[Swansea Hackspace] New Member and project Question

[Debi Withers]

Hello there, 



I am a new member to this list and am considering joining the Swansea Hackspace fir 6 months next year to realise a project. 

I am writing initially here to get some advice and some indication of how difficult it would be. 

So here is the project: 

I want to make a 'transmission machine' which can simultaneously play back up to 8 channels of digitised media - video, images and audio. 

Ideally the levels will be controlled by an external device, like a mixing desk/ interface, because it is important that people using the machine have the physical experience of controlling the levels - i.e., how loud the audio can played, the clarity of the image. The selections of the digitised files will be made via a laptop.

Attached to the 8 outputs will be four screens and 1-4 speakers - although all the audio channels will probably be played through one speaker - so comparable to a live mix which plays back multiple audio channels. 

The one complicated thing perhaps is ideally to separate the audio and moving image of the video file so that the audio and image levels can be controlled separately, i.e., turn down the sound but still play the image; turn down the image, still hear the sound.

I've asked a friend of mine who seems to think this would be possible through Arduino, but I wanted to check in with a local hackspace for advice to flesh out the idea.  
I've attached a diagram if this helps to explain the idea better. 

I live in Drefach Felindre but could travel to Swansea to work on the circuit if people could help me. I don't quite have the technical expertise to manage it myself! 

I see there is a workshop on 8 Jan but sadly I cannot make this date...

Many many thanks in advance for your help - 

debi

   
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