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DME Advantage #2
Network Control
Router, Source Selector, Matrix Mixer, and Audio Format Converter
The vast array of studios, auxiliary control rooms, announcer's booths, video editing
suites, and other facilities making up today's broadcasting stations must all be
interconnected via a network, usually taking the form of analog cables. And although a
standard procedure within stations, the reconfiguration of network connections for
different applications is highly critical in nature and mistakes are simply unforgivable.
Nevertheless, analog cables can be huge, often leading to extreme difficulty and
complexity in connection, routing, and installation.
When working simultaneously with multiple lines in a conventional analog network,
broadcast engineers have to install dedicated routers, source selectors, matrix mixers,
and other expensive gear. Using a Yamaha digital mixing engine, however, you can
freely and flexibly call up practically any number of built-in routers, source selectors,
and matrix mixers for integration into a network. Where necessary, these configurations
can also be stored and later recalled using your PC or a wide assortment of
intuitive controllers. Thanks to this sophisticated approach, it is little wonder that the
DME Series allows network operations to be carried out with superior levels of
efficiency, practically no potential for error, and ease-of-use that is second to none, all
without compromising its stunning sonic performance.
With four slots for mini YGDAI (MY) cards on the rear panel of the DME64N and one on
the DME24N, this series offers a wholly-flexible open structure for the input and output
of audio signals. You can freely select MY cards based not only on the required number
of input and output channels, but also on the audio formats needed for the application
in question. As such, Yamaha's digital mixing engines make easy work of conversion
between numerous digital and analog formats.
Multichannel Router
Announcers' booth 1
Announcers' booth 2
Announcers' booth 3
DME’s User Control Panel allows routing operation intuitively by touch panel.
High-definition video recorders, which have become increasingly popular in recent years, can also record eight tracks of audio; accordingly, these
devices are often used to record the six channels of standard 5.1 surround sound together with a stereo mix. The configuration below is a typical
example of how the DME Series can route eight channels as one for just such an application. As shown, a simple, intuitive control panel can be used to
select a source from among many groups of eight channels and to also specify the ultimate destination of these audio signals. And if necessary, input
and/or output level meters can easily be added to the configuration for monitoring of sound levels.
Editorial room
VTR 1
VTR 2
VTR 3
EX) PM1DV2
Main console
Router, Sou rce Selector,
Patch Panels,
Matrix Mixer, Meter, etc.
Console Console
EX) DM1000VCM
EX) DM1000VCM
Format
Converter
Editorial room
VTR 1
VTR 2
VTR 3
Studio A
Router, Source Selector,
Matrix Mixer, Meter, etc.
Studio B
Router, Source Selector,
Matrix Mixer, Meter, etc.
It is customary in broadcasting applications that audio be exchanged between
individual processing sections in multichannel format, often employing 4
channels. And if surround sound must also be supported, the number of
network channels will increase accordingly. As a solution for fail-safe,
efficient, and inherently reliable control of these multichannel networks,
nothing beats configurations setup on a DME64N.
Example: AES/EBU 8chI/O(75 BNC)
AES/EBU 8chI/O (with sampling rate converter)
a-dat 16chI/O AES/EBU 16chI/O
Format Converter
Matrix Mixer
With a 64x64 channel matrix mixer as shown above, you can freely assign any source to any output
channel and also adjust their levels as required. Even the most complex of configurations can, therefore,
be easily and efficiently setup via an easy-to-understand graphic interface on your PC. What's more,
numerous configurations created in this way can be conveniently stored in memory and instantly recalled
whenever the situation demands.
A vast assortment of digital devices is regularly put to use in today's broadcasting and music production studios. While exchange between devices
is never an issue with analog signals, the diverse range of formats that exist for digital audio can give rise to serious compatibility problems, and
it's not unusual to see multiple format converters used side-by-side in order to resolve incompatibilities. Rather than using expensive,
mono-functional format converters in this role, however, it is far more efficient and economical to take advantage of the open configuration for
signal input and output afforded by the DME Series. The DME64N, for example, has four slots for mini-YGDAI (MY) cards, while the DME24N has
one. MY cards can thus be freely selected to convert between different audio formats and
channel numbers with a high degree of precision and flexibility. Aside from high-quality
96-kHz/24-bit AD/DA conversion, the MY card series also provides support for ADAT, TASCAM,
AES/EBU, MADI, CobraNetTM. In order to cater for a wide variety of possible applications, these
digital I/O cards have been made available in both 8- and 16-channel versions. With its four MY
slots, therefore, the DME64N can be provided with as many as 64 digital I/O channels.
Example: AES/EBU 40chI/O a-dat 16chI/O
Example: MADI 16chI/O AES/EBU 16chI/O
a-dat 16chI/O TDIF 16chI/O
Turn to page 49 for information on how to download and install DME Designer.
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