Specifications

System 5 Digital Audio Mixing System - InDepth

System Components

Control Surface

Much like any audio console the System 5’s surface includes

channel strips and a center section for master facilities. The

surface is modular, making it easy to add extra channel strips

at any time.

Connections to the rack are Cat 5 Ethernet so placement is not

restricted by complex cabling. No audio ﬂows through the con-

trol surface as the audio electronics are housed remotely.

The console surface controls the Euphonix DSP SuperCore

and, with the EuCon Hybrid Option, can control DAW tracks

on multiple external DAWs via the EuCon control protocol over

Ethernet .

New Digital Processing Core

Audio signals are processed in the new modular DSP SuperCore

which includes DSP for channels, MADI I/O and a router

(patchbay). The DSP SuperCore easily handles 24-bit 48kHz or

96kHz audio up to 40-bit oating point processing and is hard-

ware capable of even higher sample rates up to 384kHz.

Audio Interfaces

Audio Interconnections use AES10 MADI (up to 64 channels

of 24-bit digital audio data carried on a single 75ohm coax

cable or ﬁber). To interface the console to the outside world,

multi-channel digital and analog converters, digital format

converters with sample rate conversion, as well as remote

mic/line input amps, are available. Cabling is simplied be-

cause converters can be placed next to the equipment they

interface to. The modularity means that the balance between

analog and digital I/O can be tailored to the specic needs

of the facility.

eMix

Operations such as system setup, ﬁle management, patch-

ing, and diagnostics are managed by a program called eMix

which runs with a screen and keyboard, usually situated next

to the console. PatchNet, a powerful digital patching system

that handles patching for all the console’s inputs and outputs,

replaces a traditional patchbay with a system that can store

and recall every single patch that is made.

System 5 Control Surface

DSP SuperCore

Converters

eMix Software

SYSTEM COMPONENTS