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Introduction

Congratulations on your ownership of a new Artist Audio Matrix , and thank you for your confidence in AUDIOCENTER products. 
You are among the growing number of audio professionals who have made AUDIOCENTER one of the world’s leading suppliers 
of professional and commercial/industrial audio systems.

For your safety, please read the Important Precautions section before installing and operating the Audio Matrix, and please take 
some time to read this manual so that you can make full use of the Audio Matrix.

In order to maintain strict quality assurance standards, all Artist Audio Matrix  are built in AUDIOCENTER’s state-of-the-art 
manufacturing faculty. Internal components are the finest available,and key sub assemblies are pre-tested before final assembly. 
Finally, each power Audio Matrix is “burned in” and thoroughly tested (using audio precision test equipment) before shipping. You 
can depend on consistent and stable performance even when your Artist Audio Matrix  is subject to punishing extremes in the 
most demanding fixed or mobile sound reinforcement applications.

Work Seamlessly with Artist speakers and power amplifiers, providing a variety of classical 
speaker presets to quickly establish a complete sound system

All functions can be configured through Windows system, supporting networking, joint debugging
 and remote control of multiple devices

24 bit AD/DA conversion, 96KHz sampling rate, 10Hz ~ 28KHz bandwidth, over
116dB dynamic range

Built-in camera tracking function to control the camera by sound

GPIO 

programmable connector

Unpacking

Please inspect the audio matrix carefully immediately after unpacking. If you find any damage, notify your supplier /dealer 
immediately. Only the shipper may file a damage claim with the carrier for damage incurred during shipping. Be sure to save 
the carton and all packing materials for the carrier’s inspection. If you ever need to ship the unit back to AUDIOCENTER or an 
authorized service center, you should use only the original manufacturer’s packaging.

Installation

Artist T88D/T88 is one-rack-space high. Four front-panel mounting holes are provided on each audio matrix. All mount in standard 
19-inch racks.

Wall

controller

Mobile 
 phone

The tablet

Laptop computer

Audio Matrix 

Artist T88D/T88 is a powerful8-in-8-out audio matrix that supports 8 analog audio inputs and 8 analog audio output. Artist T88D 
also supports 4 * 4 Dante network audio input and output. Diverse I/O options provide you with the flexibility required to integrate 
into the system. It can meet the control and audio processing for various places.

8 analog audio inputs, 8 analog audio outputs, Artist T88D supports 4 * 4 Dante network 
audio input and output

With both microphone input and line input, with 48V phantom power

In built with functions of AFC, auto mixing, matrix mixing, equalizer, crossover, limiter by 
DSP to deliver clear sound dynamic

USB drive-free automatic connection software, open RS-232, RS-485 protocol to achieve 
third-party control, support TCP/IP remote control

Through the computer software BrainCore Net of the Windows system, all devices in the local area can be controlled remotely, 
and all the parameters of the Audio Matrix can be effectively controlled. Through the joint debugging function, multiple devices of 
the same model can be debugged. Part of the function control can also be achieved through the wall controller and the mobile 
APP (Android). With the scene preset function, users can directly use the wall controller or intelligent central control to achieve 
scene calling, volume adjustment and other functions.

Summary of Contents for Artist T88

Page 1: ...Artist T88D T88 User s Manual Revision A0 2021 11 Audio Matrix...

Page 2: ...the unit Damage caused by connection to improper AC voltage is not covered by any warranty 15 Do not connect the inputs outputs of processor or consoles to any other voltage source such as a battery...

Page 3: ...ide Panel Introduction of Front Rear Panel Function Software Operation Instructions Software Connection Software Interface Function Interface Preset Management Camera Tracking GPIO and Central Control...

Page 4: ...aler immediately Only the shipper may le a damage claim with the carrier for damage incurred during shipping Be sure to save the carton and all packing materials for the carrier s inspection If you ev...

Page 5: ...Artist T88D Artist T88 Artist T88 3 Artist T88D 484mm 439mm 44mm 484mm 439mm 44mm Front Panel Rear Side Panel Audio Matrix 484mm 439mm 484mm 439mm 210mm 35...

Page 6: ...each mounting ear 7 8 channel analog output Euro block connector balanced output 8 8 channel analog input Euro block connector balanced input 9 Dante audio transmission interface 2 RJ45 interface stan...

Page 7: ...I of this product adopts the self developed control library Operating environment The software is suitable for WIN7 WIN8 WIN10 any x86 x64 operating system with Microsoft and NET Framework4 0 runtime...

Page 8: ...atrix First the user needs to set the connection port as the TCP port and the software will scan the currently connected device Note 1 2 and 3 are the sequence of operation steps Then we need to chang...

Page 9: ...k 4 Save save the current device management project in the computer disk 5 Save AS save the current device management project as a le 1 Devices view or modify the rmware information device name and IP...

Page 10: ...vices in the device list 5 Disconnect ALL disconnect all connected devices in the device list 6 Port Setting set the baud rate of the device Audio Matrix Connection Port Connect Disconnect Connect All...

Page 11: ...and then the right gure will come out If the device port changes click the Refresh button to update the port list instantly Connection COM USB TCP UDP OK Cancel Refresh Port Boute COM1 115200 bps Link...

Page 12: ...26 In 1 In 2 In 3 In 4 In 5 In 6 In 7 In 8 T4 Out 3 Out 4 Out 5 Out 6 Out 7 Out 8 T3 MIC LINE LINE LINE LINE LINE LINE LINE Master Volume MUTE 0 0 0 100 0 0 MUTE 4 2 3 1 0 0 MUTE 4 2 3 1 0 0 MUTE 4 2...

Page 13: ...Dante network audio inputs channel1 to 4 C As shown in the gure below the channel test signal is set to switch every two channels together and the test signal can be sine wave pink noise and white no...

Page 14: ...rent equalizer setting parameters to the computer and recall and overwrite the existing equalizer parameters Copy copy the current equalizer parameter value and paste it into another input channel Pas...

Page 15: ...ff green means on upper reset button can directly reset the default value of channel delay Bypass Double click in the module button and then the automatic mixing setting module in the gure below will...

Page 16: ...ain reset button and clear button of the matrix mix Click the value box on the left drag the sliding block of matrix mixing gain or input value in the value box to adjust the gain in this matrix block...

Page 17: ...he output setting module as shown in the following gure will pop up Click in the module button and then the output setting module as shown in the following gure will come out As shown in the gure abov...

Page 18: ...list of input and output channels in the software homepage the right part is the output channels as shown in the gure below Channel name Output level status display Mute button When this channel has...

Page 19: ...CP COM this example picture shows USB from left to right shows device lock display mute control state refresh button and remove device button If you need to debug different devices you can click to se...

Page 20: ...terface of the software and then the interface of device management as shown in the gure below will pop up Device IP information if the current device is connected with network information the IP addr...

Page 21: ...ters The Input and Output buttons at the top of the interface can switch the channel type of the copy Artist audio matrix T88D T88 according to the characteristics of Audiocenter speaker is built in r...

Page 22: ...ter system and generate a single device parameter archive le Import Package import the archived parameter package in the computer system Export Package export all gear parameters of the device archive...

Page 23: ...ware is updated you can access to the rmware upgrade interface once got the upgraded le After selecting the corresponding upgrade le in the Update File column click UPDATE in the upper right corner th...

Page 24: ...ally the camera position is adjusted before the tracking starts and nally the parameters of this part will remain on the camera First set up the serial port There are 2 serial ports 232 485 which corr...

Page 25: ...current microphone and camera tracking parameters to the device After the camera tracking is started application parameters are required to be clicked to be effective Microphone tracking settings The...

Page 26: ...instrument can test the output low electrical level of GPIO 1 port The same effect can be obtained by changing the output electrical level type and archive number 2 For example when set GPIO side to...

Page 27: ...is set to mute GPIO 4 port output low electrical level can be obtained by changing the output electrical level type 5 For example when set GPIO side to input as shown in the left gure click Submit be...

Page 28: ...umber 8 For example when set GPIO side to input as shown in the left gure click Submit below to make it effective When the rising edge of GPIO 1 port is opened the input channel 1 is mute The same eff...

Page 29: ...bytes from data 1 to data n generally between 1 and 4 9 11 bit data refer to function description 12 bit end of communication command frame one byte 2 2 Command return 2 2 1 When the sending instructi...

Page 30: ...ber the value range is 1 to 30 0x01 0x1f in which scene 1 is the factory default setting Example A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 02 01 01 EE stands for calling scene 1 The instructions in the example are hexadecima...

Page 31: ...5A FF 36 02 01 17 EE A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 02 01 18 EE A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 02 01 19 EE A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 02 01 1A EE A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 02 01 1B EE A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 02 01 1C EE A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 02 01 1D EE...

Page 32: ...3C 5A FF 36 03 03 02 01 01 EE A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 03 03 02 02 00 EE A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 03 03 02 03 01 EE A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 03 03 02 04 01 EE A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 03 03 02 05 01 EE A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 03 03 0...

Page 33: ...1 08 00 0A EE Output channel 1 unmute Output channel 2 unmute Output channel 3 unmute Output channel 4 unmute Output channel 5 unmute Output channel 6 unmute Output channel 7 unmute Output channel 8 u...

Page 34: ...t channel 1 volume gain reduce by 1 0 DB Input channel 2 volume gain reduce by 1 0 DB Input channel 3 volume gain reduce by 1 0 DB Input channel 4 volume gain reduce by 1 0 DB Input channel 5 volume g...

Page 35: ...ts Mic input Input channel 7 sets Mic input Input channel 8 sets Mic input 5 1 Read Line Mic status Read Line Mic status of input channel 1 6 Phantom power settings Set input channel 1 phantom power o...

Page 36: ...back suppression level 1 for input channel 2 Set feedback suppression level 1 for input channel 3 Set feedback suppression level 1 for input channel 4 Set feedback suppression level 1 for input channe...

Page 37: ...on Set input channel 1 output channel 7 on Set input channel 1 output channel 8 on Set input channel 1 output channel 1 off Set input channel 1 output channel 2 off Set input channel 1 output channel...

Page 38: ...onding position of channel 6 The camera should turn to the corresponding position of channel 7 The camera should turn to the corresponding position of channel 8 10 Troubleshooting If the device can no...

Page 39: ...ci cations DSP chip Signal processing Audio system delay 1ms analog in analog out AD DA converter Sampling rate Analog audio input and output Input channel Output channel Input audio port Output audio...

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