A-net slot, Slots versus channels – Aviom 6416o User Manual

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The LED between the Enter and Cancel buttons flashes when a button press

is required to continue.

Any operation that requires the use of the Enter/Cancel buttons will flash the

LED that is located between the two buttons to indicate that a button press

is required to complete the action. To confirm an operation, press

E

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exit an operation without completing it, press the

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button.

A-Net Slot

Pro64 I/O devices come in a variety of configurations; to allow a large

number of hardware audio input devices to be available to the Pro64 audio

network, Aviom has implemented the concept of the A‑Net Slot to simplify

the configuration of potentially complex audio networks.

A Pro64 audio network will always have a finite number of A‑Net Slots

available that can be addressed by an unlimited number of hardware

channels. The actual number of available Slots is determined by the current

sample rate.

Slots versus Channels

You might be wondering why Aviom chose to refer to the audio I/O resources

in the Pro64 Series products as ‘’Slots.” Why not just call them “channels”?

We did this to avoid confusion between references to hardware audio

resources and network audio resources. The word ‘’channel’’ is ambiguous

and may cause confusion when configuring an audio network. “Channel”

appears in many contexts, including audio mixing consoles, mic preamps,

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