XS2
Discontinued
The I/O Core
The compact core for simple setups
The XS2 I/O DSP core is the choice for smaller On-Air studios, university radio stations or journalist booths. It is designed to work with SX2, TX or DX control modules with up to 24 faders.
Besides the control modules you can connect XS Multi-I/O Boxes and other XC I/O modules to build a modular DSP and I/O system requiring only 1 U or 2 U rack space.
The compact 1U DSP core is an independent DSP system which does not require a PC for operation. There are neither fans, hard discs nor batteries inside the XS2 I/O Core – this allows silent and low-maintenance operation directly in the studio.
This core will be configured with a simplified version of the Toolbox software called ‘SXConfig‘.
Extendable features for individual requirements
The 52-1950 Extended Feature Upgrade license allows to use the Toolbox for detailed configuration and creation of specialised TFT views.
The XS2 Core can also be extended to allow seamless networking with other Series 52 products, including DSP control software and remote control PC software.
AoIP included
A built-in 4ch/4ch Dante™ interface is the solution for simple playout and recording tasks, monitoring or talkback.
AES67 / RAVENNA
For a maximum of interconnectivity with other AoIP equipment, each DHD Series 52 Core can be equipped with a XC2 AES67 RAVENNA Interface (52-7567).
Dante™ for all Signals
With an optional 52-7580 Dante™ IPx module inside your DSP core, you can use up to 64 inputs and 64 outputs of Dante™ network and two Gigabit Ethernet ports for glitch-free redundancy.
| Interface | Input ports | Output ports | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microphone / Line | 2 | – | |||
| Headphones | – | 1 | |||
| Analogue Line, balanced | 2 | 4 | |||
| Analogue Line, unbalanced | 2 | 2 | |||
| AES3 /EBU (stereo) | 3 | 3 | |||
| S/PDIF (stereo) or ADAT (8 ch) | 1 | 1 | |||
| USB (stereo) | 2 | – | |||
| Dante™ AoIP (4 ch) | 1 | 1 | |||
| General-purpose (GPIO) | 2 | 4 |
All connections in one housing
The XS2 I/O Core 52-1830 combines DSP processing for up to 24 faders and I/O interfaces in one housing. In only 1 rack unit, you find the audio interfaces that are required for journalist desks, edit booths or small production studios.
Easy connectivity is the strong point of the XS2 I/O Core. Microphones, Headphones, Line and AES3 signals can be connected to standard XLR ports. Also USB audio, Toslink connectors for ADAT or S/PDIF and a 4ch/4ch Dante™ Audio-over-IP interface are included. Additionally, multi-channel options for MADI, Gigabit Audio and AES67 are available.
Packed with features
- High-performance 40-bit floating-point digital signal processing
- 3-band fully parametric equalizers, subsonic filter, dynamics, limiter, channel delay, mono or stereo
- 16 stereo summing busses, Aux busses, clean feeds and PFL
- 16 stereo summing busses, Aux busses, clean feeds and PFL
- 6 clean feeds (mix-minus, mono or stereo)
- 4 monitoring busses for control room and studio support
- flexible talkback, logic and GPIO system
- integrated routing matrix
- internal tone generator
- low-latency interconnection between 52/XS2 cores or to other DHD products via Gigabit Audio (fibre, 512 input and 512 output channels) or APC (CAT 5/6, 48 input and 48 output channels)
- Built-in Dante interface with 4ch/4ch, additional option for 64ch/64ch Dante AoIP
- internal or external 48 kHz or 44.1 kHz sync
All values are maximum values, availability depends on number and type of used features. Click here for a detailed list of features.
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