Network Topology
We have certified using our software with numerous ios and MacOS devices including the following:
QuikSound iPhone Player
Personal mixer for mobile musicians such as stage singers
iPhone 12 Pro Max (wifi certified)
2021 Era iPhone SE (wifi certified)
iOS emulators on M1 Mac's
Mixer for musicians with stands
2021 Era iPad (wifi certified)
2016 Era iPad Pro
Optimized AP configured for low latency 32 channels of wifi audio
QuikSound configured TP-Link Omada exterior AP (wifi certified)
Tested with numerous other AP wifi network devices that did not perform well enough to recommend
Netgear Nighthawk router for ethernet and dhcp allocations
Player Hosting
2022 Era M1 Macbook Pro (wifi certified)
2020 Era M1 Macbook Pro (wifi certified)
Server Hosting
2022 Era M1 Macbook Pro (ethernet)
2020 Era M1 Macbook Pro (ethernet)
We recommend an M1 Mac or better for hosting the QuikSound Audio Server.
Mackie DL32R (pictured)
FocusRite Scarlett 18i
QuikSound Audio Server should work with any low latency audio device with up to 32 channels received and any 28 channels transmitted over wifi at 48000 samples per second. We hope to certify many devices in the future.
Software Stack
The audio server software incorporates a c++ library embedded within a macOS application developed in Objective C. The embedded component does the heavy lifting such as gathering audio from the sound system, transforming it, and transmitting it over the network using UDP to achieve the lowest possible latency over ethernet to WiFI.
The audio receivers receive the multi-channel stream over WiFI as UDP broadcast transmissions. They then mix the audio channels within the receiving device to achieve any desired personal mix.