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Stage Tecs CANTUS is the ultimate mixing-console system with perfect sonic quality for theaters, post production, broadcasting, recording and mastering studios, O. B. Trucks, film, and many more applications in professional audio technology.

 

 

Features in short

  • fully digital structure
  • distributed system consisting of a main console, optional slave consoles, a separate audio processor, and the NEXUS Routing System
  • customized configuration
  • system components interconnected by duplex fibre-optic cables
  • excellent sonic quality thanks to 40-bit floating-point arithmetic in the channel
  • multi-channel formats (Dolby Surround, HDTV, Dolby SR-D, Sony SDDS) optional
  • channel and mix routing, channel structure, and assignment of channels to channel strips are configured according to the customer's requirements
  • snapshot automation of all console parameters (dynamic automation optional), motorized faders
  • small dimensions, low weight, low power dissipation

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Specs in short

Console
  • components: modular user interface, control computer, configuration computer, display, graphics tablet, keyboard, redundant power supplies
  • fibre-optic connections: to the channel processor (170 Mbps) and the slave consoles (250 Mbps); maximum spanning distance: 1,000 m (3,300 ft)
  • channel grid: 40,5 mm
  • panel grid: 162 mm
  • dimensions: height 100 cm (39.4"), depth 96 cm (38.4"), width installation-dependent
    (e.g. 224 cm/7.35 ft@40 motor faders)
  • weight: installation-dependent, typ. 150 kg (330 lb)@224 cm
  • power dissipation: typ. 250 W
Audio Processor
  • components: DSP boards, controller board, interface boards for fibre-optic lines, power supply
  • mix bus: 64 mixes (32-bit fixed-point)
  • signal bus: 256 signal buses (24-bit fixed-point plus additional data)
  • channels: up to 136 (40-bit floating-point)
  • fibre-optic connections: to the main console and to the routing system; maximum spanning distance: 1,000 m (3,300 ft)
  • dimensions: 3U, 19" module carrier; depth: approx. 53 cm (20.9")
  • power dissipation: max. 200 W (outfit-dependent)
Audio
  • audio connections: made exclusively via the digital NEXUS Audio Network and Routing System
  • sample rates: 44,1 KHz, 48 KHz
  • analog full-scale level: : 0 dBFS = 0…22/28 dBu (global system setting)
  • line inputs: 24-bit TrueMatch-A/D, typ. 133 dB (A) dynamics
  • microphone inputs: 28-bit TrueMatch A/D, typ. 153 dB (A) dynamics
  • line outputs: 24-bit D/A, typ. 127 dB (A) dynamics
  • digital audio formats: AES/EBU und S/PDIF (XLR, Cinch, TosLink), Y2 (MEL2), SDIF-2, MADI, ADAT, TDIF
  • sample-rate converter:25…55 KHz (either included or optional, depending on the actual board type)
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Stage Tec Entwicklungsgesellschaft für professionelle Audiotechnik mbH, D-12459 Berlin, Tabbertstr. 10
Phone: +49 30 639902-0, Fax: +49 30 639902-32, , © 2002-2007 Stage Tec Berlin

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