Mix Rack

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Mix Rack


	Mix Rack - Front

Mix Rack is Digidesign’s most affordable entry into the VENUE line, combining all stage, local audio I/O, and DSP processing into a single compact rack enclosure. As an alternative to the standard D-Show® FOH Rack and Stage Rack system, Mix Rack offers much of the same functionality while maintaining the established hallmarks of the Digidesign® VENUE live sound environment — excellent sound quality and clarity, road-proven reliability, flexible options, complete ease of use, native TDM plug-in processing, seamless integration with industry-standard Pro Tools®, full compatibility with all VENUE consoles, and complete show file portability.

Compact Design, Compact Price
Designed with small- to mid-sized venues, houses of worship, regional sound reinforcement companies, and corporate A/V events in mind, Mix Rack offers the most affordable entry into the state-of-the-art VENUE line. For larger touring operations, Mix Rack complements your existing VENUE system supply, allowing you to scale the perfect system for your clients. Since it fulfills the functionality of the usual two-component I/O and processing system with a single 11-space rack, Mix Rack fits nicely in venues where stage real estate is at a premium. And being a single rack system, it can also easily replace an analog console; simply drop Mix Rack right into the existing analog snake system.


	Mix Rack - Back

Integrated I/O and Powerful DSP Processing
Mix Rack offers much of the functionality of the standard FOH Rack and Stage Rack system in a single rack component, providing integrated — and expandable — audio I/O and DSP processing. (An analog snake is required to interface with Mix Rack.) The base configuration comes with two powerful Mix Engine cards (expandable to three for additional TDM plug-in processing), and a full complement of primary and ancillary audio I/O, including:

48 high-quality, fully recallable analog XLR mic/line inputs
16 analog XLR line outputs (expandable to 32)
8 analog TRS line inputs and outputs (assignable as discrete inputs/outputs, or insert pairs)
2-track analog and digital (AES or S/PDIF) inputs and outputs
1x1 MIDI I/O
Word Clock I/O (with active and signal present LEDs)
Com/Aux input (XLR/TRS)

Mix Rack also comes with a built-in ECx Ethernet port, allowing you to gain complete remote control of all VENUE console and D-Show software functions through a connected wired or wireless Ethernet device, such as a laptop.


	Mix Rack with D-Show Profile

Full VENUE Console and Show File Compatibility
Mix Rack is fully compatible with D-Show®, D-Show Sidecar, and D-Show Profile™ consoles, giving you added flexibility when tailoring a system to an event or venue. And because all VENUE systems operate on the D-Show® software platform, you can create a show file on one VENUE system and load it onto any other VENUE system running D-Show 2.x software — regardless of the hardware configuration — for complete show file portability.

D-Show 2.7 Software and VENUEPack 3.0 Included
Mix Rack comes with the new D-Show 2.7 software, which not only provides hardware support for Mix Rack, but also offers several new features to all VENUE users to improve monitor-mixing workflows, provide system lock capabilities, and give engineers better visual insight into their mixes. D-Show software is purpose-built for the VENUE line of products, and provides complete ease of use, native TDM plug-in processing, high workflow efficiency, road-proven reliability, and unprecedented creative empowerment.
Learn more about D-Show 2.7

Mix Rack also comes with the powerful and newly updated VENUEPack 3.0 plug-in bundle, which offers some of the best professional processing in the industry from Digidesign®, Bomb Factory®, and Focusrite. This bundle is worth thousands of dollars just on its own!
Learn more about VENUEPack Pro 3.0

Customize with Mix Rack Options
Like all VENUE systems, Mix Rack offers unprecedented flexibility, allowing you to add options to the system for customizing the I/O, and for direct Pro Tools integration for Virtual Soundcheck and multitrack archiving (it offers a single slot for an HDx or FWx option card). While the base configuration comes loaded with the maximum 48 inputs, Mix Rack features a modular card slot system that allows you to customize the system’s number and type of I/O to suit the needs at hand. Choose from these available Mix Rack I/O options:

HDx — I/O card provides up to 64 channels of Pro Tools|HD® recording/playback
FWx — FireWire-based card provides up to 18 channels of Pro Tools LE® recording/playback
AO16 Analog Output Card — Provides 16 analog line outputs (XLR)
XO16 Analog/Digital Output Card — Provides 8 analog line outputs (XLR) and 8 digital AES outputs (XLR)
AT16 A-Net Output Card — Provides 16 channels of A-Net® output for personal monitoring via Aviom® Pro16™ Series devices
AI16 Analog Input Card — For customers who want a spare or replacement input card, this option provides 16 fully recallable analog mic/line inputs (XLR)