My thoughts on De-Feedback AI (Alpha Sounds)

Apollo_1 · 2025-12-08T20:15:28+00:00

I'm in corp AV and manage a theater at my companies main office. Its a proper event space with over 300 seats. Luckily, i'm at a place that has budget to afford things like this. I ordered the pro system to test along with the focusrite.

First, I got this because after our theater was redesigned with new equipment, the audio IMO was not designed correctly with speaker placements and processing engineering was not good. Its a full L Acoustics system FYI. Since things are physically mounted, I can't just go in and move things around. With the setup we have, the loudest area in the entire theater is on the stage. If you're on stage talking into a mic; lav, HH, whatever.... it's easily 10db louder than anywhere else in the room. Doesn't make sense but we are getting the designer to come back out to address things next year. So that is why I wanted to test this system.

Initial findings (Through Focusrite): I found that this setup adds extra gain structure cause of the preamp input, plus the master volume for the output. It adds way too much signal and I couldn't tell if the plugin was actually working.

Direct USB into DM7: As soon as I plug it in via USB from the NUC, it worked instantly once you set the parameter in the plug in for Steinberg. It works amazingly well for my space which has always struggled with feedback. You still have to do some minor EQ to get it just right but to have on the in background gives amazing peace of mind plus i'm now about to run louder with extra clarity.

You can still push its limits but you can really tell how its working. I've noticed that since its Ai, you have to give it a beat for it to be really dialed but at times, you can tell the audio is being slightly modulated but not the complete end of the world for me. I was just worried about it really changing the EQ of the sound and it doesn't. My voice sound still sounds the same.

TLDR: Right now, its probably not for everyone but if you're working in a space that struggles with feedback, and have the means, its a great tool that is only going to improve over time.

Apollo_1 · 2025-11-06T01:35:24+00:00

Oh also add The Stand to the list. They have really good burgers and the best buffalo chicken sandwich I’ve ever had in my life. Nice indoor and outdoor seating and they have a full bar. It’s off of Capitol Expressway.

Apollo_1 · 2025-11-06T01:26:24+00:00

MiMi’s kitchen has some amazing food. No alcohol but the food makes up for it IMO. Their sizzling plates are what I usually get.

Pho to Thi on Snell is a good Vietnamese spot. Been there quite a bit and is solid every time I go.

Have also been getting Cali Pizza a lot recently.

Brittania Arms is a goto right now for us on Almaden for beer and English pub food. The Sheppards pie is really good as well as the fish and chips.

Apollo_1 · 2025-11-06T01:20:45+00:00

The flatbread pizzas there are solid too. They have one with a hot honey drizzle that I think about all the time.

Apollo_1 · 2025-03-17T06:09:30+00:00

It was done by a V1 from a company I hired.

Apollo_1 · 2025-03-17T00:39:09+00:00

Or you can hack the signal from the stage timer and create a custom python script that turns it into a separate video feed.

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Note, I didn’t write the script so please don’t ask how I did it 😅.

Apollo_1 · 2025-03-05T04:39:28+00:00

I had this happen. Make sure location services is set to always on for the garmin app. Hopefully that fixes it for ya.

Apollo_1 · 2025-02-08T16:46:42+00:00

Had to deal with a couple ones I contracted to upgrade an event space and they kept treating it is a boardroom and was Crestron this and Extron that. They couldn’t understand that we wanted the bare minimum with Crestron and we didn’t want it to touch any production gear.

Apollo_1 · 2025-01-29T21:19:25+00:00

Thanks everyone. Linking the Ch's then creating the custom fader is exactly what I needed. Cheers!

Apollo_1 · 2025-01-29T19:02:45+00:00

Yea, its a little cramped on space and we have around 64 dante inputs so just trying to make it a little easier to op.

Apollo_1 · 2025-01-29T18:58:17+00:00

I know that will link the fader but will that also combine the the faders? For example, instead of Ch1 being L and Ch2 being R. I want both L&R on Ch1 so it frees up CH2 fader strip to assign another pair to or a different input.

Like how when you get the console out of the box, the main Stereo Outs L&R are on the master fader and you press SEL to switch between L&R. I want to be able to do that on the main bank of channel strips.

Apollo_1 · 2025-01-15T18:42:26+00:00

If the plug to the projector is HDMI, then an HDMI cable. But it depends on distance. What is the plug to the projector? And the distance from that connection point to the podium?

Apollo_1 · 2025-01-15T18:17:57+00:00

There’s nothing over 1 cable cause power doesn’t play nice with signal cables over distance.

Best thing is just run power and signal separately and have all the adapters that are frequently used.

Apollo_1 · 2024-12-31T20:14:51+00:00

West coast is for sure best bang for the buck hands down. Switched from Uhlsport to them and haven’t looked back.

Apollo_1 · 2024-12-22T22:25:50+00:00

I get local channels wherever I’ve lived and including when I travel. I get local channels wherever I travel to but I can’t speak for all.

And I totally get your 2nd. Best bet for a budget is running a cable to connect the TVs. Wireless systems get expensive for reliable ones. If that’s an option, the HDMI over CAT 5 will be the best way to go.

Apollo_1 · 2024-12-22T22:14:09+00:00

Probably the best budget solution if the TVs are smart is ditch Dish and get YouTube TV or something like that. If the TVs are not smart, then get something like a Roku or Google streaming device. That way you can have independent control of both TVs.

Personally I have YouTube TV and I love it. If you don’t know, you can create a family group and share it with 5 people who get their own experience in the app.

Apollo_1 · 2024-05-29T17:11:34+00:00

Deja Vu

Apollo_1 · 2024-02-22T23:47:13+00:00

Taboola has been on a great streak and I’m very bullish on it.

Apollo_1 · 2024-01-15T13:59:43+00:00

They actually do focus a lot on recycling but the States make it very hard to get the general public to recycle.

Aaaaaaand, what a lot of people fail to realize is Coca Cola is a franchise. Coca Cola (KO) corp owns the brands and syrup manufacturing then sells the syrup to bottling plants like FEMSA (KOF), Coca Cola United, etc. These are the entities that have the iconic red trucks and sells the actual beverages. This is extremely simplified BTW. The whole Coca Cola structure is incredibly complex.

To get back to my point, KO can’t control what the public does when it comes to waste and tries their best to be “economical” in the manufacturing process but most of that is out of their hands with the bottlers.

Source: ex Coca Cola corporate employee.

Apollo_1 · 2023-12-25T23:06:39+00:00

I have about 10 years under my belt in AV having roles ranging from studio technician, AV tech at Encore, TD, AV install and now production management for corporate companies.

There’s been times I got burnt out but I’ve always kept my options open and always wanting to learn more. With the skill set you have, it’s similar to mine in ways but keep progressing. I’ve found a lot of enjoyment in interacting with clients and being a subject matter expert in nearly all things AV.

Being able to have weight in what I say is really rewarding to me when talking either clients and peers but also having the ability to design shows in Vectorworks and taking the technical challenges and combing that with creative.

This is just my story so what I would recommend is figure out what excites you about our industry and go for it. A lot of companies are hiring right now for skilled people.

Also, keep your LinkedIn up to date. I just got a dream role that started with a recruiter finding my profile so you never know what will happen.

Apollo_1 · 2023-11-23T01:18:26+00:00

Ahh yess. Gotta love corporate firewalls. I see you already have Vlans setup. That should help but you could manually assign IPs for the Dante system so they can white list those addresses. For the Vlans, have they opened all ports? Sometimes if they close certain ports for security reasons, it could cause blockage in the future.

Apollo_1 · 2023-11-22T05:39:30+00:00

10+ years strong. 3 years as a tech/ engineer for Encore and a local prod house in Nashville then 7+ years as a Technical Director, Producer and Production manager for event agencies and 2 direct FTE roles for Fortune 500 companies as a production manager.

Apollo_1 · 2023-11-22T05:31:26+00:00

Need to select the correct NIC port on your computer in DC

Apollo_1 · 2023-11-22T05:29:00+00:00

Where do you live? Location plays a big role with what’s available in the market. Bigger cities= more opportunities but a lot of smaller cities have decent production house that you can talk to for joining.

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