Live entertainment
Digital snake
A stage-to-console audio transport system that converts and carries multiple channels over digital links or a network.
Setup
- Design addresses preamp control, sample rate, clock, latency, channel capacity, redundancy, power, network isolation, connectors, and analog fallback.
Venue contexts
- Theatre, concerts, festivals, broadcast, and corporate events, as applicable
Signal flow
- Confirm the source, patch, transport, control, and destination for the system involved.
In practice
Design addresses preamp control, sample rate, clock, latency, channel capacity, redundancy, power, network isolation, connectors, and analog fallback.
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Sources
- Dante Certification Program — Audinate
- Audio Systems Guide for Theater Performances — Shure