josh.perc

I am looking for a way to stream audio out of Max via the bluetooth in my

powerbook (OS 10.4.6) to a pair of bluetooth headphones/a bluetooth headset.

I am relatively new to the list, and of the past threads I do have, I have

only found reference to sending data via bluetooth using the serial object.

If it is any consolation, the audio does not have to be high quality, enough

to send a click in mono. My other option is to use a wireless monitoring

system that comes straight off the analog outputs on my soundcard, but I

feel that to cut an extra piece of equipment out of the loop and just use

the bluetooth in my powerbook would be a far more *elegant* way to do

I am looking for a way to stream audio out of Max via the bluetooth in my
powerbook (OS 10.4.6) to a pair of bluetooth headphones/a bluetooth headset.
I am relatively new to the list, and of the past threads I do have, I have
only found reference to sending data via bluetooth using the serial object.

If it is any consolation, the audio does not have to be high quality, enough
to send a click in mono. My other option is to use a wireless monitoring
system that comes straight off the analog outputs on my soundcard, but I
feel that to cut an extra piece of equipment out of the loop and just use
the bluetooth in my powerbook would be a far more *elegant* way to do
things...

sending-audio-via-bluetooth

having looked into this a little while ago, I found this company

had some interesting products, but could not find out where to buy them:

These headsets over here are more easily available, but more expensive:

http://www.emicrophones.com/microphones/product_detail.asp?subcatID=5

essentially you are looking for voip bluetooth headsets. I am assuming that using something like Soundflower, you can send the sound to the head set.

having looked into this a little while ago, I found this company
had some interesting products, but could not find out where to buy them:
http://www.enus.co.kr/english/index.html

essentially you are looking for voip bluetooth headsets.  I am assuming that using something like Soundflower, you can send the sound to the head set.

For whatever it's worth, I just did a big project with this, and 

audio bluetooth directly from a Mac can be kind of flaky. (and it 

won't support speech recognition, if you're thinking about using 

that.) I got the best results with a Plantronics headset, not cheap, 

that I hacked. It has a little dongle-y thing that plugs into the 

audio out of the mac, and it maintained a much more reliable 

connection than just the headset (although it will pair with the mac, 

it was never reliable enough to run in an installation). If I recall 

correctly, it was something flaky with the sound control panel. I 

realize it's still another piece of equipment, but at least it's 

On Oct 31, 2006, at 2:12, josh hogan wrote:

> I am looking for a way to stream audio out of Max via the bluetooth 

> in my powerbook (OS 10.4.6) to a pair of bluetooth headphones/a 

> bluetooth headset. I am relatively new to the list, and of the past 

> threads I do have, I have only found reference to sending data via 

> If it is any consolation, the audio does not have to be high 

> quality, enough to send a click in mono. My other option is to use 

> a wireless monitoring system that comes straight off the analog 

> outputs on my soundcard, but I feel that to cut an extra piece of 

> equipment out of the loop and just use the bluetooth in my 

> powerbook would be a far more *elegant* way to do things...

For whatever it's worth, I just did a big project with this, and  
audio bluetooth directly from a Mac can be kind of flaky.  (and it  
won't support speech recognition, if you're thinking about using  
that.)  I got the best results with a Plantronics headset, not cheap,  
that I hacked.  It has a little dongle-y thing that plugs into the  
audio out of the mac, and it maintained a much more reliable  
connection than just the headset (although it will pair with the mac,  
it was never reliable enough to run in an installation).  If I recall  
correctly, it was something flaky with the sound control panel. I  
realize it's still another piece of equipment, but at least it's  
small -- about 2/3 the size of an iMic.

> Greetings all,
>
> I am looking for a way to stream audio out of Max via the bluetooth  
> in my powerbook (OS 10.4.6) to a pair of bluetooth headphones/a  
> bluetooth headset. I am relatively new to the list, and of the past  
> threads I do have, I have only found reference to sending data via  
> bluetooth using the serial object.
>
> If it is any consolation, the audio does not have to be high  
> quality, enough to send a click in mono. My other option is to use  
> a wireless monitoring system that comes straight off the analog  
> outputs on my soundcard, but I feel that to cut an extra piece of  
> equipment out of the loop and just use the bluetooth in my  
> powerbook would be a far more *elegant* way to do things...
>
> regards all,
>
> Josh


Sending audio via Bluetooth