Description
What's New: Version 3.9
- Version 3.9 is compatible with Mac OSX version 10.7 (Lion) and up.
- Not available for Windows currently.
Version 3.8
- Version 3.8 is compatible with Mac OSX version 10.7 (Lion) and up.
- Version 3.8 is compatible with Windows 7 and up.
Source-Connect
Industry-standard ISDN replacement with a deep feature-set for all your remote audio recording and monitoring needs.
Portable, high-quality, secure. Record and monitor from anywhere in the world, using your professional tools. For Windows and Mac OSX
Source-Connect is designed for you:
- Industry standard
- Access thousands of studios and talent world-wide. Source-Connect is used in all corners of the networked-world for daily, reliable connections over the Internet.
- Support and Community
- Source Element's support is unparalleled. We invite you to experience the best customer service you've ever seen.
- Professional tools
- The only remote-recording solution with support for every DAW and set-up, for almost every OSX and Windows system.
The features behind the magic
Source-Connect is a feature-rich product that has over 10 years of development. Used industry-wide on a daily basis, the feature set continues to evolve.
Source-Connect is available in 3 versions: Standard, Pro and Pro X. Choose your version based on the feature-set you need.
- Best-in-class codec
- AAC-ELD v2 mono and stereo, from 24kbps to 192kbps crystal-clear audio.
- Text messaging
- Communicate via text messaging for sending take information or troubleshooting.
- Contacts list
- All your Contacts online: connect without having to know IP addresses or phone numbers.
- RTS ADR Mode
- Remote Transport Sync overdub and ADR sync mode, for picture-lock with remote talent.
- RTS Mix/Review
- Remote Transport Sync mix/review mode: lock with local talent or audio.
- Multi-Channel
- 3, 4, 5, 6 and Surround 5.1 and 7.1 channel support for Surround monitoring, multi-mic and more.
- Extreme quality
- AAC-ELD codec settings up to 192kbps mono and 364kbps stereo.
- Network Security
- Fully private VPN support for complete control over your connection
- Restore & Replace
- Never lose a take again: perfect recordings every time with the Q manager.
The Power of Communication
When you sound as if you are in the same room with each other, your work comes to life. Listen to some examples, encoded at various bitrates from the original 48khz/16bit recordings.
Integrated Professional Daw Support
Our unique Source-Link technology connects your DAW directly to the Source-Connect application: now you have the best of both worlds. The stability and flexibility of a standalone application, plus immediate integration directly to your timeline. Drop Source-Connect Link onto your Master fader, and your clients can hear the audio in high quality in the environment they know best: their own studio monitors.
Need to get more out of your DAW? Source-Connect is a fully standalone application, so if you are pushing your DAW to its limits, run Source-Connect as a pure standalone application or even on another computer and just send the audio mix as an analogue or digital signal.
Record with Confidence
Source Elements' Auto-Restore and Replace technology is a critical feature when you are recording remotely and fast delivery is crucial: any time you go outside of your immediate hardware setup, you're risking losing data - whether from corrupted file transfers, ISDN failures or real-time internet connection drop-outs.
With Auto-Restore you are guaranteed to get every take the first time while it automatically identifies dropped packets, recalls them from the remote system and restores them into the recorded audio without ever leaving the timeline: quickly and automatically. Going one step further in meeting the demand for perfect sound recordings, Source-Connect's Auto-Replace feature calls for the remotely recorded, uncompressed audio and then locally replaces the AAC derived file with its full resolution PCM counterpart; not just on the hard drive but also within the timeline including every edit. No longer does the recording engineer have to deal with FTP downloads or have to re-edit the uncompressed file into an already edited timeline.
Specifications
Technical details
Find all the technical specifications here, for compatibility and interoperability.
All released versions of Source-Connect are capable with connecting with at least the basic Standard bitrates.
Platform
- For Mac OSX 10.3.9 to 10.14
- Windows XP to Windows 10
Codec
AAC-ELD v2
From Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS
The AAC Low Delay codecs are state-of-the-art MPEG-4 audio codecs for maximum speech and audio quality at very low coding delay. By supporting the full audio bandwidth of 20 kHz, they are able to deliver Full-HD Voice audio quality to IP-communication applications and devices.
AAC-ELD is the superior, best-in-class codec for communication solutions requiring excellent audio quality at low bit-rates and with minimal latency.
DAW Support
- Fully standalone software (DAW optional)
- AAX, RTAS, AU and VST support
- 64-bit on Mac OSX
- 32-bit on Windows (64-bit pending)
Remote Transport Sync
Remote Transport Sync (RTS) is a custom IP-based solution to sync two remote systems that support the ReWire protocol.
RTS is supported on Pro Tools, Logic, Nuendo, Digital Performer, Fairlight and Reaper.
Windows 32-bit systems only at this time
Sample rates
- Codec: 44.1khz and 48khz (Standard)
- Audio engine: 44.1khz, 48khz, 88.2khz, 96khz, 176.4khz, 192khz (higher bitrates are resampled by the codec)
Channels
- Discrete mono and Stereo
- 3, 4, 5, 6 (Pro X only)
- 5.1 and 7.1 Surround (Pro X only)
Audio I/O
CoreAudio and ASIO support
Automatic Network Configuration
Since Source-Connect 3.9, works automatically on all but the most strict network setups.
