System

Integration of the
AURUS, CANTUS and CINETRA Mixing-Console Systems

The distributed concept, the flexible I/O formats and the exceptional converters are powerful arguments for using the NEXUS in conjunction with Stage Tec mixing-console systems. Therefore, the AURUS direct-access console, the CANTUS free-control console system and the CINETRA film and multi-format console directly interface with the NEXUS system.

The consoles not only make use of the NEXUS I/O resources, but fully integrate with the system architecture of the audio network and routing system. For example, the configuration computers built into the consoles can be used to control the NEXUS. Frequently used NEXUS parameters — for example, the gain, phase-inversion, and subsonic-filter settings of microphone boards, the status of sample-rate converters on digital inputs, and the test-tone generator routing — can be operated via dedicated keys on the console surface.

Multiple mixing-console systems integrated on an audio network can share resources. This topology is not only cost-effective, since each console does not require costly dedicated converters, but also allows for multiple utilization of all signal sources. The vocalist microphone signal can be routed to the monitor mixer, the FOH mixer, the OB truck and, in an unprocessed form, to a MADI output feeding a recording workstation.
The AURUS direct-access console is designed to provide a high channel count, thus using the NEXUS STAR audio router provides an enormous routing capacity for complex applications. Since the NEXUS STAR uses NEXUS Base Devices as distributed I/O interfaces, all NEXUS audio components are also accessible to the AURUS.