Console Signal Flow - Sony OXF-R3 Brochure & Specs

Thanks to its revolutionary all-digital architecture, the processing power of the OXF-R3 is immense,
enabling simultaneous EQ and dynamics control of all input channels. The control surface uses traditional
function names for ease of use, while the signal paths' incredible flexibility provides the broadest
possible palette of creative options.
Studio signals are connected to the console's I/O racks, which can be
configured with analogue input cards, analogue output cards and
digital I/O cards. The audio from digital multitrack devices can be
interfaced using a wide range of audio formats.
The OXF-R3 includes an internal digital patch bay that allows input
and output signals to be assigned flexibly to the console's processing
channels. As with all of the routing and control settings, these
crosspoints can be saved as snapshots and later recalled.
The console offers a mixdown capability of 120 signals. These comprise 96 Full channels (equivalent to the
analogue mixer's 'in-line' module) and 12 Stereo Return channels provided for sound sources such as
reverb returns. All input channels can be routed to the 24 Aux Send Busses, 8 Stereo Sub-Groups (SSGs)
and the Main Stereo Bus. The Full channels can also be routed to the 48 Multitrack Busses. The
phenomenal audio processing power of the OXF-R3 (EQ, dynamics, etc.) is available on all channels and at
all times because of the 'Fixed Assignment' allocation of processing resources. The internal processing
architecture offers greatly extended dynamic range and headroom due to the use of a 32-bit internal bus
structure. Insert points, either analogue or digital, are available on the input channels, Stereo Sub-groups
and the Main stereo outputs.
signal flow

console signal flow

M o n i t o r i n g o p t i o n s a r e
c o m p r e h e n s i v e . S e p a r a t e
outputs for three sets of control
room speakers, two sets of
studio speakers and four sets
of stereo foldback feeds are
provided for stereo mixing and
m o n i t o r i n g . C o m p r e h e n s i v e
Talkback and Slate functions are
available as well as AFL, PFL
and in-place Solo Listening
m o d e s . I n t h e M u l t i f o r m a t
mode, the console uses groups
of user-selectable Multitrack
Busses as the Master Outputs
(or stems), while the Stereo
Sub-group Busses become the
b a s i s o f a c o m p r e h e n s i v e
multiformat monitor system.
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