FAQs
What kind of instruments can I connect to the Teleporter?
The Teleporter has combo-inputs for all instruments:
2 x XLR microphone inputs with 48V phantom power
2 x Hi-Z guitar/balanced stereo line inputs
And a stereo line out/through.
Is setup difficult?
No, you can do it in two minutes. You connect your microphones and instruments to the Teleporter’s inputs, wire a cable with internet to the back of the unit, and you're ready to rock. Now search for the musicians you'd like to play with in the Songpark app and press connect. It's as easy as that.
How much does it cost?
The price of the Teleporter will be less than 500 euros. We'd like the Teleporter to be accessible to everyone, so look out for a good deal in our Kickstarter campaign later this year.
How far away can we be from each other?
The maximum distance between performers depends on the internet infrastructure between you. In optimal conditions, with fiber endpoints in both ends and in a country with good Internet infrastructure, you can expect to play with good performance (less than 20 milliseconds latency) up to 2000 kilometers away from your band mates.
Will it work in my house?
Home network compatibility is very good, with industry-proven methods for NAT traversal and minimum setup time. You’ll need a decent internet connection though, like fiber or coax. If you are connecting the Teleporter from a corporate network, you might have to configure your firewall.
Does it work with my effect units?
Yes, and you can reach friends at further distance if they are analog effect units. All external digital effect units add latency. They all contain AD/DA converters which adds a few milliseconds each. Analog effect units do not add such latency, so use them as much as you like.
Is the sound quality good enough for professional recording?
Yes. By recording everything locally, before the audio is sent through the Internet, we retain the pristine sound quality any professional musician expects. The audio input section of the Teleporter is designed to deliver low noise and hot signals into the audio engine.
Have you considered 5G?
We’re as excited as you about 5G, and did some early testing already back in 2018. This new mobile network is fast enough to play with others, but the majority of 5G core networks are not fully optimized. Yet. We are working together with the cross-country telecom operator Telia on a Teleporter-5G, and aim to release this version in 2025.
How fast must my Internet connection be to use the Teleporter?
To play with other musicians, you'll need a minimum bandwidth of 5Mb/s in both directions for each band member you want to play with. We recommend fiber or “cable” (coax) internet connection. Furthermore, the Teleporter must be connected to your router or switch with a wired connection.
What’s the secret sauce?
We have built a FPGA based hardware audio/ethernet engine from the ground up to get optimal datapaths for both audio and network. A cross-breed between VoIP and AoIP. The Teleporter engine minimize and/or repair network errors from the Internet, like jitter and packet loss. A lot of care have been given to our Packet Loss Concealer, which uses historical audio to mask audio drop-outs in case of network transmission errors.