NEXUS STAR Overview
Suggested Applications
› In radio and TV broadcasting: Switching rooms, broadcast-complex networking, studio audio matrix, signal transmission
› In recording and post-production studios: Mixing-console and studio routers, broadcast-complex networking
› In theatres, concert halls, convention centres, and exhibition grounds: Interconnection of recording studios, stages, sound-reinforcement facilities, and other areas, hall and complex networking
NEXUS STAR Specifications Overview
- Digital audio network and routing system
- Mixed operation of MADI and optical interfaces on a NEXUS Base Device
- 4,096 × 4,096 crosspoints on the NEXUS STAR
- In-sync signal processing
- Up to 31 Base Devices can be connected
- Cascadable
- Backplane with 21 slots (4 HP each) including 16 I/O-board slots
- Constant latency of just six samples
- Modest space requirements (six units in a 19" rack)
- Innovative high-speed routing unit with bus clock rate of 2 × 100 MHz and transmission rate of 12 Gbps
- Sample rates: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96 KHz (dependent on configuration)
- Globally adjustable full-scale level (0 dBFS = 0 to 22/24 dBu analogue level)
- Multiple redundant power-supply units supported
- Continuous execution of internal test routines
- Hot-swap capability
- Uninterrupted signal re-routing (requires redundant optical lines)