Riedel Communications unveiled the new RockNet RN.343.VI expansion card for Soundcraft Studer digital mixing consoles at Prolight + Sound 2010.
The RN.343.VI card fits into a console’s SCore Live or D21m card expansion slot and gives access to 64 input and 64 output channels.
A wordclock input is featured via the backplane connector, while a wordclock output is available at the front panel.
A rotary switch is provided for device identification and selection of up to 15 programmable routing tables.
The RN.343.VI enables the Soundcraft Studer to become a part of the RockNet digital audio network and enables remote control of any RockNet microphone pre-amplifier.
The RN.343.VI also supports Independent Gain Feature which allows several mixing consoles to operate with the same mic pre-amps without affecting each other. While the master-console is controlling the analog gain of the pre-amps remotely, all other consoles operate with emulated pre-amps just as if they were also controlling the actual mic input.
RockNet is a digital real-time audio network that provides up to 160 digital audio channels over a single counter-rotating CAT-5 ring. Based on a redundant ring topology, RockNet forms a self-healing network with no loss of audio in case of a connection fault between two devices.
