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D&R BROADCAST COMPARISON SHEET

DESCRIPTION

AIRMATE

AIRLAB

AIRMAX

LYRA

SCORPIUS

SIRIUS

AXUM

 REMARKS

 

 

Discontinued

 

 Discontinued

 

 

Max No. of faders

8

16

40

8

16

24

4-128

MODULAR

no

yes

yes

no

no

yes

yes

19"rack I/O module

no

no

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

Type of input connectors

XLR/Cinch

jack

XLR/Cinch

jack

XLR/Jack

RJ45

Xlr/jack

Cinch/Sub-D

Xlr/jack

Cinch/Sub-D

Xlr/jack

Cinch/Sub-D

Xlr/jack
RJ 45
Cinch
/Sub-D

Total number of inputs

24

48

120

18 (+ 32 Cobranet)

16

64

1152

Max number of outputs mono

5

7

14

25 (+ 32 Cobranet)

13

64

1152

number of busses mono

7

8

20

10

8

32

32

Suggested Net user price

2.000,--

6.600,--

7.110,--

6.190,--

19.250,--

26.735,--

p.o.a.

 

AIRMATE

AIRLAB

AIRMAX

LYRA

SCORPIUS

SIRIUS

AXUM

Control Surface:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modular

no

yes

yes

4 or 8 faders

no

yes

yes

Networking

no

no

no

yes

no

no

yes

Type of Control

pots

pots

pots

Encoder

Encoder

Motorpots/faders

Encoder/motor

Mic inputs (max)

8

16

40

4

6

64

144

Analog Stereo inputs (max)

16

48

80

7

8

32

144

Digital Stereo (max)

0

0

80

7

16

96

144

CobraNet inputs (max)

0

0

32

32

0

0

1152

Ext. stereo sources (2Track)

1

1

2

2

2

12

All inputs via matrix

Input routing

no

no

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

Outputs

2

4

10

9

12

32st

1152

 

AIRMATE

AIRLAB

AIRMAX

LYRA

SCORPIUS

SIRIUS

AXUM

Direct Out

no

no

yes

matrix

matrix

matrix

matrix

Busses mono

7

8

20

10

8

32

32

Stereo Aux Sends

1

1

2

1

1

3 st

12

Clean Feeds

1

N-1

N-1

2

2

8

128

Stereo PGM

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

Stereo SUB Bus

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

PFL / Cue buss

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Headphone output

1

1

Modular

 2 x

1

Modular

Modular

PROCESSING

 

 

 

yes

yes

yes

yes

Stereo processing channels

8

16

40

8

16

16

128 max

Processing Resolution

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

 32 bit floating point

32 bit floating point

32 bit floating point

32 bit floating point

 

AIRMATE

AIRLAB

AIRMAX

LYRA

SCORPIUS

SIRIUS

AXUM

AD/DA Conversion

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

24 bit

24 bit

24 bit

24 bit

Sample rate converter

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Standard

Standard

Standard

optional

Sampling Frequency

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

32-48 kHz

32-48 kHz

32-48 kHz

32-48 kHz

Sample rate converter range

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

20-96kHz

20-96kHz

20-96kHz

20-96kHz

Analog headroom

24dB

24dB

24dB

20dB

20dB

20dB

20dB

Digital Ref. Level (0 dBFs)

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

0 till -20dBFs

0 till -20dBFs

0 till -20dBFs

0 till -20dBFs

EQUALIZER

3 band

3 band

3/4 band

3 band

3 band

4 band

6 band

Dynamics

no

no

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

Matrix inputs

no

no

no

62

40

64

1280

Matrix outputs

no

no

no

56

30

64

1280

Snaphots

no

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

 

AIRMATE

AIRLAB

AIRMAX

LYRA

SCORPIUS

SIRIUS

AXUM

Memory Card

no

Smartcard

Smartcard

Smartcard

Smartcard

Smartcard

Smartcard

Channel label LED/LCD display

no

no

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

Redundant AC PS option

no

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

Stereo LED Bar Graph meter

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Optional

(Remote) access

no

no

no

Ethernet 10/100Mb,TCP/IP, HTTP (webserver), FTP, ActiveX object (OCX)

Ethernet 10/100Mb

Ethernet 10/100Mb

MambaNet,
Ethernet 100Mb,TCP/IP, HTTP (webserver), FTP, ActiveX object (OCX)

Talkback

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

GPI/O

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Fader Start

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Synchronisation

no

no

no

Internal, Wordclock, cobranet

InternalWordclock

InternalWordclock, AES3

InternalWordclock, Cobranet

 

AIRMATE

AIRLAB

AIRMAX

LYRA

SCORPIUS

SIRIUS

AXUM