1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:06,640 The audio system in our badminton club/gaming center was built with blood, 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:11,040 sweat, and tears. Well, hopefully not blood. Oh god, so much blood. 3 00:00:09,599 --> 00:00:14,400 >> He's not wrong, though. And the worst part is all the blood was for ABSOLUTELY 4 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:19,199 NOTHING. >> WHAT? You know this. See, it turns out 5 00:00:17,279 --> 00:00:23,840 that all of our wall-mounted speakers are defective. And after waiting 4 6 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:29,279 months for replacement, Hey, Dan, what's that? >> Our asset tag. THE ONES THAT WERE ON THE 7 00:00:27,199 --> 00:00:35,120 EXACT speakers that were sent back to the vendor unrepaired. Adding insult to 8 00:00:32,399 --> 00:00:40,000 injury, when CUCIs, the manufacturer that's behind the brain of our sound 9 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:42,399 system, saw our last video, they were 10 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:46,800 compelled to get on a plane and come all the way out here to say, 11 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:51,120 >> "Paging Lionus, good first attempt, but I think we can do better together." 12 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:56,480 >> Thank you. Legitimately, [snorts] thank you. In fairness to us, this is a 13 00:00:53,920 --> 00:01:01,280 very challenging environment. See, in a big box like this, 14 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:05,199 the sound waves are just begging to bounce around. And if you need to issue 15 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:08,560 important announcements, people need to be able to understand them. And 16 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:14,640 understanding is only going to get harder when we fill this place up with 17 00:01:11,439 --> 00:01:17,200 250 plus gamers for all nighter land 18 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:21,680 sessions. But good news, everyone, because thanks to the power of Dave, 19 00:01:19,119 --> 00:01:26,560 we've done it. This bad boy right here handles everything from paging to 20 00:01:24,159 --> 00:01:32,320 background to even being able to handle audio for our stage. 21 00:01:30,159 --> 00:01:36,640 >> You guys ready to see how it all works? Let's go. 22 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:41,280 >> Oh, and let's get a message from our sponsor, Threat Locker. Learn more about 23 00:01:39,119 --> 00:01:46,000 the benefits of zero trust security at their next ZTW event happening in March. 24 00:01:44,159 --> 00:01:50,000 Luke went this year, and who knows who might make a surprise appearance next 25 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:55,680 time. Save $200 on your registration with code ZTWLTT26 26 00:01:52,960 --> 00:02:00,479 using our link down below. While a PA system might not seem that complex or 27 00:01:58,399 --> 00:02:06,640 exciting, it's worth considering that this facility is not just one big box, 28 00:02:03,439 --> 00:02:09,200 but rather it is several big boxes. We 29 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:14,239 have two sets of courts, a lounge, a pro shop, a cafeteria, a gym, and then two 30 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:19,360 separate washrooms. All of which need to be able to be individually addressed or 31 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:23,680 addressed as groups and in a manner that is not confusing for our front desk 32 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:27,920 staff. We want anyone who works here to be able to confidently use this system. 33 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:32,720 So, with over 30 speakers and seven zones, not to mention two businesses 34 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:37,200 that literally only I would ever think to put in the same building, keeping 35 00:02:34,640 --> 00:02:42,640 things simple has a lot of backend complexity. This is the solution that 36 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:45,200 Dan cooked up using CQIS designer. It's 37 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:51,120 well, kind of terrifying. That is where Dave from CUCIs comes in. 38 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:54,480 >> You know, it's not bad considering you're selftaught. I'm impressed you got 39 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:58,640 something functional, but we could do better. Yeah, thanks to CUCISUS' 40 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:02,480 training, I was able to kind of get acquainted with the system and learn 41 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:07,840 everything that I needed to to get this up immediately. And we have been using 42 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:10,720 it, which is like a testament to Dan. 43 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:14,640 This is a real interface. It has buttons and everything. But let's look at what 44 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:18,080 decades of experience could do to refine it. >> Up in our top corner is where we have 45 00:03:16,319 --> 00:03:22,319 all of our inputs come into the system. And we decide to monitor everything as 46 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:26,000 it's coming in with live audio meters so we can see what's going on, right? how 47 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:31,200 much signal we got in where we want to distribute it. >> And that's the same as I have here, 48 00:03:28,959 --> 00:03:34,480 >> right? This is your this is your Dante input. 49 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:39,040 >> It totally looks the same. Well, there's a yellow block. Shut up. 50 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:43,120 >> It actually I copied your block to start it with. >> See, I did a good job. I tried. 51 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:48,720 >> He got me started. >> Yeah. >> This here is where any of the Dante 52 00:03:46,239 --> 00:03:52,879 audio streams come into the system. However, rather than do spaghetti wiring 53 00:03:51,519 --> 00:03:56,640 all throughout, we would just assign them with tagged names that can go 54 00:03:55,200 --> 00:04:01,760 anywhere we need to within the sound system. And they're all color coded so we can follow along. 55 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:06,400 >> Cool. Okay. So, that means that my uh USBC in one is right here. 56 00:04:04,799 --> 00:04:08,799 >> Yeah, exactly. >> Super cool. What are we looking at in 57 00:04:08,159 --> 00:04:13,760 the purple zone? >> Down in our purple zone here, this is where we're doing our music processing 58 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:19,359 where we can switch between having music be more background or being more 59 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:22,240 Oops. >> In your face death by music. 60 00:04:21,519 --> 00:04:28,000 >> Got it. >> We've created two separate streams of background music. If we have a LAN event 61 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:31,919 on one side and bminton on the other side, we [music] can have two different 62 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:34,960 background paths that will go serve the necessary areas. 63 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:39,199 >> Got it. Oh, hey, look. I can read labels. So, the next one is microphones. 64 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:42,880 >> Exactly. These are microphones that the staff can take out onto the court and 65 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:46,240 they're able [music] to just make an announcement. This comes up a lot, 66 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:50,000 especially during our competitive ladder events and tournaments when things are a 67 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:53,840 fair bit more busy than they are right now. >> And the coolest part is you're not going 68 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:59,280 to get any feedback because we've processed the audio directly for each 69 00:04:56,639 --> 00:05:02,720 microphone, including a dynamic notch feedback controller at the end of the 70 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:05,600 chain that will constantly monitor for standing wave patterns and make sure 71 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:12,560 that we carve them out of the audio spectrum. [music] >> That is so cool. And so theoretically, 72 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:14,560 if people like saw your layout here, 73 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:18,560 could they like do something like this? >> Absolutely. >> So, can you click on a notch feedback 74 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:23,840 controller? Like, what did you configure? And oh god. Okay. So, as long 75 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:25,919 as they're also a wizard and they see your layout here, then they could do all 76 00:05:25,199 --> 00:05:33,199 of this. >> This actually is going to monitor for itself. It has dynamic filters that will 77 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:36,240 apply to solve a problem and then after 30 seconds it will go away cuz that 78 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:39,520 microphone is going to move around the court and be in a different spot every 79 00:05:37,919 --> 00:05:43,199 time. First in, first out, it's a cube. 80 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:47,759 >> Not that I don't believe him, but here, let's give it a shot. Wow, that's 81 00:05:45,759 --> 00:05:52,960 actually pretty cool. I am getting no feedback whatsoever no matter where I 82 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:55,759 move in the court. And hey, Harry, how's it sound? 83 00:05:54,639 --> 00:05:59,440 Pretty good, actually. >> Nice. What if I wasn't yelling? Can you 84 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:03,600 can you still hear me? Okay. If I'm just talking into the mic. 85 00:06:01,199 --> 00:06:07,039 >> Heck yeah. Oh, and it doesn't blow out people's 86 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:10,080 ears either. You've probably got some cool gating stuff on it and stuff. 87 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:15,360 >> We got some stuff. >> He's got all this stuff. >> Gas light, gatekeep, girl boss. 88 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:18,479 >> I'm so psyched cuz like whenever I have to take attendance and stuff for ladder 89 00:06:17,199 --> 00:06:24,639 night, I'm always like yelling at everybody. This is going to be great. Now I can yell at people with 90 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:26,800 amplification. Check this out, lady. 91 00:06:24,639 --> 00:06:30,639 This is our new interface. Is it actually [music] as simple as it looks? 92 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:33,919 >> I don't know. Let's see. >> Hello. 93 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:37,280 >> Cool. That's awesome. >> Yeah. And you can do background music 94 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:40,240 and stuff, too. >> Oh, that's good. Can you connect to your phone to play the background [music] 95 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:44,560 music? >> Can connect to basically anything on the face of the earth. >> Oh, wow. 96 00:06:43,199 --> 00:06:48,479 >> But let's show let's let's talk about the music. Now, Dan's implementation for 97 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:52,319 background music was pretty cool. It had what he calls automatic ducking. So, 98 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:57,120 when you start talking, you don't have to compete with the background music. 99 00:06:53,919 --> 00:07:01,360 It'll it'll come down. Can you do that? 100 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:04,319 >> Well, we did that and we did more. 101 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:08,639 >> Sorry, Dan. Dan is using one of those super cool little Bluetooth Dante 102 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:13,199 adapters. [music] Dante is an incredible ecosystem, man. You can plug freaking 103 00:07:10,639 --> 00:07:17,759 anything into it and out of it. [music] So whether it's like Bluetooth or XLR in 104 00:07:15,759 --> 00:07:21,840 or a 3 and 12 mm jack, you just need one of these little PoE adapters. [music] 105 00:07:19,759 --> 00:07:25,199 So, he's playing Bluetooth audio off of his phone over at the reception. And 106 00:07:23,759 --> 00:07:29,599 then we're gonna try out the ducking when I try to 107 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:32,840 >> talk over it in order to page the Wow, that's tremendous. 108 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:41,440 >> And dude, this is going to be great for lands because we've got the ability to 109 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:45,440 at a moment's notice >> be like, "Shut up. The tournament's now. 110 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:49,520 Everybody pay attention." And it's freaking loud. Even when I'm right in 111 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:53,199 front of the speaker, we get no feedback. 112 00:07:51,599 --> 00:07:56,400 Is that awesome or what? >> Another cool thing is when we're in 113 00:07:54,879 --> 00:08:00,319 background music mode, we're not just adjusting the volume of the music. We're 114 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:04,240 actually processing it differently and pulling out some of the frequencies from 115 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:07,520 the music, which is where our human conversation tends to live, 116 00:08:05,759 --> 00:08:10,800 >> right? So, it's easier to just talk over it and tune it [music] out. 117 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:15,199 >> So, you can actually bring more music into the area without making people have 118 00:08:13,039 --> 00:08:17,840 to scream to understand each other. It's the same way you hear different 119 00:08:16,319 --> 00:08:22,560 instruments [music] in the orchestra or how you hear different parts of a musical when they're singing in harmony 120 00:08:20,879 --> 00:08:25,280 with each other. You can have more things going on and [music] still 121 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:29,840 understand them. >> But wait, there's more. I assume I don't 122 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:34,159 actually know that for sure. Is there more? >> There's always more. >> Now's the part where we talk about zone 123 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:37,919 management and we actually get this thing hooked up because as I was walking 124 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:41,440 over here, one of the Smash Champ staff came up to me and was like, "Hey, so is 125 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:46,880 it working? We haven't been able to use the mic all day. We really need it." Um, 126 00:08:44,399 --> 00:08:50,959 which shows you again Dan, shout out Dan, how important it was the stuff that 127 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:55,360 Dan did >> and did >> and not worthless. 128 00:08:53,120 --> 00:09:00,240 >> One of the other neat things is we just had this plugged in the court. Now it's 129 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:03,680 plugged in here. It'll reassign itself. You can plug it in anywhere. 130 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:07,360 >> Oh, dude, that is so cool. >> Isn't that neat? >> Yes, 131 00:09:05,279 --> 00:09:11,600 >> because all of these have internal IDs. And so any port anywhere, including on 132 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:15,200 Whale land, we can put anything in this building. And we could put a speaker. We 133 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:18,640 could put a microphone. We could put the Bluetooth adapter. >> Could we have more than one of those? 134 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:24,616 >> As many as you want. >> Would they would they like sync the settings or No, that it would just 135 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:28,000 address whoever they're set to address. [gasps] 136 00:09:26,399 --> 00:09:34,000 >> How much gets it? >> Uh, a damn. I knew there was a catch. 137 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:35,839 >> It starts with four digits, but they're 138 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:40,160 metal and they're PoE. Mhm. >> Dude, that's so cool. I kind of teased 139 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:43,839 this before, but here's the zones. 101 and 102 means the two different sides of 140 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:48,080 the badminton hall. Then we've got the pro shop, concession, washrooms, lounge, 141 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:52,560 and fitness area. We've also got some super convenient grouping buttons that 142 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:56,560 make it really quick to page the entire facility or just the common areas and 143 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:59,839 not the courts, for instance. System setup is only really needed when we're 144 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:04,080 running LAN events and we want to switch out of all badminton mode. And finally, 145 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:07,279 scheduling announcements is going to be really nice for the staff here because 146 00:10:05,519 --> 00:10:10,560 as it is now, they have to have notifications on their phones for, okay, 147 00:10:09,279 --> 00:10:14,000 it's 5 minutes till the end of the session. Hey everyone, it's 5 minutes 148 00:10:12,959 --> 00:10:19,279 till the end of session, blah, blah, blah. They have to do that manually every time. Well, now we can just have 149 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:23,920 little pre-recorded messages that we can play and say, "Hey, get off. It's 5 150 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:27,760 minutes from the end." Since we're getting set up, can you kill the chime and we'll just have it go instantly? 151 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:33,360 >> We can do that. >> Okay. We should replace it with like a clack song. No, no Discord 152 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:37,920 notifications. Oh, what if it's like the iPhone? 153 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:40,160 >> Okay. No, no, and no. But in all 154 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:43,760 seriousness, now that this is set up, is there any reason that someone like Dan 155 00:10:42,079 --> 00:10:46,079 with just a little bit of experience couldn't go in and just make little 156 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:51,120 changes like that? >> It's super easy. You just drop in an audio file of whatever time you want to 157 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:54,160 have, select that from [music] your >> Absolutely. And my understanding is you 158 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:58,880 could build an interface specifically for that. Say, you know, they're doing 159 00:10:56,079 --> 00:11:02,200 their hourly reminders. as a simplifiling 160 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:10,959 networking people get excited about networking is actually pretty cool. 161 00:11:09,519 --> 00:11:13,959 >> What if it what if it said hey little thing 162 00:11:14,399 --> 00:11:18,642 please move to the other court? [laughter] 163 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:25,120 >> Yeah, networking's fun. >> Yeah. While we were waiting, I wanted to 164 00:11:23,279 --> 00:11:28,480 check out this cool interface thing and Dan was explaining it to me and then he 165 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:32,040 broke it. Classic Dan. 166 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:39,920 Okay. Yeah. So, what is this? These are the little UniFi like vision portly 167 00:11:36,399 --> 00:11:42,000 things that allow you to just PoE HDMI 168 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:46,640 out and then you can send a security camera feed and build your own little 169 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:48,959 like uh views and then you can have them rotate through like you can see some of 170 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:53,200 them doing that. >> What's What's it called? These are the unified viewports. 171 00:11:51,839 --> 00:11:58,480 >> Now, one of the things I thought was really cool was that you've got this 172 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:59,680 themed for our colors. So, it doesn't 173 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:03,920 look like that in there. >> No. If I just copy the controls over 174 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:07,519 onto the user interface, this is what they look like to start. 175 00:12:05,279 --> 00:12:12,079 >> It's all just kind of gray and white and very small font and stuff. However, with 176 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:15,440 CQIS, we can actually use CSS just like web designers would to create a 177 00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:20,480 stylesheet for the entire user interface. >> Super cool. So, I built you a little CSS 178 00:12:18,399 --> 00:12:26,720 and if we go and we were to apply it to our to our touch panel over here, we add 179 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:31,519 our Linus Smash Champs. Huzzah. >> Theoretically, everything is live. 180 00:12:29,279 --> 00:12:35,519 >> Theoret uh theoretically, yes. >> Check check in the Pro Shop. Oh, wow. 181 00:12:33,279 --> 00:12:39,600 That is uh okay. I asked him to juice it a little bit. He did do that. Hey, Raj. 182 00:12:38,079 --> 00:12:43,120 If you guys want a deeper look at the hardware side of all the networking that 183 00:12:41,279 --> 00:12:47,839 this is running on, then I recommend checking out this video here. In a 184 00:12:45,839 --> 00:12:52,320 nutshell, it's pretty much all Ubiquiti, which when we installed it did not have 185 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:57,120 proper support for Dante and Cucus. But now, thanks to the power of Ubiquiti 186 00:12:54,160 --> 00:13:00,880 being genuinely kind of bros, it all works and it's out of beta now. Okay, 187 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:05,040 Pro Shop and Concession are now working and they sound good. >> They sound good. 188 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:09,760 >> Okay, should we be testing the courts with everybody out there? Ah, screw it. 189 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:14,880 Paging all Smash Jams patrons. We have recently updated our audio system to be 190 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:18,320 louder and easier to understand. That is all 191 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:21,440 >> terrific. That's actually way more attention than they usually pay to the 192 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:25,519 announcements. People get pretty focused on their games. But on the subject of 193 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:29,320 being focused on your gaming, how's it going to handle the LAN event? 194 00:13:30,244 --> 00:13:32,264 [music] 195 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:40,399 >> Thanks again to CQIS for helping us get the audio set up for this event. 196 00:13:38,639 --> 00:13:44,639 Now, I guess the only thing that remains is this segue. 197 00:13:43,344 --> 00:13:49,920 [cheering] >> You guys are great. 198 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:54,560 >> Threat Locker. Zero Trust World 2026 is happening in Orlando, Florida from March 199 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:58,880 4th to March 6th, and it's set to be one of, if not the most interactive cyber 200 00:13:57,199 --> 00:14:02,079 security learning events of the year. 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If you guys enjoyed 210 00:14:36,079 --> 00:14:41,600 this video, maybe go check out the previous one where we showed all of the 211 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:46,639 physical aspects of the networking, both for the Badminton Club and for our 212 00:14:44,079 --> 00:14:50,240 lands. Shout out Dan and the INF team for getting all of the bones laid for 213 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:54,720 all of this. And shout out David for coming out and getting this all set up. 214 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:57,040 CUCIs has some amazing products and services.