, not technology, for that already exists, it's just to expensive.
(I remember seeing the Pioneer 50" Plasma in 1997 and hearing them say it would only be profitable in 2002... hence, delayed, and, guess what, they waited the 5 years! - if moving sooner, they would go bankrupt on the technology would go bye-bye...)
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