{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/2020/10/installation-mixer-products","result":{"data":{"markdownRemark":{"id":"bf766c2e-7882-5181-b3a6-2a06a3102399","html":"<p>Playing music out of speakers has become much simpler recently thanks to consumer smart speakers like the <a href=\"/affiliate/amazon/B07R1CXKN7\">Echo</a> and <a href=\"/affiliate/amazon/B07NJQFL4X\">Sonos One</a>. But these products only allow playing from one speaker at a time, and only from one audio source.</p>\n<p>For a home automation enthusiast, playing audio throughout the house means routing audio from <em>any</em> source to <em>any</em> destination. Even more, it is imperative to overlay these signals so that I can hear the delivery driver through my doorbell <em>while</em> music is playing! This is a non-trivial problem, but with a little bit of custom software (hello <a href=\"https://github.com/mcurcio/ear\">EAR</a>!) and some off-the-shelf hardware, it can be achieved.</p>\n<p>The simple hardware list looks like this:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"/affiliate/amazon/B00OZOLJBQ\">MOTU 24Ao</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=10761\">Monoprice 10761</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"/affiliate/amazon/B001N87MI6\">Monoprice in-celing speakers</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>This equipment will produce crisp, powerful audio to 12 different channels/speakers, and can be expanded by adding more amplifiers.</p>\n<p>The next step is routing audio with <a href=\"https://github.com/mcurcio/ear\">Einstein Audio Router</a> through a connected host computer. The software is still in an early alpha state, but a future article will cover configuring simple setups.</p>","frontmatter":{"date":"2020-10-16T16:24:00.000Z","humanDate":"October 16, 2020","title":"Home Audio Technology Stack","description":"Whole home audio routing with off-the-shelf equipment.","tags":["audio","ear"],"affiliate":["amazon"],"featuredimage":{"childImageSharp":{"fluid":{"base64":"data:image/jpeg;base64,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","aspectRatio":2.85,"src":"/static/6eb1d9690deb530d665ac60826255698/a685d/header.jpg","srcSet":"/static/6eb1d9690deb530d665ac60826255698/f0ee2/header.jpg 285w,\n/static/6eb1d9690deb530d665ac60826255698/4b42b/header.jpg 570w,\n/static/6eb1d9690deb530d665ac60826255698/a685d/header.jpg 1140w,\n/static/6eb1d9690deb530d665ac60826255698/b0915/header.jpg 1500w","sizes":"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px"}}}}}},"pageContext":{"id":"bf766c2e-7882-5181-b3a6-2a06a3102399","slug":"/2020/10/installation-mixer-products"}}}