Why should I consider
DigiCart/E over other
networked audio systems?
• More DigiCart recorders are in use in
television broadcast than any other brand of
hard disk audio recorder. It has an 11-year
track record.
• DigiCart/E is 100% compatible with your
present investment in recorded audio, disk
libraries, system wiring, and operating methods.
• DigiCart recorders are one of the most
reliable pieces of broadcast equipment ever
made. Tens of thousands of people already
know how to use DigiCart recorders.
• People like hardware-based solutions. It’s
faster and easier to use than a PC. 360
Systems’ audio network makes economic
sense for small and mid-size stations. It can
be expanded to almost any size without
sacrificing the original investment.
• 360 Systems’ audio network is conservative,
based entirely on proven technology, and
can be maintained by available network
professionals.
In what ways is DigiCart/E
compatible with my investment
in earlier DigiCarts?
• Operating controls are very similar. People
familiar with DigiCart II can immediately
use DigiCart/E.
• Files created on DigiCart II can be played
on DigiCart/E. Your entire library of
recorded audio is directly playable. Transfer
methods include Zip
®
disk and D-NET.
• Files for use on DigiCart II may be created
on DigiCart/E, and exported on
standard
Zip disks or by D-NET. Export file types
include Dolby
®
AC-2 and 16-bit linear files.
• Serial control via 9-pin RS-422 is identical.
• GPI control by contract-closure is identical.
• File-naming conventions and ID numbering
schemes are compatible.
• All DigiCart recorders employ professional
XLR-3 connectors for analog and AES/EBU
digital audio, plus 75-ohm BNC connectors
for AES-3-ID and IEC-958 Type II
(consumer) digital audio.
What does DigiCart/E do better
than its predecessors?
• Network access to centrally stored audio
from any location in the building.
• Native wave (WAV and BWF) file formats
for compatibility with workstations
• Compatible with all sample rates from 44.1
through 96K
• Compatible with audio word lengths from
16-bit to 24-bit.
• Converts any input sample rate or word
length to any other, for storage.
• Converts any stored file to any sample rate
or word length for playback (real-time).
• Records, plays and edits in standard wave
(WAV) file format.
• Front-panel Hot Keys for instant playback
of cuts.
• Easier navigation with buttons for Drive,
Directory and File.
• Much larger LCD permits easy browsing,
displays five titles at once with continuous
scrolling.
• Easy-to-ready interactive menu items.
• Includes headphone jack with
adjustable level
• Integral rack mounting; only 2U (3
1
/
2
”) high.
How much delay occurs when
playing a cut from the file server?
Because a cut is immediately buffered in local
DigiCart memory when selected (as are all
Hot Keys), playback starts instantly.
What are the audio inputs
and outputs?
• AES/EBU interfaces appear as XLR ports
with transformer isolation and also as
75-ohm BNC ports (AES-3id-2000).
• Analog inputs are balanced on a XLR-3
connector with pin 2 hot, Z=20K/leg, +4
operating level, 16 dB of headroom to
full-scale.
• Analog outputs are balanced,
Z = 50-ohms/leg, +4 operating level, full
scale output = +20 dBu. Outputs have a rear
panel level trim. Audio connectors have gold
plated pins for low noise.
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