The NEXUS STAR audio-router system was designed by Stage Tec for the most extensive routing requirements typically found, in broadcast centres, large production companies, and exhibition grounds. The NEXUS STAR is a routing node serving as the core of a NEXUS installation and interconnecting numerous NEXUS Base Devices scattered over separate studios and apparatus areas via optical cables.
It is a versatile audio-network and routing system for controlling studio or mixing-desk resources, for apparatus-area and broadcast-complex networking, for OB trucks, sound reinforcement, and for any other professional audio technology applications.
- Digital audio network and routing system
- Mixed operation of MADI and optical interfaces on a NEXUS Base Device
- 4,096 x 4,096 crosspoints on the NEXUS STAR
- In-sync signal processing
- Up to 31 Base Devices can be connected
- Cascadable
- Backplane with 21 slots (4 HP each) including 16 I/O-board slots
- Constant latency of just 6 samples
- Modest space requirements (6 units in a 19-inch rack)
- Innovative high-speed routing unit with transmission rate of 12Gbps and bus clock rate of 2 x 100MHz
- Sample rates: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96kHz (dependent on configuration)
- Globally adjustable full-scale level (0 dBFS = 0 to 22/24 dBu analogue level)
- Multiple redundant power-supply units supported
- Continuous execution of internal test routines
- Hot-swap capability
- Uninterrupted signal re-routing (requires redundant optical lines)