A quick and dirty tutorial on setting up your digital mixer to a wireless computer or Iphone/Ipad.

Materials needed

[b]1. Silex SX-2000wg[/b]
http://www.silexamerica.com/products/usb_device_connectivity/sx-2000wg.html
[img]http://www.silexamerica.com/images/products/usb_device_connectivity/sx2000wg_diagram.gif[/img]
[b]2. Cheap Wireless Router[/b]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122016&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Network+-+Wireless+Routers-_-Netgear+Inc.-_-33122016
[b]3. PC or Mac Laptop with Studio Manager installed[/b]
[b]4. Ipad or Iphone Running touch OSC will work as well[/b]
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/touchosc/id288120394?mt=8

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[b]Procedure:[/b][/color]
[b]Step 1[/b]
Setup Router to server as DHCP (The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol automates network-parameter assignment to network devices from one or more DHCP servers. Even in small networks, DHCP is useful because it makes it easy to add new machines to the network.
The DHCP server permanently assigns a free IP address to a requesting client from the range defined by the administrator. This is like dynamic allocation, but the DHCP server keeps a table of past IP address assignments, so that it can preferentially assign to a client the same IP address that the client previously had.
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Step 2 [/b]
Setup Silex USB - Connect it to your digital mixer and connect it to your wireless router.

[b]Step 3 [/b]
Setup Mixer to the IP address used on your router (most will have a place for you to do this) I'll try and provide some pictures later.

[b]Step 4[/b]
Connect PC/MAC to your wireless router
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Step 5[/b]
Check and see if the device detects via wi-fi on your PC or Mac through the Silex software
[img]http://www.silexamerica.com/images/products/svl/svl.jpg[/img]
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Step 6[/b]
Open studio Manager and test the connection from wireless computer to mixer.

Enjoy! :)

Conceptually, does this solution allow one to control a mixer from a remote location? Because that would be ideal for mixing pit amplification and other marching band electronics from up top.

Yes this set-up allows you to control the board from a remote location. (I.E. Up in the stands)

However you must have software on your PC/MAC that controls the mixer in order to make this possible.

Cool, Robbie! This would be cool to see in action. It makes a lot of sense to be able to mix from a more appropriate perspective. Mixing from the track doesn't make much sense other than being there to fix emergency things like feedback or killing a channel that's acting up from something unexpected like frame noise or a bad connection or something.

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Cool, Robbie! This would be cool to see in action. It makes a lot of sense to be able to mix from a more appropriate perspective. Mixing from the track doesn't make much sense other than being there to fix emergency things like feedback or killing a channel that's acting up from something unexpected like frame noise or a bad connection or something.
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If I have some time in the next two weeks I'll put together some videos and show you guys how it works.

Yhanks for the diagram and info. I know here in Indiana we must have a performing member control the mixer board during a performance for high school shows. I wonder if that member can be situated in the stands. Right now, they are allowed to be on the track in front of the pit at least.

CJ. . .The wireless set-up is usually done for setting up scenes on the mixer during rehearsal. I wouldn't recommend using it on the fly in live performance unless you are trying to set the overall venue Master Volume from scene to scene. But to each their own. . .Good luck!

Hi everyone,

I read about this new mixer in an audio trade journal: Mackie DL1608
http://www.mackie.com/products/dl1608/

This mixer uses an iPad that can either be hard-docked to the mixer face or removed and operated over a wireless network. It's similar to the concept described above but more tailored to a specific situation and requires less gear. The added benefit is that the Mackie DL1608 is a 16-channel digital mixer that costs only ~$1,000. Most digital mixers start around 32 or 40 channels and will cost much more.

I am currently attempting to persuade our band director to give the Mackie DL1608 a shot, so hopefully I will have a status report in August.

Hey Robbie - did you ever get a chance to make those videos you mentioned a couple of posts back?

Never did dave. . .Because almost a week after I had spent 100.00 on the wireless USB hub. . . .I discovered cheaper method.


MacBook (or any laptop)+ iPad + Splashtop Remote Desktop

$.99 for Splashtop is pretty amazing.  Seems to be smoother and more full-features than other VNC-type apps.  So many uses for iPhones- I can use mine as a remote for a home-theater computer connected to a TV... while my brother uses his to calculate bullet trajectory for his M24 in Afghanistan.

I've been messing with Touch OSC off and on over the last year too... not something for the beginning computer-musician though.  When I saw someone performing on stage using their iPhone as a wireless midi controller, I thought ";that is so stupid, I have to go home and try that.";

Now if we only had an app that can add a few hundred square feet of acoustic foam to a high school gym.

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Now if we only had an app that can add a few hundred square feet of acoustic foam to a high school gym.
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Amen Brutha!