Chapter 1: System 5 Overview; Introduction To System 5; Digital Signal Processing (Dsp); The System 5 Console - Euphonix SYSTEM 5 Installation Manual

Euphonix System 5 Installation Guide

Chapter 1: System 5 Overview

This chapter explains the basic elements of any digital audio mixing system and introduces
the components of System 5. It concludes with a section explaining how to estimate your
system's requirements.
Chapter 2: Interconnecting System Components illustrates how to connect the components,
where to locate them, and lists technical information about the components.
Chapter 3: System 5 Components presents relevant details about each component's
connectors and cables.

Introduction to System 5

Digital Signal Processing (DSP)

The DF66 SuperCore is a rack-mounted uni t that performs all audio processing in a System
5: dynamics and EQ, mix buses, record buses, aux sends, and monitor buses. The DF66
DSP can be allocated, using factory-supplied Mixer Model files, to provide different num-
bers of buses and channels for each project. The number of DF66 DSP cards required in a
system depends on the number of logical channels desired: a mono input uses one logical
channel, a stereo input uses two, and a 7.1 input uses eight.

The System 5 Console

The System 5 console must contain the CM401T center section module and a variable num-
ber of CM408T Eight-channel Modules, each providing eight physical faders. Several op-
tional sections can be included:
• CM402T: Central channel control with eight assignable faders.
• CM403: Houses the dual joystick panner and film monitor panel;
• CM409F: Blank section the size of a CM408;
Facilities often install a larger console frame than is initially filled with modules
and panels. This can be due to plans for future expansion or to fulfill physical
requirements for console access. The blank sections merely fill in the space to
avoid having a hole across part of the console width;
• CM409H: Half-width blank section;
• CM409HTP: Half-width section that contains a trackball panner
• CM411: VGA input module that can be configured with joysticks.
The following sections discuss important concepts necessary to specify a console layout.
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