PRODUCTION PARTNER
09/2015
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The TF1 has 32, the TF3 and TF5 40 each. The number of
faders and of analog inputs also differs. The TF1 has 16, the
TF3 24 and the TF5 32.
The analog outputs on the rear panel are defined as omni outs
and can be Matrix-assigned to any desired sources.
There is no matrix on the inputs. Here the assignment equals
the analog inputs of the desk or the respective USB channels.
The optional Dante card adds a potential Dante channel.
Further rear panel connections are two stereo line-level inputs
which are assigned to the two stereo input channels of the
console. Alternatively you can also assign the stereo playback
from the USB flash drive on the front panel or the USB chan-
nels 33 and 34 of the rear USB host for recording.
Direct recording to a USB storage device is only possible in
dual channel mode and only via the front USB port. This port
can also be used as a direct connection with an iPad that then
can be used as a two-channel player or recorder. If you want
to record all 32 signals or play them back you will have to use
a computer with suitable software, connected via one of the
host ports.
Coming soon:
Dante network and Stage Box
Today’s audio world is digital: Streaming services, music
servers, networked devices – digital technology is everywhere.
The interfaces to acoustic signals, i.e. converters, though, are
still analog. Microphones constitute one side of the signal
chain, speakers the other. Microphones convert an acoustic
signal into electric signals of very low voltage, speakers then
reverse the process, needing high voltages and lots of power
to reconvert electric signals into audible sound pressure.
So, what’s that got to do with digital networks? The low voltage
output of microphones and the high power speaker signals
have one common enemy: long cable runs causing interfer-
ences and signal losses.
So, the overall aim is to transfer signals from the analog to the
digital domain as soon as possible and to reverse this process
as late as possible.
Aux mixing
for aux bus 1 performed using the Stage Mix app
(figure 3)
Connector panel
with analog inputs and outputs, card slot, net-
work and USB connector; DANTE can be integrated using a NY64
card
Stage box,
in 2015 still a preview model with Dante interface and
remote head amps
