[AG-TECH] APware running - always or just when needed

[John Shalf]

I run APware all the time with our XAP 800.  The static
filled sound can sometimes be a sign that one of the stages
of the gentner's audio-processing pipeline is either over or
under-driven (this being digital audio, the effects of this
are more perverse and unpredictable than you'd expect in an
analog system). 

APware provides you with level-meters for each stage of the
processing pipeline, so it should be a piece of cake to
check from end-to-end.  Also, check kmix on your linux/audio
box to make sure the output levels are correct and listen to
the quality of the audio output on you linux box using
headphones.  Perhaps even test your Gentner audio levels out
by playing a CD on your linux box.  There are just too many
stages to arbitrarily blame one piece of equipment.  I had
some wierdness like this early on that turned out to be
driver/audio problems with the linux box.

But regardless, I leave APware on all of the time with no
ill effects to the Gentner.

-john

"Jonathan C. Humfrey" wrote:
> 
> We have been experiencing serious wierdness in our XAP 800 where both
> speakers will be producing very poor quality, static filled sound which is
> totally unusable.  At that point if we mute one of the two speakers (it
> changes each time) the other will work well by itself.  Eventually that
> speaker goes out, we need to mute it and the other comes back on.  Could
> this have anything to do with the fact that we are running AP Ware all the
> time?  Does anyone have any knowledge of a problem like this?
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Robert Olson wrote:
> 
> > My guess is that they (who are listening - hello and welcome to ag-tech!)
> > perhaps intend the product to be installed in a more turnkey environment,
> > where production adjustments are made via either hardware controls, their
> > remote control, or an AMX-style control system.
> >
> > --bob
> >
> > At 11:13 AM 3/18/2002 -0600, Jonas Talandis wrote:
> > >I thought the whole point of running APWare or its predecessor was to have
> > >a persistent control interface available. Who wants to navigate the front
> > >panel menu sequence to mute a mic or make a level adjustment....
> > >
> > >It's boggling to think that Gentner sees it any other way.....
> >