z-128.128r Digital Detangler Pro Audio Router from Z-SystemsSystem handles up to 128x128 24-bit AES/EBU or S/PDIF stereo pairs at sample
rates to 192 kHz.  October 7, 2001
Z-Systems Audio Engineering has unveiled the latest
addition to its series of Digital Detangler Pro audio
routers. The new z-128.128r enables studios to seamlessly integrate and
re-configure their digital audio workplace, and accommodates up to 128
stereo inputs routing in any combination to a total of 128 outputs.
Asynchronous sources and destinations can be either 24-bit AES/EBU or S/PDIF
format, at sampling rates to 192 kHz, and beyond. Crosspoint assignments can
be selected via a dedicated serial port, using either the firm's dedicated
hardware remote or networked MacOS and Windows control software. The
z-128.128r is modular in increments of 16x16, and has a pro-user price of
$25,000.
"Like our z-8.8r, z-16.16r, z-32.32r and z-64.64r Digital Audio Routers,"
confirms Z-Systems president Glenn Zelniker, "the new z-128.128r eliminates
the problem of interconnecting converters, effects processors, recorders,
workstations, etc, that operate at different sampling rates and use
different digital I/O formats. And all with the added convenience of a
remote control or a Mac- or Windows-based control interface." The remote
control and computer interfaces allow the creation of multiple I/O presets,
or salvos, that can later be recalled for instant reconfiguration.
"There are many different ways a studio might need to hook these and other
devices together," Zelniker continues. "A source might need to feed, for
example, a targeted DAT machine, a workstation, a hard-disk recorder or a
D-to-A converter. Furthermore, if a single source needs to feed multiple
destinations at the same time - for example, an A/D converter connected to
several recorders, a workstation and a D-to-A converter for monitoring -
daisy-chaining these destination devices can be unsafe and unreliable. The
new z-128.128r solves these and other problems."
Rear-panel D-sub connectors require breakout cables identical in pin-out to
the DB25-to-XLR breakout cables used by TASCAM DA-Series MDM Eight-tracks
and related units. Z-Systems supplies pin-out designations, or
pre-fabricated AES/EBU breakout cables.
Founded in 1993, Z-Systems specializes in the development of leading-edge
digital audio interface and signal processing products for the recording,
mastering, broadcast and post-production markets. For more information, visit their web site at www.z-sys.com. |
