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DIGITAL ELECTRONICS
SPECIFICATIONS
System Controller Board:
Pentium II SBC (single board computer),
or equivalent, or better
Processor: Pentium II 350 MHz, or
equivalent, or better
Cache: 512 kilobytes or more
Memory: 64 megabyte or more PC-100
RAM
Drives:
¥ 3.5" 1.44 megabyte floppy disk drive
¥ 32X CD ROM
¥ 4.2 gigabyte hard disk drive
Video Board:
True color PCI video with 4 megabyte of
video RAM and select able resolution
from 640 x 480 to 1,600 x 1,200, plus
refresh rates from 43 Hz to 200 Hz. The
system is shipped set for 800 x 600 at
75 Hz.
Network Interface Board:
10/100BaseT fast Ethernet board with
RJ-45 connector
Digital Audio Processing Boards:
Digital Audio I/O: 32 channels in / 32
channels out per DPU board for all
DPU board types
Processors: Four Motorola 56002 DSP
chips per board
Digital Audio Bussing: 256 inter-board
channels (between DPU boards),
256 inter-cell channels (between DSP
chips)
Backplane:
14-slot passive backplane with (4) PCI
slots and (10) ISA slots, (PIC/MG CPU
slot for easy board swapping)
SOFTWARE
SPECIFICATIONS
Operating System:
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 for system
controller board
MWare 3.0 for sound system design,
control, and diagnostics (operates
under Microsoft NT 4.0)
Virtual Audio Devices (In Software
Environment Libraries):
¥ AES digital audio input and output
ports and level controls
¥ AmpWare
ª
amplifier control and
monitoring functions
¥ Automatic mixers from 2 to 32 input
channels with direct outputs and
linking capability
¥ Bitmaps to incorporate a graphic into
the system control interface
¥ BoBÕs (Break-out-Boxes) analog input
and output ports and level controls,
with control ports for virtually any
system control parameter
¥ Blocks: a graphic object that contains
a child window with a sub-system or
sub-function, etc.
¥ Bump panels: a graphic object for a
control area, label, message, etc.
¥ CABÕs: (CobraNet Audio BoBÕs)
Ethernet audio input and output ports
and level controls, with control ports
for virtually any system control
parameter
¥ Comments: a text entry area to type
in any type of note or comment for
explanation or clarification
¥ Control modifiers to limit the range of
controls
¥ Crossover Networks: 2-, 3-, and 4-
way using Bessel, Butterworth, and
Linkwitz-Riley filter functions in
appropriate slope-rates from 6 dB to
48 dB per octave in 6 dB increments
¥ Delay lines: 5, 50, and 200 ms, plus
3D position calculating delays, from 1
to 16 outputs
¥ Diagnostics for the system (compiled-in)
¥ Diagnostics for the system (non-
compiled)
¥ Dip panels: a graphic object for a
control area, label, message, etc.
¥ Dynamics: AGCÕs, compressors,
duckers, expanders, GAP Ambient
Level Sensors
ª
, noise gates, and
limiters
¥ Equalization filters: all-pass filters,
band-pass filters, CD horn lift,
graphic EQÕs, high-pass filters, low-
pass filters, parametric filter sets,
shelving filters, and tone controls
¥ Error indicators for digital errors
¥ Hardware failure indicators
¥ Labels: graphic areas to type in any
type of label, banner, etc.
¥ Level controls: attenuators with and
without trim control (limits); cross-
faders; distribution amplifiers with 2
to 16 outputs; multi-channel
attenuator groups from 2 to 16
channels; On-Off switches; panning
attenuators from 2 to 5 channels;
ramps with adjustable ramp level
change, ramp time, and ramp rate
2
¥ Logic controls:
Boolean with 2, 4, or 8 inputs
RPN: base integer RPN, base logic
RPN, base % RPN, control inverter,
dual flip-flop, event counter, or flip-
flop functions
¥ Meters: LED with tiny and large
signal-presence or overload indication,
Peak and RMS meters in 4
appearances with parameter controls
¥ Mixers from 2 to 64 inputs and from 1
to 16 outputs
¥ Presets: up to 25 system-wide with
more possible
¥ Program launchers to launch other
programs from within MWare 3.0
¥ RoomLink
ª
room combiners, using
either automixers, mixers, or mixers
with delay, for 3 to 15 rooms
¥ Routers: from 1 to 32 inputs and from
1 to 32 outputs, with or without
¥ Processor preconfigurations for 4
Peavey speaker systems
¥ Sub-presets: up to 25 for individual
child windows with more possible and
schedulable with a built-in event timer
System mute to mute all outputs
simultaneously
¥ Test functions: DC-voltage
generator, frequency-response
probe, I/O probe, pink-noise
generator, signal probe, sine-wave
generator, and a white-noise
generator
¥ Title blocks: a graphic area to type in
any type of title, etc.
¥ Via function to allow a signal to loop
back up the signal chain without
creating feedback oscillation
¥ Wave file players for 32, 44.1, and
48 kHz system sample rates at 100%,
50%, and 25% of that sample rate
Notes: (1) New devices may be created
and stored by the user in these
libraries.
(2) Any control parameters of any
of the above devices may be
controlled via the control ports on
the BoB or CAB I/Os, and via
third-party control software with a
properly configured interface port.
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
Controls:
Front door lock
Keyboard lock
System power switch
Reset and Power LEDs
Power Switch, Power and HDD LEDs
Chassis slide rails
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