Cards, MIC/LINE 4 Card, MIC/LINE 8 Card, Line Card

Digital X Bus

Getting Started

Once you’ve unpacked your new

Digital X Bus, you’ll want to posi-

tion it where you can sit comfort-

ably and reach the touchscreens and controls, and have relatively

easy access to the rear panel, in case you need to make any changes to the connections. Typically, once you’ve set it up and made the connections, you won’t have to make any changes unless you change your external equipment.

Connections

The Digital X Bus comes with a Mix Out card (con- trol room card) and a Sync card already installed in the card cage in the rear panel. There are also connec- tions for a USB mouse and keyboard (see “More Con- nections” for PS/2-style mouse and keyboard connec- tions). While not required to operate the Digital X Bus, they can be handy for quickly entering data or when clicking is easier than touching (the touchscreen).

Beyond that, we have a variety of analog and digital I/O cards, not included with the base model, that you can install in the card cage to suit your ap- plication. This allows you to match the I/O connec- tions on your Digital X Bus with the I/O connections provided on the other equipment in your studio. Here’s a quick run-down of what we offer:

I/O Cards

1. MIC/LINE 4 CARD

This card has four female XLR balanced micro- phone inputs, and four 1/4" TRS balanced/unbalanced line-level inputs, for a total of eight analog inputs. Note that this card does not provide any outputs.

2. MIC/LINE 8 CARD

The Mic/Line 8 card has two DB25 connectors, one for inputs and one for outputs. The input con- nector accepts eight balanced mic/line-level inputs. The output connector provides eight balanced line- level outputs. These DB25 connectors use the TAS- CAM standard pinout for analog signal connections (the same standard used on the analog cards for the Mackie D8B and Hard Disk Recorder). If you are connecting these to another device using the same DB25 standard, you can use a DB25-to-DB25 audio cable. Otherwise, you will need to use DB25 cables that breakout to XLR, 1/4" TRS, or TT connectors.

3. LINE CARD

The Line card has two DB25 connectors. One pro- vides eight balanced line-level inputs, and the other provides eight balanced line-level outputs. They use the TASCAM standard pinout for analog signal con- nections (the same standard used on the analog cards for the Mackie D8B and Hard Disk Recorder). If you are connecting these to another device using the same DB25 standard, you can use a DB25-to-DB25 audio cable. Otherwise, you will need to use DB25 cables that breakout to XLR, 1/4" TRS, or TT connectors.

Refer to Appendix B in the Digital X Bus X.200 Owner's Manual for a wiring diagram of these connectors.