Euphonix System 5 InDepth - Manual (Page 5)

5 System 5 Digital Audio Mixing System - InDepth
System Components
Control Surface
Much like any audio console the System 5’s surface includes
channel strips and a center section for master facilities. The
surface is modular, making it easy to add extra channel strips
at any time.
Connections to the rack are Cat 5 Ethernet so placement is not
restricted by complex cabling. No audio flows through the con-
trol surface as the audio electronics are housed remotely.
The console surface controls the Euphonix DSP SuperCore
and, with the EuCon Hybrid Option, can control DAW tracks
on multiple external DAWs via the EuCon control protocol over
Ethernet .
New Digital Processing Core
Audio signals are processed in the new modular DSP SuperCore
which includes DSP for channels, MADI I/O and a router
(patchbay). The DSP SuperCore easily handles 24-bit 48kHz or
96kHz audio up to 40-bit floating point processing and is hard-
ware capable of even higher sample rates up to 384kHz.
Audio Interfaces
Audio Interconnections use AES10 MADI (up to 64 channels
of 24-bit digital audio data carried on a single 75ohm coax
cable or fiber). To interface the console to the outside world,
multi-channel digital and analog converters, digital format
converters with sample rate conversion, as well as remote
mic/line input amps, are available. Cabling is simplified be-
cause converters can be placed next to the equipment they
interface to. The modularity means that the balance between
analog and digital I/O can be tailored to the specific needs
of the facility.
eMix
Operations such as system setup, file management, patch-
ing, and diagnostics are managed by a program called eMix
which runs with a screen and keyboard, usually situated next
to the console. PatchNet, a powerful digital patching system
that handles patching for all the console’s inputs and outputs,
replaces a traditional patchbay with a system that can store
and recall every single patch that is made.
System 5 Control Surface
DSP SuperCore
Converters
eMix Software
SYSTEM COMPONENTS