Hi,
- Marco Schretter mco@zimt.at [2020-05-11 02:25]:
dear list,
i'm thinking about the following (corona)performance-situation without any good solution by now:
live performance situation where (an arbitrary no. of) people on the street can pass by and listen somehow to the performance live audio in 'realtime' with their mobile devices. the performers are eg. behind a window or on a distant stage, so some of the live-sound will be audible to the listeners too.
that's why the system solution should have a low latency. the situation can also be considerated similar to a drive-in cinema.
i tried streaming with pd [mp3cast~] / [oggcast~] to an icecast server and listen to the signal on the lan with a browser but the latency is hell (device dependent, browser dependent, no control of buffers on receiver etc)...4000ms :-( . also other streaming solutions had quite a big latency.
another thought is to use ukw/fm radio transmission but i cannot expect people on the street to know how to receive ukw/fm radio with their phones.
Yes, this is 2020. But you could tell them their phones might have FM tuners. Who knows, you might start a retro revolution.
buying an event-licence for fm radio would only make sense if the listeners come by car. not my case.
http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/works/drive-in-music/
silent disco systems also work (already tried this) but in corona times this is not hygenic and for me not possible to have so many receiver-headphones for an arbitrary number of listeners.
Can't you simply place a loudspeaker on the audience's side?
best, P