Network installation

John,

In my article:

Now in our original testing with the JL Cooper (which also connects via ethernet) we introduced some playback and stability issues in our SAN due to IP conflicts. So if you run a network, be sure you know all your IP addresses and put the controls surface on another port to avoid network stability issues.

I think it's pretty clear in my writing where I had those issues. During the initial installation of the JL Cooper and the issue was caused by IP Conflicts. It should also be noted that the JL Cooper Eclipse was not the problem, IP conflict was the problem.

But based on that experience we would have very likely run into the exact same issues with the MC Color if it was the first product we had tried to install. Then the installation of the JL Cooper would have been very easy.

Both the Euphonix and JL Cooper manuals give basic instructions for setting up the IP Address but since each installation and user setup is different it's usually trial and error on the user's part to get this set up correctly. I used the same IP Address we assigned to the JL Cooper for the MC Color and that worked just fine.

The Ethernet connectivity of the Euphonix Artist Series is just not nearly as convenient for the end user as USB connectivity for any external devices. USB is more convenient to set up and very easy to move from machine to machine. In addition, when you have an Ethernet based SAN like we have here, we really do not want to add any additional hardware to the Ethernet ports, as I have already said.

So in the article the original issues were caused by our setup of the JL Cooper Eclipse, not the Eclipse itself. By comparison the Tangent Wave was the simplest product to setup and install.