OPEN ARCHITECTURE & FULLY CONFIGURABLE I/O
The dXb’s “modular” hardware architecture provides access to internal components simply by removing the rear panel of the chassis. And the dXb’s full rear-panel card cage allows you to configure the console’s I/O exactly as you see fit, without having to pay for I/O connections you’ll never use. So, as the need arises, you can opt to add more RAM, swap or add I/O cards, and basically customize the mixer to your individual tracking and mixing applications. Importantly, the dXb platform allows all sample-rate related components to be upgraded, so you wont be left behind if or when new audio standards emerge.

The dXb’s open architecture means you can configure the console’s I/O exactly as you see fit, without having to pay for I/O formats you’ll never use. The console ships with two I/O Option cards out of the box—the Sync Card, which provides Word Clock and LTC I/O, and the Mix Out Card, which provides control room and phones outputs, as well as analog and digital outputs for the main mix bus. Here’s a rundown on the currently available cards:


Mic/Line 4 Card
4 XLR balanced analog mic/line inputs
4 TRS balanced analog line level inputs
Digitally remote-controlled mic preamps
Independent phantom power (+48v) per mic input channel


Mic/Line 8 Card
8 balanced analog mic/line inputs
8 balanced analog line level outputs
Independent phantom power (+48v) per input channel
Digitally remote-controlled mic preamps
2 female 25-pin D-Sub connectors


Line Card
8 channels of balanced analog line level inputs and outputs
+4dBU/-10dBV jumpers for each channel
2 female 25-pin D-Sub connectors


Digital Card
8 channels of ADAT® optical digital audio input and output at 96kHz (4 channels at 192kHz)
Up to 8 channels of TDIF digital audio input and output at 96kHz
Direct digital connection between dXb and external digital devices
Female 25-pin D-Sub connector (TDIF) and four TOSlink optical connectors (ADAT x 2)


AES Card
8 channels of AES/EBU digital audio input and output at 96kHz
Direct digital connection between dXb and other AES/EBU compliant equipment
Uses one female 25-pin D-Sub connector


FireWire® Card
Direct digital audio streaming between dXb and any compatible computer running Windows XP or Mac OSX
ASIO 2.0 or OSX Core Audio compliant
2 IEEE 1394a FireWire ports