X.200 Digital Production Console
FAQ
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Q. What are the main upgradeable hardware components of the X.200?
A. The X.200 ships with the following hardware computer components:
• Pentium IV 3.0 GHz CPU
• I-Will P4SE motherboard with 800 MHz System Bus
• 1 GHz DIMM SDRAM DDR
• 60 GB IDE hard drive
Obviously there are additional hardware components in the Digital X Bus, but these are the ones you would be
most likely to upgrade with newer parts as they become available. The Mackie Technical Support Staff can help
you fi gure out which off-the-shelf components are available to use for upgrades.
Q. How many available PCI slots are there, and what can I use in those slots?
A. The Digital X Bus provides four available PCI slots on the motherboard. Currently, the only third party PCI card
we support in those slots is the Universal Audio UAD-1 Powered Plug-ins Card. We have tested up to two of those
cards installed and operating within the mixer.
We do not approve the installation and use of any other third party PCI cards into the Digital X Bus. Any effort to
load and use un-approved third party PCI cards into the Digital X Bus mixer will void the product warranty.
Q. What are the main differences between the X.200 and X.400 models, and how do I know which one is right
for me?
A. The Model X.400 is designed primarily for professional and post production applications, whereas the Model X.200
is designed to be more of a music and project production console. Signifi cant efforts were made to specify the soft-
ware of the X.400 to support the features required by today’s professional post production and surround engineers.
The Digital X Bus Model X.400 provides the following feature enhancements over the X.200:
1. Dual Processor (Xenon) Processors with Hyper-Threading
2. A built-in UAD-1 Powered Plug-ins card
3. Twenty-four additional channels of I/O (via the “D-Slot”)
4. Sixteen additional Mix Buses for a total of twenty four
5. Open Panning Law Assignment for Stem Management
6. Bus/Return Switcher for all 24 Buses
7. Speaker Assignment Matrix with Cut/Solo features
8. Surround Monitor Formatter for “Fold Down” monitoring
9. Twelve additional group faders
10. RS-232 (Sony® 9-Pin) Machine Control
11. DSP ordering for channel inserts, EQ, and dynamics modules
Stay tuned to the Mackie web site for complete information on the Digital X Bus Model X.400 as it becomes
available.
