Digidesign Venue Stage/FOH Racks

Digidesign Venue Stage/FOH Racks

Several models available, please select

Venue Stage Rack :

Digidesign® VENUE is a state-of-the-art live sound production environment comprised of high-quality components that work together as one system to deliver studio-grade sound and processing, powerful performance, unprecedented reliability, and complete ease of use, with maximum flexibility. Stage Rack serves as a remote I/O component of the VENUE system for stage connections. Working in conjunction with FOH Rack, Stage Rack can be expanded to house a variety of analog and digital inputs and outputs for mic and line-level connections, which are delivered via a 75 Ohm BNC digital snake connection to the DSP Mix Engine cards housed in the FOH Rack. Up to two Stage Racks can be used simultaneously with a VENUE D-Show® or D-Show Profile™ system to handle large-scale stage productions—up to 96 total mic/line inputs and outputs.

Stage Rack Features :

• Durable 10-space steel rack houses a maximum of 48 inputs and 48 outputs
• Base configuration comes standard with 48 analog XLR mic/line inputs (maximum capacity) and 8 analog XLR line outputs (expandable to 48 with optional output cards)
• Up to two Stage Racks can be connected to an FOH Rack for a total I/O count of 96 mic/line inputs and outputs
• High-quality remote connection from the Stage Rack to an FOH Rack via dual redundant 75 Ohm BNC digital snakes (not included) delivers maximum audio fidelity
• Customize the I/O with any number and combination of analog and/or digital inputs, analog and/or digital outputs, and A-Net outputs—up to 48 total inputs and outputs in a single rack
• Comes standard with dual redundant, field-replaceable power supplies

Venue FOH Rack :

The VENUE FOH Rack is an expandable rack component that provides, in conjunction with a Stage Rack for remote stage connections, local I/O, computer, and DSP processing for VENUE D-Show® systems and VENUE Profile™ systems.

FOH Rack Features :

• Audio I/O :
  • 8 pairs of analog I/O for hardware inserts, or for input and output of line-level program material from the FOH position.
  • Analog and Digital (AES or S/PDIF) 2-Track inputs and outputs.
  • Com mic input, with gain control and phantom power.
  • Monitor outputs to connect to near field monitor speakers at the mix position.
• Synchronization and Control I/O :
  • MIDI In and Out ports, providing 16 channels of MIDI input and 16 channels of MIDI output.
  • Word clock I/O for digital clock synchronization.
  • USB 2.0 ports for USB disks, iLoks, and other USB devices.
  • 100 BaseT Ethernet (ECx) port for Ethernet-based remote control.
  • Snake 1 and 2 connectors (to Stage Rack)
• CPU, DSP, and System Drives :
  The FOH Rack houses the CPU, DSP, hard drive and CD-ROM drive that run the VENUE software on your VENUE system. VENUE software is installed at the factory. The CD-ROM drive lets you update or restore your VENUE system software, and install compatible plug-ins from their installer discs.
• Redundant Power Supply Units (PSUs) :
  Each FOH Rack comes with dual redundant, field replaceable (100V to 240V nominal, 50–60 Hz) PSUs with auto redundant failover and LED status indication.

FOH Rack Configurations : 

FOH Rack 1 :

FOH Rack Configuration

Mix Engine Cards	4
IOx	Installed
FOH Snake Card 2	Installed
FWx FireWire Option Card	–
HDx1 TDM Option Card	Installed
HDx2 TDM Option Card	Installed
MADI 1 Option Card	–
MADI 2 Option Card	–
ECx Ethernet Control	Installed
External Word Clock	–

FOH Rack 2 :

FOH Rack Configuration

Mix Engine Cards	5
IOx	Installed
FOH Snake Card 2	Installed
FWx FireWire Option Card	–
HDx1 TDM Option Card	Installed
HDx2 TDM Option Card	–
MADI 1 Option Card	Installed
MADI 2 Option Card	–
ECx Ethernet Control	Installed
External Word Clock	–

FOH Rack 3 :

FOH Rack Configuration

Mix Engine Cards	4
IOx	Installed
FOH Snake Card 2	Installed
FWx FireWire Option Card	Installed
HDx1 TDM Option Card	–
HDx2 TDM Option Card	–
MADI 1 Option Card	–
MADI 2 Option Card	–
ECx Ethernet Control	–
External Word Clock	–