DiGiCo X-S21-D2M-B-RP S21 D2 Rack Pack with 1x MADI-DMI-B Expansion Card and 1x Blank DMI Slot

DiGiCo X-S21-D2M-B-RP S21 D2 Rack Pack with 1x MADI-DMI-B Expansion Card and 1x Blank DMI Slot

This DiGiCo package contains the following components:

*DiGiCo S21Mixing Console

The DiGiCo S21 is a 48 channel mixing console with 21 physical faders and 2 x 10 multitouch screens. Using state-of-the-art FPGA technology, the S21 provides the same high quality audio as the legendary SD-Range.

DiGiCo S-Series

DiGiCo consoles are used on many of the biggest live sound tours and events around the world and the compact S-Series made this pedigree of audio performance available to every part of the industry, with Stealth Digital Processing introducing a new standard of audio quality, power and flexibility not seen before at its price point.

DiGiCos world-renowned innovation, deep feature-set and flagship audio quality of our high-end digital consoles is within reach of everyone. How? Meet the S21 a world-class DiGiCo mixing console at an astonishing price.

Based on the same pioneering design approach as the industry-leading SD series, the S21 boasts the same proprietary audio algorithms plus a new ARM QuadCore RISC processor which runs in harmony with the FPGA core. The result is faster processing with lower power consumption, all packaged in the workflow that the industrys most respected engineers rely upon now available to everyone.

Under the Hood

Familiar to the touch and built for the road, the S21 offers mixing without limits. The integration of a high power QuadCore SoC with high bandwidth memory, a low power 484-ball array FPGA and a fourth-generation control SHARC DSP offers unprecedented power today as well as the potential for a future processing upgrade path. The compact footprint of the S21 has no relationship to the scale of processing power going on under the polycarbonate worksurface.

The two touchscreens each provide 10 channel strips, giving not only clear visual feedback and control of 20 simultaneous channels for a single user, but also the possibility when mixing large shows for more than one operator to take advantage of the newly designed drag, swipe and drop feature that simplifies custom fader layouts.

Visual feedback is further reinforced by the HTL (Hidden Till Lit) functionality of the encoder rings, while parameters currently not in use are automatically greyed out, always drawing your attention to the right controls.

The dual screen concept aims to aid the new user learning curve and remove distractions by not only giving you more channels to view at any one time, but also allowing one screen to be used as a setup or master whilst the other is utilised for operation. Both touchscreens are responsive to EQ shaping, with fine-tuning available via the tactile and intuitive rotary encoders.

Altering the Channel Bank layout, and mixing and matching any channel, aux, group, control group, or matrix within a bank, is easily accomplished by drag and drop at the touch of a screen.

I/O

The S21s local I/O section includes 24 mic/line inputs, 12 line outs, two mono AES/EBU, and two DMI (DiGiCo Multichannel Interface) card slots which interface to standard industry formats such as Analogue, MADI, Dante, Waves SoundGrid, or Calrecs Hydra 2 Network.

The console connects seamlessly with the DiGiCo remote I/O D-Rack providing an additional 32 inputs and up to 16 outputs.

Get instant access to 32 fully integrated low-latency Waves stereo MultiRacks, each with up to eight plug-ins per rack, by fitting the DiGiCo SoundGrid DMI card linked to external SoundGrid or DiGiGrid servers, giving a total of 128 additional I/O.

Key Features

• 48 Flexi Input Channels (mono/stereo)
• 16 Flexi Aux / Sub-Group Busses (mono/stereo)
• 10 x 8 Matrix with full processing
• Fully assignable channel layout
• 24 local mic/line inputs and 12 line outputs
• 2 DMI slots to expand the I/O as desired
• Snapshots for seamlessly changing many parameters at once
• Offline software
• iPad control
• Compatible with the DMI-AMM for automatic microphone mixing
• OSC control of snapshots

WORKSURFACE

• 21 x 100mm touch-sensitive, motorised faders
• 2 x 10 Multi-touch screens
• 2 x 24-Segment Master/Solo LED meters
• 1 x Headphone socket
• 1 x 3.5mm Headphone socket
• 1 x USB 2.0 slot
• 26 x Touch-sensitive rotaries

REAR

• 1 x PSU
• 24 x XLR Mic/Line Inputs
• 12 x XLR Line Outputs
• 1 x XLR AES/EBU Input (2 x channels)
• 1 x XLR AES/EBU Output (2 x channels)
• 1 x GPI Jack
• 1 x GPO Jack
• 1 x UB MADI (USB Type B Audio I/O interface for recording and playback of up to 48 channels)
• 1 x Word Clock I/O BNC
• 1 x DVI port
• 2 x Ethernet ports
• 2 x USB 2.0 slots
• 2 x DMI slots (up to 64 I/O per slot)

AUDIO SPECIFICATIONS

• Sample Rate: 48kHz or 96kHz
• Procesing Delay: 2ms Typical @ 48K (60 Stereo Channels,
• Stage input Through L-R Buss to Stage Output) 1.1ms @96k
• Internal Processing: Up to 40-bit, Floating Point
• A>D & D>A: 24-bit Converter Bit Depth
• Frequency Response: +/- 0.6dB (20Hz 20kHz)
• THD: <0.05% @ Unity Gain,: 10dB Input @ 1kHz
• Channel Separation: Better Than 90dB: (40Hz-15kHz)
• Residual Output Noise: <90dBu Typical (20Hz-20kHz)
• Microphone Input: Better Than -126dB: Equivalent Noise
• Maximum Output Level: +22dBu
• Maximum Input Level: +22dBu

SIGNAL PROCESSING

• 48 Flexi Input Channels (Mono or Stereo)
• Analogue Gain
• Phase Inversion Control
• Gain Tracking
• Digital Trim (-40dB to +40dB)
• Variable Delay (0ms to 682ms)
• DiGiTube*
• HPF/LPF (-24dB/Oct)
• 4 Band Parametric EQ / Dynamic EQ*
• DYN 1: Compressor, Multiband Compressor*
• DYN 2: Compressor with Side-Chain, Keyed Gate, Ducker
• EQ/Dyn Order Control
• 2 Insert Points per Channel
• Channel Mute
• Channel Direct Output (pre-mute, pre-fade, postfade)
• Record Send and Return
• 16 Flexi Aux/Sub-Group Busses (Mono or Stereo)
• Phase Inversion Control
• Digital Trim (-40dB to +40dB)
• Variable Delay (0ms to 682ms)
• DiGiTube*
• HPF/LPF (-24dB/Oct)
• 4 Band Parametric EQ / Dynamic EQ*
• DYN 1: Compressor, Multiband Compressor*
• DYN 2: Compressor with Side-Chain, Keyed Gate, Ducker
• EQ/Dyn Order Control
• 2 Insert Points per Channel
• Channel Mute
• Channel Direct Outputs
• 1 LR Master Buss
• 10 input x 8 output Full Processing Matrix
• 10 Control Groups (CGs)
• 2 Solo Busses (Stereo)
• 16 x 32-band GEQs
• 8 x Internal Stereo FX Processors
• Reverbs
• Delays
• Audio Enhancer
• Choruses
• Flanger
• Stereo Thicken
• * Up to 21 DiGiTubes
• * Up to 21 Dynamic EQs
• * Up to 21 Multiband Compressors

PHYSICAL

• Dimensions: 763mm (w) x 586mm (d) x 295mm (h)
• Weight: 19kg (65kg with optional flightcase)
• Flightcase: 846mm (w) x 467mm (d) x 866mm (h) (Optional)
• Power Requirements: 90-264 VAC, 47-63Hz Auto Sensing. 208 watts, 232VA
• Product Code: X-S21-WS

OPTIONS

• Flightcase
• Compatible DMI Cards:
• A3232
• ADC
• AES
• AMM
• Aviom
• DAC
• Dante
• Dante64@96
• Hydra 2
• KLANG (audio only)
• MADI B
• MADI C
• ME
• MIC
• Waves

*DiGiCo X-D2-AN-M D2-RACK with 48-Channel XLR and BNC MADI Connection

Delivering 96KHz on BNC

The D2-Rack spearheads DiGiCos digital connectivity with an expandable channel count and high sample rates, providing more than enough firepower to meet the needs of the most ambitious projects.

The compact 9U rack sports 48 inputs and 16 outputs as standard; these can be increased to 32 outputs by populating the two spare eight channel output slots with one or more of three available module options: Line out, AES or Aviom.

For further flexibility, the D2-Racks inputs can be specified as either 48 mic in or 24 mic/24 AES/EBU in.

Dual MADI ports, available on either BNC or DiGiCo Cat5e connections, either allow rack sharing at 48kHz between any two SD Series consoles or provide digital splits for recording. When combined, these ports create a single high definition 96kHz MADI connection with absolutely no reduction in I/O.

To ensure ultimate reliability the D2-Rack is equipped with dual redundant power supplies as standard.

• 9U MADI connected high performance rack
• Option of 48 Mic In or 24 Mic/24 AES/EBU In
• Analogue and Digital output expansion
• Redundant power supplies as standard

OVERVIEW

The DiGiCo D2-Rack is a 48 input, 16 output rack. It features two output expansion slots for expanding the output count to 32. It is available in two versions, either with 48 analogue inputs or 24 analogue inputs and 24 digital inputs.

KEY FEATURES

• 48 Inputs (all mic in or 24 mic in and 24 AES)
• 16 Line Outputs
• 2 Output expansion card slots for adding up to 16 outputs
• Supports either MADI BNC or MADI RJ45
• 9U Rack Mountable
• Rack sharing or digital splits at 48kHz
• Gain Tracking
• Redundant PSUs
• Flashing screen to indicate system OK from a distance
• Locked controls to prevent accidental setting changes
• Internal Oscillator
• Can be used as a standalone rack

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• AUDIO SPECIFICATIONS
• Sample Rate: 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176kHz or 192kHz
• Crosstalk (100 – 10kHz): >90dB
• AES Input Frequency Response (10Hz – 20kHz): 0.1dB
• Analogue Input Frequency Response (10Hz – 20kHz): 1dB
• AES Noise: <-140dB
• Analogue EIN (150): 127dB
• Dynamic Range: 113dB
• Input Impedance: 2500 (2650 with pad)
• CMRR @ 1kHz (150 Zin): >71dB
• AES Distortion @ -1dBFS Gain (100Hz – 10kHz): <0.00015%
• Analogue Distortion @ 30dBFS Gain (100Hz – 10kHz): <0.01%
• AES Cable Length: OK over 100m
• Phantom Power: 48.3V
• Oscillator Level: -96dB to 0dB
• Oscillator Frequency: 20Hz to 22kHz
• Gain Range: -10dB to +60dB
• System Delay: 2ms @ 48kHz or 1.1ms @ 96kHz
• Maximum Input Level: +22dBu
• Maximum Output Level: +22 dBu
• CONNECTIONS
• 48 x XLR Mic Inputs
• 16 x XLR Outputs
• 2 x Output Expansion Slots
• 2 x Redundant PSUs
• 1 x LCD Menu Screen
• 4 x Menu Buttons
• 1 x MADI Main I/O (BNC)
• 1 x MADI Aux I/O (BNC)
• 1 x USB 2.0 Type B port
• SIGNAL PROCESSING
• Internal Oscillator
• Gain Tracking
• OPTIONS
• BNC or Cat5 (RJ45) MADI
• 48 in and 16 out or 24in, 24 AES/EBU in and 16 out
• Compatible Cards: 8 ch Line Output / 8 ch AES Output / 16 ch Aviom

*DiGiCo MOD-DMI-MADI-B 56/64-Channel 96 kilohertz MADI I/O Expansion Card with BNC Connectors

DMI-MADI-B

This card can be used to connect a Standard MADI stream (64 channels in and out) at 48KHz or 96KHz or an SD Series DiGiCo Rack with the appropriate connector (D2-Rack, SD-Rack, SD-MINIRack)

MADI (Multichannel Audio Digital Interface) is arguably one of the most popular protocols for transmitting high channel counts in professional audio. This is partially due to its ease of use, and the ability for cables to be run long lengths with minimal signal loss. Originally only capable of transmitting 56 channels, MADI is now capable of transmitting up to 64 channels.

DiGiCo offers two MADI DMI cards, each with different connector types. Both the MADI-B (BNC) and the MADI-C (RJ45) cards can be used to connect up to 64 channels of audio in and out at both 48kHz and 96kHz. At 96kHz, the B connection must be connected to provide the full channel count.

When making use of the SD/4REA4 integration, the DMI-MADI-B allows an SD console to control I/O that is connected to the 4REA4.

Main Features

• 75 Coaxial (BNC) connections
• 64 channels in and out and 48kHz and 96kHz
• For use with any standard BNC MADI audio device
• Allows DiGiCo I/O to be controlled via an SD console through a 4REA4
• Compatible with S-Series, Quantum Range, SD12, Orange Box and 4REA4