LCS Unveils CobraNet Module For Matrix 3

Level Control Systems (LCS) has unveiled a CobraNet audio module for its Matrix3 digital audio engine. The LX-CBR CobraNet module gives LCS a link into the growing list of companies supporting CobraNet, an emerging industry standard for Ethernet-based real-time digital audio distribution.

This module allows an LX-300 frame to interface 16 inputs and 16 outputs to a CobraNet network. Each LX-300 frame in a Matrix3 system can accommodate one CobraNet module. The expandable Matrix3 system is now possible with all audio I/O supplied over Ethernet.

Other available I/O options are balanced line-level input/output modules and a digital ADAT Lightpipe module. Scheduled for release this year is an AES/EBU module. Up to 32 Matrix3 frames may be linked in a fault tolerant redundant loop allowing a maximum of 400 inputs and 512 outputs in one integrated system using a combination of I/0 modules.