Architect's & Engineer's Specifications

The unit shall be a 2u rack-mountable digital audio matrix processor and loudspeaker management system, capable of 8 local XLR input channels and 8 local XLR output channels, an additional 8 digital input channels and 8 digital output channels are available with the optional Dante card, all independently assigned. The unit shall operate at 96 kHz sample rate and 24-bit Delta-Sigma A/D and D/A conversion. All input channels shall provide the following processing: Gain, Mute, Noise Gate, Feedback, Phase, HP, 5-band PEQ, Automix. All outputs shall provide the following processing: 5-band PEQ, Gain, Compressor, Phase, up to 680ms of Delay, and Mute. All speaker processing outputs shall provide the following processing: Crossover & band-pass filters selectable between Butterworth, Bessel or Linkwitz-Riley each with alignments from 1st order (6 dB/Oct) to 4th order (24 dB/Oct). EQ filter types include PEQ, Low-Shelf, Hi-Shelf, Low Pass, High-Pass, All-Pass1 and All-Pass2. The unit shall have 8 balanced XLR inputs and 8 balanced XLR outputs. All input channels shall be routable to any output. An USB B port on the front panel and an RJ-45 Control Network port on the rear of the unit shall be provided for connection to a networked PC running the devices proprietary editor software. The unit shall have an integrated power supply accepting AC mains voltages of 95 to 240 VAC, 50/60Hz, 20W max via an earthed 3-pin IEC male connector mounted on the rear chassis. The unit shall be no more than 3.47 inches (88 mm) high by 19 inches (483 mm) wide by 10.04 inches (255 mm) deep weighing no more than 9.92 pounds (4.5 kg). The digital audio matrix processor and loudspeaker management system shall be the Crest Audio PCX 88 or approved equivalent.