Sd-50/0, sd-50/8 or sd-50/40 overview, Features of the sd-50/0 include – Gilderfluke&Co Sd-50 Audio & Show Controllers User Manual
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Sd-50/0, Sd-50/8 or Sd-50/40 Overview
The Sd-50/xx family consists of three members:
The Sd-50/0 is a complete .Mp3/.wav player system. It uses a standard Sd/MMC flash card to hold
audio files stored in .mp3 or .wav formats. It includes an amazingly efficient 100 Watt Class-D stereo am-
plifier which has the output power of many 500 Watt linear amplifiers. With no moving parts to wear out,
the Sd-50/0 should well outlast the speakers it is attached to. The Sd-50/0 can be used singly, or in com-
bination with additional Sd-50/xx’s, BR-SmartMedia cards or any Gilderfluke & Co. equipment. It can
provide the audio for animated shows and displays, fountains, fireworks, safety announcements, advertis-
ing, alarm systems, window displays special effects, signs, clocks and carillons, or anything else that
needs a sound to be played back.
Audio is loaded onto the Sd-50/0s by first converting it to an .mp3 or .wav format files. There are a
number of commercial, freeware and shareware programs for doing this. All audio editing programs now
include .mp3 encoders
. You can even use Apple’s iTunes!
SoundFiles are moved to the Sd-50’s by temporarily moving the Sd/MMC flash card to an appropriate
slot or reader attached to your computer. The Sd/MMC flash card will appear as a ‘removable disk drive’
on your computer. You can then ‘drag and drop’ your audio and show files onto to the Sd/MMC flash card.
This works identically when using either a Macintosh or Windows-based computer.
The Sd-50/8 and Sd-50/40 add Show Control features to the Sd-50/0s. The Sd-50/8s or Sd-50/40s
can be used singly, or in combination with additional Sd-50/xx’s, BR-SmartMedia cards or any
Gilderfluke & Co. equipment. It can be used to control animated shows and displays, fountains, fireworks,
lighting, sound systems, simulators, slide and movie projectors, fiber optics, window displays, motors,
pneumatic and hydraulic systems, neon special effects, signs, machines and machine tools in process
control, or anything else that can be controlled by an electrical signal.
The Show Control side of the Sd-50/8 or Sd-50/40 is programmed using our PC•MACs Show Control
software. While programming, data can be sent to the Sd-50/8 or Sd-50/40 through its
input,
, or
. Once programed, data is sent to the Sd-50/8 or Sd-50/40
through the PC’s serial port or loaded onto the Sd/MMC flash card for permanent storage. The Sd-50/8 or
Sd-50/40 can then be disconnected from the PC and it will run all by itself.
When used with a ‘Hardwareless RealTime’ licensed copy of PC•MACs software, Sd-50/8s or Sd-50/
40s can have their outputs programmed and updated in real time with just a PC and a serial connection.
When used with the PC•MACs hardware (MACs-SMP or MACs-USB Smpte Card), up to sixty-four Sd-50/
8s or Sd-50/40s can be updated in RealTime through the DMX-512 port.
Features of the Sd-50/0 include:
• Stand alone stereo playback of standard .mp3 and .wav audio files. The Sd-50s support all
standard .mp3 encoding rates, including ‘variable’. Sixteen bit .wav files with sample rates up
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