SYNQ DBT-44 Analog-Dante Network Audio Bridge User Manual
- June 12, 2024
- SYNQ
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SYNQ DBT-44 Analog-Dante Network Audio Bridge
Product Information
The DBI-04/44 I/O INTERFACE and DBT-04/44 I/O INTERFACE are devices that support the OSC PROTOCOL instruction set. OSC (Open Sound/System Control) is a communication protocol that allows interaction between computer software, sound synthesizers, and other multimedia devices. It is designed as a successor to the MIDI control protocol and offers advantages such as increased speed and flexibility.
The devices come with an API (Application Programming Interface) that provides a set of instructions in the form of URLs. These instructions allow developers to write software that connects different systems or components without needing to understand the underlying complexity. The API simplifies programming and accelerates development.
The devices offer various controls for general settings, channel processing, and EQ-processing. These controls can be accessed using specific URLs and support different data types such as floats, integers, and booleans. Each control has a defined range of values that can be set to achieve the desired audio processing.
Product Usage Instructions
Set Up
To set up the devices, follow these parameters:
| Parameter | Protocol | Incoming Port | Outgoing Port | Incoming IP | Outgoing IP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | UDP | 9000 | 9001 | Broadcast/Unicast | Broadcast/Unicast |
Note: Responses to commands are in unicast.
General Controls
Use the following URLs to control general settings:
| URL | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| /ping | – | Sends back the same command to test if a device is on the |
network.
/sync| –| Get all the current settings from the device.
Controls for Channel Processing
Use the following URLs to control the processing of each channel:
| URL | Type | Range | Description |
|---|
Controls for EQ-Processing
Use the following URLs to control EQ processing for each EQ point:
| URL | Type | Range | Description |
|---|
For more information and useful OSC software, visit www.synq- audio.com.
INTRODUCTION
Thank you for buying this Synq® product.
This document is only a brief introduction and mainly describes the OSC
Protocol instructions supported by the Synq® DBI and DBT Dante network audio
bridges.
This is NOT a full course on OSC, the internet is already full of very useful
information about OSC.
To take full advantage of all possibilities of the Synq® DBI and DBT Dante
network audio bridges, please download and read the separate operating
instructions very carefully. Also the webpages of the DBI and DBT have an
intuitive help function that explains all functions easily.
REVISION HISTORY
This is a work in progress, so check the Synq website regularly for new
updates!
Revision| Date
(dd/mm/yyyy)
| Description
---|---|---
V0.1| 23/08/2020|
- Initial draft
V0.2| 30/08/2020|
- Added the compressor commands
- Added general settings
V1.0| 07/02/2022|
- First release of the document
- Added the trim parameter
WHAT IS OSC ?
Open Sound/System Control (OSC) was created as a successor to the MIDI control
protocol. It enables communication between computer software, sound synths and
other multimedia devices that support OSC. Its advantages over MIDI include:
- An open-ended and dynamic URL-style symbolic naming scheme
- Symbolic and high-resolution numeric argument data
- Pattern matching language to specify multiple recipients of a single message
- High resolution time tags and “bundles” of messages whose effects must occur simultaneously.
The protocol is also not bound by specific hardware (i.e. MIDI cables and
ports) and can be transferred across any network connection, even remotely via
the internet.
This makes OSC much more powerful than MIDI, but due to its open-ended
specification, both the OSC client (sends OSC requests) and the OSC server
(receives and executes requests) must be separately configured, unlike MIDI
which is essentially “Plug & Play”.
For more general information about OSC, check these links:
- OSC Wikipedia page
- Official OSC homepage
SET UP
| Parameter | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Protocol | UDP | |
| Incoming port | 9000 | |
| Outgoing port | 9001 | |
| Incoming IP | Broadcast/Unicast | |
| Outgoing IP | Broadcast/Unicast | Responses to a command are in unicast. |
API
An API is a set of instructions (often in the form of URLs), written by the
developer, to give other developers a common standard method for writing
software that connects different systems or components of a system, without
having to understand all the complexity. In short: an API reduces the
complexity and greatly increases the speed of programming.
Below you can find the current set of URLs and descriptions for each function
that can be controlled on the Synq® DBI and DBT units, using OSC.
If a URL is sent without a parameter value, the command will be interpreted as
a “get”: the device will return the current state.
Each URL ends with “/
Each command can also work with the type as “float”.
GENERAL CONTROLS
| URL | Type | Range | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| /ping | – | – | Sends back the same command to test if a device is on the network |
| /sync | – | – | Get all the current settings from the device. |
CONTROLS FOR THE PROCESSING OF EACH CHANNEL
| URL | Type | Range | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| /gain/input/ |
float | -120 – 10 | Gain for the input |
matrix
/gain/output/
/trim/
/phase/input/
/phase/output/
/mute/input/
/mute/output/
/eqenable/input/
/eqenable/output/
/pad/
/48v/
/delay/
/comp/enable/input/
/comp/enable/output/
/comp/threshold/input/
/comp/threshold/output/
/comp/ratio/input/
/comp/ratio/output/
/comp/softknee/input/
/comp/softknee/output/
/comp/attack/input/
/comp/attack/output/
/comp/hold/input/
/comp/hold/output/
/comp/release/input/
/comp/release/output/
CONTROLS FOR EQ-PROCESSING
Control parameters for each of the EQ points. The
| URL | Type | Range | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| /eq/gain/input/ |
float | -20 – 20 | Gain, note that an HPF |
or LPF has no gain
/eq/gain/output/
/eq/freq/input/
/eq/freq/output/
/eq/q/input/
/eq/q/output/
/eq/enable/input/
/eq/enable/output/
INTERNET LINKS TO USEFUL OSC-SOFTWARE
Below is a list with some links to interesting OSC software to build your own
apps or just to learn more about using OSC. Some are freeware, others are
paying: the choice is yours.
- www.hexler.net/touchosc (The ultimate software to create your own OSC apps)
- www.oscpilot.com/ (Functionality comparable with Touch OSC)
- www.qlab.app/ (Show control software, only for MAC)
- www.liminalet.com/zoomosc (Used for OSC communication between ZOOM and Synq DBI / DBT)
- www.ableton.com/ (Well-known music production software with OSC support)
- www.openstagecontrol.ammd.net/ (Free OSC software: not simple to use but with a lot of possibilities)
- www.elgato.com (Customizable hardware keys to send OSC commands to the DBI / DBT)
CONTACT US
At any time you can contact us to report any syntax errors, bugs, or other
problems. Also, we are of course open to suggestions to improve our equipment.
Please contact us using the links:
All information in this document is subject to change without notice.
You can download the latest version of this document from our website: www
.synq-audio.com
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References
- Creative tools for music makers | Ableton
- elgato.com
- Elgato
- ZoomOSC | Liminal Entertainment Technologies
- OSC/PILOT
- SYNQ - Home
- SYNQ - Home
- Creative tools for music makers | Ableton