Mackie DL32R Amp. Monitor from Master Fader app?

[Gongalong]

Hi folks,

 

Any Mackie experts out there?

 

We've just had a Mackie DL32R amp installed. I understand mixers reasonably well, although this is a complex beast. I've read 300 pages of the manual. Tinkered a bit with the live system.

 

I'm not at the system at the moment, and wondering if you can actually monitor from an iOS device with the Master Fader app. Is it as simple as plugging in a pair of headphones, or is there more to it?

 

Thanks

[Gongalong]

After some research over the weekend, it can't be done. Musicians can control their level from the app though (up to 20 iOS devices can connect to the mixer).

[SamanthaD]

Hi,

 

This is standard in any remote app for digital mixers - it only offers control not a audio monitoring solution (ie it's not just Mackie that this is a problem with). The issues of getting latency free audio over a WiFi connection are huge.

 

If you want remote monitoring the only real way is to get an in ear monitoring system and connect it to the headphone output, so that's using RF for the audio and 2.4 / 5 GHz for the control. A little bit clunky but it does work.