Additional Hardware Components - Euphonix Max Air Manual

Euphonix Max Air Mixing Console Operation Manual
Channels and Strips
A CM416 module contains sixteen identical Strips. The Strip is the physical control area
on the console that contains keys, knobs, displays, and a fader. A Channel performs all
of the signal processing (EQ, dynamics, routing, gain, etc.). Max Air has 96 channels,
each of which may be assigned to a Strip. A Strip has room for Swap and Main channels
that can be switched with one button press. Max Air allows tremendous flexibility with
how Strips are assigned channels and how they are controlled.
Channel Format
Most analog consoles are limited to mono or stereo channels. Max Air supports mono
and stereo channels as well as LCRS, 5.1, 6.1, and 7.1 Multi Format Masters (Chapter 8:
Control Groups and Multi Format Masters).
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Additional Hardware Components

The following hardware devices are also used in the Max Air system:
• System Computer (SC261)
tion; all file management and system setup is done from this computer.
See Chapter 4: Touchscreen.
• Failover Switch:
SuperCore in parallel with the primary unit for complete redundancy of MADI
I/O, Router, and DSP Processing.
NOTE: This brief description to the Max Air hardware components is intended to in-
troduce the reader to the audio path in and out of the system. More detailed
information about all of the hardware is covered in the Max Air Technical
Manual.
: Runs the Max Air Touchscreen software applica-
This optional device can be used to connect to a backup DSP
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