MODULAR LINE
For a totally custom built approach to digital audio processing, the C8000 modular system offers a wide range of hardware options including frames, I/O cards and processing cards that can be mixed and matched to create a unique solution for managing loudness and dynamics along with comprehensive Dolby® support.
C8000 – Modular Audio Processing and Interface System
The concept behind the C8000 modular system is total flexibility and adaptability for all digital audio processing applications. Choose a frame and then select only the modules with the required functionality to create a truly bespoke system.
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C8000 - Feature Set
- 19” frame based fully modular system (1Ru or 3RU frames)
- Wide range of audio processing functionality
- Extensive support for Dolby® decoding and encoding
- SDI interface for embedding/de-embedding of audio, Metadata transport and lip sync control
- Network based automation, control, management and measurement
C8000 Frames
This section provides information about the system frames available. These frame differentiate in their physical and logical capacity.
All frames are 19” based on the DIN 41494 standard and include 1RU and 3Ru options with card installation from the front, rear or both, providing up to 76HP of card capacity. Audio transport is via up to four independently isolated backplane busses. Construction is from all aluminium side panels and cross members with 0.8mm steel covers for effective RF screening.
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C8000 Frame 1RU
- 19" / 1RU modular chassis, 240mm depth
- Up to 3x 8HP or 6x 4HP space available (one side)
- Front or rear rack mounting
- Redundant internal power supplies, IEC sockets with mains filters
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C8000 Frame 3RU 76HP
- 19"/ 3RU modular chassis, 240mm depth
- Up to 76HP space available (one side)
- Single internal power supply, IEC socket with mains filter and power switch
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C8000 Frame 3RU 76 + 72HP
- 19" / 3RU modular chassis, 435mm depth
- Up to 76HP (front) and 72HP (rear) space available
- Dual internal power supplies, IEC sockets with mains filters and power switches
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C8000 Frame 3RU 64/76; 4 independent sync areas
- 4 independent bus-isolated backplane sections (each one with 8 slots back to back)
- Local Audio Clock Distribution and Busses for each Section
- Front & Rear Assembly (front-side: 64 HP; rear: 76 HP)
- Redundant, Load Balanced Power Supplies with Individual Mains Input
- 19" modular chassis, 3RU, 435mm depth
Control & Sync
This section provides information about vital system elements to syncronize the system or to establish network connectivity for a web based configuration tool.
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Frame Controller
- TCP/IP over Ethernet Interface for C8000 Frames
- EmBER plus Protocol for 3rd Party Applications
- Optional SNMP Agent
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GPI/O interface
- 127 virtual and 8 physical GPIs
- 127 virtual and 8 physical GPOs
- GPOs generated by logical expressions
SDI Interfacing
This MODULAR LINE’s SDI Interface board allows you to access and to modify all embedded audio channels on a SDI stream. It supports e.g. SDI (3G/HD/SD) - Embedding / deembedding, SDI audio group handling, Video delay to compensate audio processing latency and VANC metadata handling.
Audio Processing
The modular line’s audio DSP boards offer individual audio processing solutions for al kinds of applications like - Loudness processing - Fail over / voice over - Upmix / downmix - Mixing - Delay
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Level Magic processor / 5.1 Upmix - C8092
- 16ch Level Magic processor
- Loudness Management
- True Peak Limiter
- Expander / Compressor / Delay
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SDI Interface and Level Magic processor - C8492B
- SDI de-embedder/re-embedder
- Level Magic Loudness Management
- Compressor / Expander / Limiter
- Optional 5.1 Upmix
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Switch Over / Ducker
- Switch Over or Fail Over
- Voice Over
- Ducking of Program Audio
- Signal Loss Detection
- Web Configuration
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Analog & Digital Audio Interfacing
The modular line’s audio analog and digital audio interface boards gives you a free choice of I/O configurations to meet your individual requirement. - Analog audio interfaces - Digital audio interfaces - Micophone interfaces - MADI interfaces
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AoIP (Dante®/AES67) / MADI I/O - C8315
- Dante®/AES67 I/O: Access to 64ch audio channels; Dual RJ45 interface for redundant or switched operation; Redundant network support
- MADI I/O: Access to 64ch audio channels, electrical BNC, Reference grade clock recovery
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AoIP (Dante®/AES67) / MADI I/O - C8316
- Dante®/AES67 I/O: Access to 64ch audio channels; Dual RJ45 interface for redundant or switched operation; Redundant network support
- MADI I/O: MADI 64ch in + 64ch out, optical SC (single- or multi-mode), MADI 64ch out, electrical BNC, 4HP
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AES/EBU (D-SUB25)
- AES/EBU Digital Audio
- 4x AES (stereo or 2ch) In
- 4x AES (stereo or 2ch) Out
- D-SUB25 Connector
- Sample Rate Converters
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AES/EBU I/O (BNC)
- AES/EBU Digital Audio
- 4x AES (stereo or 2ch) IN
- 4x AES (stereo or 2ch) Out
- BNC Connector
- Sample Rate Converters
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Microphone In
- 4 High Quality Floating Balanced MIC / Line Inputs
- 24bit A/D-Converter
- Digitally Controlled Gain 0..+65dB
- 48V Phantom Power
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MADI I/O (BNC)
- MADI digital audio
- Reference grade word clock recovery from MADI
- BNC connectivity
- 56 and 64 channel formats
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MADI I/O (SC, optical)
- MADI digital audio
- Reference grade word clock recovery from MADI
- 56 and 64 channel formats
- Singlemode and Multimode versions available
Dolby® Applications
The modular line’s Dolby® processing boards offer encoding and decoding capabilities for the following Dolby® formats: • Dolby® E • Dolby® D • Dolby® D+ • Dolby® Pro Logic II
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Dolby® D/D+/E Decoder & Metadata Generator - C8621
- Dolby D / D+ / E Decoding
- Supports Audio Description
- Pro Logic II Decoding and Encoding
- Metadata Generator
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Dolby® D/D+/AAC Encoder - C8612
- Dolby® Digital (AC3) Encoding
- Dolby® Digital+ Encoding
- AAC / HE-AAC Encoding
- Transcoding
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Dolby® E Encoder, Metadata Generator - C8631
- Dolby® E encoding
- Metadata generation and management
- Latency compensation
- Preset management
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Dolby® Metadata
- receive and transmit asynchronous Dolby metadata (RDD6) via serial RS485 interface
- C8000 Dolby Metadata internal bus inserter/extractor