Digital audio interfacing:  The AX24 can interface directly to the Digidesign® ProTools|HD® system via the DAD HD I/O interface box. DAD HD I/O features two Digi links and two MADI I/O's for a total of 64 channels @ 96kHz or 32 channels @ 192 kHz. Within ProTools® the DAD HD I/O interface box shows itself as two Digidesign® digital 192 I/O boxes. With MADI I/O cards mounted in the AX24, multiple AX24s can be daisy chained into one MADI link. One MADI link can be used for 64 channels @ 48kHz, 32 channels @ 96kHz and 16 channels @ 192kHz audio. Coax based MADI can be transferred at a distance of approx. 100 meters and optical based MADI can be transferred for a distance of more than 1 km. For optical MADI connection between the stage and the control room two DAD HD I/O interface boxes are needed, since the MADI card at the AX24 analog/digital front end is coax based MADI. The internal clock circuit of the AX24 is more precise than most clock devices. We therefore recommend to use one of the AX24 as Word Clock master for the whole synchronization. It is possible to daisy chain the Word Clock between multiply AX24s however if more than 3 AX24 units have to be synchronized together we recommend to use a Word Clock distribution amplifier for Word Clock distribution. Digital Audio interfacing with Digidesign 192 Digital I/O , 192 I/O, and 96 I/O:  The AX24 can also interface directly to the Digidesign 192 Digital I/O , Digidesign 192 I/O and Digidesign 96 I/O via AES/EBU. A total of 24 channels @ 96kHz can be connected to one Digidesign 192 Digital I/O via AES/EBU. AES/EBU can be transferred at a distance of approx. 100 meters. It is possible to use the additional legacy port of the Digidesign 192 Digital I/O, Digidesign 192 I/O and Digidesign 96 I/O if one AX24 is mounted with a DADIO PT Mix24 I/O, however only at sample rates up to 48kHz. Like for ProTools, the AX24 AES/EBU interface is single wire @ 96kHz and dual wire @ 192kHz. The AX24 has a maximum sample rate @ 192kHz or more, and the AES/EBU I/O features two 25 pin D-Sub connectors for 8 ch. AES/EBU I/O @ 192kHz. Product highlights: DADman control: All settings for the DAD AX24 converters are controlled via the DADman application which can run on MAC OSX and PC XP. DADman can be MIDI automated and is capable of emulating a Protools Pre. This means that the mic. pre. parameters like gain, pad, low cut, phantom power, phase inversion and channel mute, can be controlled from the ProTools channel strip and stored with the ProTools project. The control interface for the AX24 itself is RS422. A RS422 control signal can be transferred at a distance of more than 100 meter. Digital Audio Denmark can provide a variety of small USB to RS422 or Ethernet to RS422 converter boxes with between 1 and 8 RS422 outputs for controlling one or multiple AX24s. Simply connect the RS422 converter box to your DAW computer. Install the driver, and then Connect AX24s to the RS422 converter via RS422 and install the DADman application on your DAW. |
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