Input Sources

Signals will, or are likely to, come in to the unit from the following sources:

This page needs a lot of alterations and corrections to update.--Malcolm.chambers 01:45, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Source	Stereo?	Balenced?	Level	Adjustable?
Vidserv	Yes	No	-10dBV	Yes
Analogue Tuner	Yes	No	1V	No
Digital Tuner	Yes	No	1V or -10dBV	No or Yes
Sound Desk	Yes	Yes	+4dBu	No*
No	No	?	No

By adjustable Rihard meant whether there is a control that can be used to vary the signal level. The sound desk is not adjustable because the meters on the output show a fixed reading for a given signal level, and we always mix to the same point on the meters. It doesn't actually matter because the sound desk will be the reference level to align all the other sources to anyway.

Processing

These are the connections to other pieces of equipment hidden behind the breakout box, which are used to control and process the audio. Mux connections

Practically the whole point of this box being here.

Net Mux inputs are balenced, on 25pin D connectors and do not have individual level controls

Net Mux outputs are balenced assuming the inputs are, buffered (to give two outputs) and have "Master" level control potentiometers.

Question: Do unused inputs get shorted to ground? Answer Richard thought not; otherwise vidserv loopthrough wouldn't work, but he was not sure. We'd have to check this.

Compressor Connections

We currently use one channel of a dual channel compressor to compress everything. Logically using one channel to compress 'stream' and the other to compress 'net' makes sense, since they would potentially have different sources in the future.

Compressor inputs can be balenced or unbalenced, the outputs are balenced and will drive unbalenced, and the whole device can be switched between -10dBV and +4dBu levels (affects inputs and outputs). There is also an output level control on the front panel.

Outputs Loop-through outputs

These are outputs that are used to feed the incomming signals unaltered on to other equipment:

Signal	Destination	Stereo?	Balenced?	Adjustable?
Vidserv	Sound Desk	Yes	Yes	Yes
Analogue Tuner	Sound Desk	No	Yes	Yes
Digital Tuner	Sound Desk	No	Yes	Yes
Spare / OB	Sound Desk	No	Yes	Yes
Sound Desk	Control Room Amp	Yes	No	No

Outputs are marked as Balenced if they are capable of accepting balenced signals (they obviously can take unbalenced as well), and Adjustable if they have a trim control to compensate for the level of the input signal. Tuners are shown as Mono because they are only on the sound desk as a conveience, and have historically been mono.

Main Outputs

These carry the output signals from the Mux, and are controlled by the mux settings

Signal	Destination	Stereo?	Balenced?	Adjustable?
Net Sound	Network	No	Yes	Yes
Net Sound	Local TVs	No	No	Yes
Net Sound	Control Room Amp	Yes	No	No
Net Sound	Campus Stream	No	No	No
Net Sound	Net audio VU	No	No	Yes
Stream Sound	Stream	No	No	No
Stream Sound	Control Room Amp	Yes	No	No
Stream Sound	Stream audio VU	No	No	Yes

Outputs marked Stereo are not truly stereo, but have stereo inputs so both channels need to be driven, preferably without special splitter cables. Campus Stream and Stream Sound to Control Room Amp are included for future flexibility, and the two VU outputs are so we can put VU bargraphs alongside the monitors on the rack. They are classed as "adjustable" because they don't need their own level control pots on the breakout, we can fit trimmers on the VU meters to set up the 0dB level to match our desired ouput level to network.