<div dir="ltr">I hope this lives up to the beta...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Dan Tepfer at FarPlay</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:dan@farplay.io">dan@farplay.io</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 6:27 AM<br>Subject: A big step forward for FarPlay<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:dave.taht@gmail.com">dave.taht@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><u></u><div text="#3b3f44" link="#0092ff"> <table cellpadding="0" border="0" cellspacing="0" style="display:none"><tbody><tr><td>Announcing FarPlay 1.0 with multi-user, built-in video, multi-track recording & more</td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation" class="m_-5597879429480799215nl2go-body-table" width="100%" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="m_-5597879429480799215r0-c"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation" width="600" class="m_-5597879429480799215r1-o" style="table-layout:fixed;width:600px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-5597879429480799215r2-c" align="center"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation" width="100%" class="m_-5597879429480799215r3-o" style="table-layout:fixed;width:100%"><tbody><tr class="m_-5597879429480799215nl2go-responsive-hide"><td height="20" style="font-size:20px;line-height:20px;background-color:#ffffff">­</td> </tr><tr><td class="m_-5597879429480799215r4-i" style="background-color:#ffffff"> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><th width="100%" valign="top" class="m_-5597879429480799215r5-c" style="font-weight:normal"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation" width="100%" class="m_-5597879429480799215r6-o" style="table-layout:fixed;width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="m_-5597879429480799215r7-i"> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-5597879429480799215r8-c" align="left"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation" width="100%" class="m_-5597879429480799215r9-o" style="table-layout:fixed;width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="m_-5597879429480799215r10-i m_-5597879429480799215nl2go-default-textstyle" style="color:#3b3f44;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center"> <div><h1 class="m_-5597879429480799215default-heading1" style="margin:0;color:#1f2d3d;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:36px">A big step forward for FarPlay </h1><p style="margin:0">Announcing FarPlay 1.0, with multi-user support, built-in video, multi-track recording, multi-channel Broadcast Output, and more</p><p style="margin:0"> </p></div> </td> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr><tr><td class="m_-5597879429480799215r2-c" align="center"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation" width="600" class="m_-5597879429480799215r3-o" style="table-layout:fixed;width:600px"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-5597879429480799215r11-i" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px"> <a href="https://8jciv.r.ag.d.sendibm3.com/mk/cl/f/O35DCTfK3vHp1Z02MWyDDyB4tmqTCeGOhPfxFgKbwxoMGDH8oliEio89775vPR3h33sbH5DUEoZUXJLc69z-QToiVpDKxiHWkB8GHr4dpTOZ45QNxPTTnFwUdWz0A9JBSB2buTtvdQz-Sj0CbgD05__6YOc-tbG3WvVrJF7kdkRrjlLBg8ON6Q" style="color:#0092ff;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"> <img src="https://8jciv.img.ag.d.sendibm3.com/im/4976487/22e9397a543326b47aac2b4cdc1064346c9fc93b7ff593c20b04f0a82a734bf2.jpg?e=cp-VCN-VfqSZ7atjmMlKJ1kGaULWr0_5H0GaL342shRWm2c5f5lSfpsU4Gm3S_Ozvyvwwur7Wrq4XW18pzMMsLT7UIFPba854RPwzAcK-SqNaPVbTLkYto6PvP-ninHx7YVmki8hwEiNIOIw9Wv8wbYMNajyK--bCWXGWPXjEjGfNJNWs1LCYF_GnaQ_mjPtWjv6DJ_RsL3f_IQvR7fE6tcOtvmL8bcylb1wmcP8VnB9wUGqCQ_BRqc" width="600" title="Visit FarPlay.io" border="0" style="display:block;width:100%"></a> </td> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr><tr><td class="m_-5597879429480799215r8-c" align="left"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation" width="100%" class="m_-5597879429480799215r9-o" style="table-layout:fixed;width:100%"><tbody><tr class="m_-5597879429480799215nl2go-responsive-hide"><td height="15" style="font-size:15px;line-height:15px">­</td> </tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="m_-5597879429480799215r12-i m_-5597879429480799215nl2go-default-textstyle" style="color:#3b3f44;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left"> <div><p style="margin:0">It's been quite a journey! When Anton Runov and I started working on FarPlay in early 2021, we didn't know what the road ahead would bring. We just knew that we wanted to make ultra-low-latency audio accessible to everyone.</p><p style="margin:0"> </p><p style="margin:0">Now, 18 months later, we're announcing <a href="https://8jciv.r.ag.d.sendibm3.com/mk/cl/f/uChhSD_18S7NxzUbn050DSoTm6na5o5wsRlKq4B_LrM8PK6J0L1gH6Y6cR83aeaqGaT8JHKOgeLw6BgyHDKmM0Eb44yOR7LxWOy0nNe-yunQgEuQs6GfkNY6v757pBOstmwaj-EM4_8vClaihf28IPZWtCB0-SKls6SML8ar2ATThZ48zsUJhsDtPGcaScZt7BnF" title="Download FarPlay" style="color:#0092ff;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">FarPlay 1.0</a>, the first non-beta version and one that we've been dreaming of for a long time. With this version, you can connect <strong>multiple users</strong> in different locations, not just two as you could before. How many? That depends on the strength of your internet connection, but groups of 4 to 8 players should be able to connect without issue. </p><p style="margin:0"> </p><p style="margin:0">FarPlay 1.0 also features <strong>built-in video</strong>, so there's no longer any need to open a separate video-conferencing solution alongside FarPlay. What's more, our built-in video is low-latency, so it syncs up nicely with our ultra-low-latency sound. </p><p style="margin:0"> </p><p style="margin:0">How about recording? With a subscription, you can now make <strong>multi-track recordings</strong> of your sessions. Connect with friends in separate locations, hit the record button, choose “record multitrack”, and at the end of your session you'll have perfectly synced studio-quality tracks for each musician, which you can mix to perfection in a DAW. What's more, these tracks are recorded with a much longer buffer than the audio you hear in your headphones, so they'll feature clean audio even when the audio in your headphones may have occasional static as a result of pushing for the lowest monitoring latency.</p><p style="margin:0"> </p><p style="margin:0">Our <strong>buffering mechanism</strong> has been redesigned from the ground up, with several improvements. FarPlay is now expert at setting your latency automatically, to the point that for situations where latency isn't critical — podcast interviews, theater rehearsals, or general conversation — FarPlay now works beautifully over WiFi. When playing music together, especially rhythmic music, ethernet is still essential. The new buffering system also enables extremely accurate real-world latency measurements.</p><p style="margin:0"> </p><p style="margin:0">Finally, we've implemented <strong>multi-channel Broadcast Output</strong>, which allows you to output clean multi-channel audio <i>in real-time</i> to a DAW of your choice, where you can mix it for livestream performances.</p><p style="margin:0"> </p><p style="margin:0">There are a number of other improvements under the hood, and we also have a fully <a href="https://8jciv.r.ag.d.sendibm3.com/mk/cl/f/48s3RaM8k3F73CrOAlk-HRtLv52kB4hv8Oz1RvkdFT1rwv9hi3SRHENnr6IS48k4sx4yvnYIT3ajrZNicI7LSAoFFIg2tQoEA1VmBx4o2eR38ZedbqBvQbtuFP8Tqdo5Y92qbJSV3Hcby5JqKoVI930U5ZCsJma4XJojmk3as3uFGaSUFko9AQ" title="Visit farplay.io" style="color:#0092ff;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">redesigned website</a>.</p></div> </td> </tr><tr class="m_-5597879429480799215nl2go-responsive-hide"><td height="15" style="font-size:15px;line-height:15px">­</td> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr><tr><td class="m_-5597879429480799215r8-c" align="left"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation" width="100%" class="m_-5597879429480799215r9-o" style="table-layout:fixed;width:100%"><tbody><tr class="m_-5597879429480799215nl2go-responsive-hide"><td height="15" style="font-size:15px;line-height:15px">­</td> </tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="m_-5597879429480799215r13-i m_-5597879429480799215nl2go-default-textstyle" style="color:#3b3f44;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left"> <div><h2 class="m_-5597879429480799215default-heading2" style="margin:0;color:#1f2d3d;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:32px">Subscriptions</h2></div> </td> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr><tr><td class="m_-5597879429480799215r8-c" align="left"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation" width="100%" class="m_-5597879429480799215r9-o" style="table-layout:fixed;width:100%"><tbody><tr class="m_-5597879429480799215nl2go-responsive-hide"><td height="15" style="font-size:15px;line-height:15px">­</td> </tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="m_-5597879429480799215r12-i m_-5597879429480799215nl2go-default-textstyle" style="color:#3b3f44;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left"> <div><p style="margin:0">Now that we're out of beta, we're offering <a href="https://8jciv.r.ag.d.sendibm3.com/mk/cl/f/rwaWKNYaEm7nJ1JnE5WBXrAZ1TTMWP7YhAiZqetvRyn1Je0bbQf_bYJ36T9nEs5YxDQvJhpxAAqpSmCVpMROBPUftO-IFfxXB_yn9KONUa6c6PXT4hn3t8ejkfZWEjYX0_a8D9MmQgeGgYW2MftgsIbJPeXmltmuHq7smVgefuw9TOrPeAAIwEpt16PRdT4c0AB6MbEtKA" style="color:#0092ff;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">three subscription tiers</a> for FarPlay. There's <strong>FarPlay Free</strong>, which allows one-to-one connections for up to 45 minutes per session and will always be free. There's <strong>FarPlay Standard</strong>, which for $5.99/month allows unlimited multi-user sessions and mix recording (note that only the person creating the session needs a subscription; if you're a teacher, there's no need for your students to get subscriptions unless they want to create their own unlimited sessions or make their own recordings). Finally, our <strong>Standard+</strong> tier, at $7.99/month, features all of the above plus multi-track recording and multi-channel Broadcast Output. All our plans come with the first month free. These prices are substantially lower than our competition, and we offer a number of features that you won't find anywhere else. We also have the lowest latency in the business.</p><p style="margin:0"> </p><p style="margin:0">We will keep honoring your existing free Beta subscription until it expires. In fact, as long as you created your account before August 1st, you'll be able to renew your Beta subscription until August 10th. For new users, the free Beta subscription button goes away August 1st.</p></div> </td> </tr><tr class="m_-5597879429480799215nl2go-responsive-hide"><td height="15" style="font-size:15px;line-height:15px">­</td> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr><tr><td class="m_-5597879429480799215r8-c" align="left"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation" width="100%" class="m_-5597879429480799215r9-o" style="table-layout:fixed;width:100%"><tbody><tr class="m_-5597879429480799215nl2go-responsive-hide"><td height="15" style="font-size:15px;line-height:15px">­</td> </tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="m_-5597879429480799215r13-i m_-5597879429480799215nl2go-default-textstyle" style="color:#3b3f44;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left"> <div><h2 class="m_-5597879429480799215default-heading2" style="margin:0;color:#1f2d3d;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:32px">Thank you</h2></div> </td> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr><tr><td class="m_-5597879429480799215r8-c" align="left"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation" width="100%" class="m_-5597879429480799215r9-o" style="table-layout:fixed;width:100%"><tbody><tr class="m_-5597879429480799215nl2go-responsive-hide"><td height="15" style="font-size:15px;line-height:15px">­</td> </tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="m_-5597879429480799215r12-i m_-5597879429480799215nl2go-default-textstyle" style="color:#3b3f44;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left"> <div><p style="margin:0">Thank you for being a part of the FarPlay journey thus far! We hope you enjoy using the app as much as we do. Happy connections,</p><p style="margin:0"> —Dan and the <a href="https://8jciv.r.ag.d.sendibm3.com/mk/cl/f/ZTwPUHPgsMdrzaI_lsqm4o0VSqOM2RnGLhGZc_23X7MJbvsv2Y06603nHc0yS2fx4O_Rf7lBwVMfBC1nQEn-AB3QxywD-5NoAZ2IEHCdBssAnkufwVANBf6JAwmOrCapj9K7_z9ZOxMMjexK8H3PZJ14DIjXFEggOGi_M6Rk0WfQvA0cm83ezJ4f1Is_v7p_Ke19a_J8M4AmcgLk" style="color:#0092ff;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">FarPlay team</a></p></div> </td> </tr><tr class="m_-5597879429480799215nl2go-responsive-hide"><td height="15" style="font-size:15px;line-height:15px">­</td> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr></tbody></table></th> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr><tr class="m_-5597879429480799215nl2go-responsive-hide"><td height="20" style="font-size:20px;line-height:20px;background-color:#ffffff">­</td> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr><tr><td class="m_-5597879429480799215r2-c" align="center"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation" width="100%" class="m_-5597879429480799215r3-o" style="table-layout:fixed;width:100%"><tbody><tr class="m_-5597879429480799215nl2go-responsive-hide"><td height="20" style="font-size:20px;line-height:20px;background-color:#eff2f7">­</td> </tr><tr><td class="m_-5597879429480799215r14-i" style="background-color:#eff2f7"> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><th width="100%" valign="top" class="m_-5597879429480799215r5-c" style="font-weight:normal"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation" width="100%" class="m_-5597879429480799215r6-o" style="table-layout:fixed;width:100%"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-5597879429480799215nl2go-responsive-hide" width="15" style="font-size:0px;line-height:1px">­ </td> <td valign="top" class="m_-5597879429480799215r7-i"> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-5597879429480799215r8-c" align="left"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation" width="100%" class="m_-5597879429480799215r9-o" style="table-layout:fixed;width:100%"><tbody><tr class="m_-5597879429480799215nl2go-responsive-hide"><td height="15" style="font-size:15px;line-height:15px">­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</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>FQ World Domination pending: <a href="https://blog.cerowrt.org/post/state_of_fq_codel/" target="_blank">https://blog.cerowrt.org/post/state_of_fq_codel/</a><br></div><div>Dave Täht CEO, TekLibre, LLC <br></div></div></div></div>