XS2
The I/O Core

Up to 24 faders
Easy connectivity with built-in I/Os
Audio-over-IP built-in

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.

Toolbox 8 Software for 52/DX Configuration

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 (52-7067A).

Dante™ for all signals

With an optional 52-7080 Dante™ IP Audio interface inside your DSP core, you can use additional 64 inputs and 64 outputs of Dante™ network and two Gigabit Ethernet ports for Glitch-Free redundancy.

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.

Interface	Input ports	Output ports
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)	1	1
Dante™ AoIP (4 ch)	1	1
General-purpose (GPIO)	2	4

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
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