User manual

5
Introduction
Multi-Media Digital Audio Mixer
TheM2isthenewestadditiontotheAUDACproductrangeofMatrixandMixingsystems.This
versatileapplianceisaMulti-Mediaaudiodistributionsystemwhichoffersanunmatched
flexibilityandawiderangeofpossibilitiesforanyaudiodistributionsystem.TheM2handles
adiversearrayofinputsignalsandhassufficientDSPpowertoapplythemostmodern
filters,equalizingandotheroptions.
Ingeneral,theM2isan9x8digitalaudiomixer,whichisbasedon11powerfulDSP
processors.Itisfullydigitallycontrollablethroughawebbrowserinterface,hasanoptional
touchpanel,wallpanelsandiPhoneoriPadapps.Thebuilt-indigitalmixermakesitpossible
tomixallinputsignalsandpatchthemtoanyoftheoutputs.
WhatmakestheM2betterthanallotherdigitalaudiomatrixesisthesuperiorDSPpower
togetherwithitsadvancedsoftware.TheM2consistsof8balancedstereoinputswith
AutomaticLevelControl(ALC)towhichanyLineorMicrophonelevelsourcecanbeconnected.
Otherfunctionsthatcanbeconfiguredontheinputs:NoiseGate,Filters,7BandParametric
EQ,Phantompower,...
Thezoneoutputsarebalancedstereooutputswiththepossibilityofintegratinganoptional
PowerAmplifierKit(POW2).TheoutputsareswitchablebetweenMono/Stereoandcapable
ofapplyingmanyotherfunctionssuchasDelay,Restrictingtheaudiolevel,7-BandParametric
EQandFilters.
Togetherwiththeaudiooutputs,oneoutputrelay(NO/NCcontacts)isprovidedforevery
output.Thiscanbeusedforcontrollingexternaldevicessuchasemergencylights,bypassing
volumecontrollers,...
Allaudioinputscanbemixedtotheoutputs.Tokeepaclearoverviewofallthesefunctions,
theycanbegroupedtodifferentscenes.Withthesescenes,itwillbepossibletorecallall
therightsettingsbyonesingleaction.
Someofthemanyotherfeaturesare:10programmablecontactinputs,256Programmable
events,fiberopticalinterface(option),7’Touchscreendisplaykit(option),...
IncombinationwiththeAPMpagingconsoles,itcreatesaflexibleandpowerfulpaging
solution.