DIGITAL AUDIO COMMUNICATION AND CONTROL IN A LIVE PERFORMANCE VENUE
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Abstract
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for digitally transmitting audio that is converted from analog audio received from analog media pickup devices in a live performance venue by a stage box to a base unit over off-the-shelf twisted pair cable while sending pre-amplification control signals and power over the cable to the stage box. Audio for the performance venue is remotely managed from a virtual audio engineering mixing board that wirelessly communicates audio control commands to the stage box from a handheld computing device.
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60 Claims
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1-11. -11. (canceled)
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12. A method, comprising;
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daisy-chaining, with a cable suitable for digital audio signal transmission, a plurality of stage boxes and a base unit; and powering each of the plurality of stage boxes from the base unit through the daisy-chaining cable. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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- 19. A method comprising transmitting from a stage box to a base unit multiplexed digital audio signals generated from analog audio signals received by the stage box.
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55. A method comprising:
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providing a stage box in communicating relationship with at least one media pickup device; receiving analog media signals from the at least one media pickup device; digitizing the received analog media signals; multiplexing the digitized signals to produce a multiplexed digital media signal; connecting the stage box to a base unit via a cable; transmitting the multiplexed digital media signal from the stage box to the base unit over the cable; demultiplexing the transmitted signal with the base unit; and converting the demultiplexed signal to produce analog signals representative of the received media signals. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 59)
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