Product Description

Midas DL16

Digital mixing has revolutionized virtually everything in the live entertainment production work flow, and now that same cutting-edge technology brings live production signal distribution into the modern age. The DL16 Stage Box provides 16 of our award-winning microphone preamplifiers with switchable +48 V phantom power; 8 balanced analogue XLR returns at the stage end; an integrated ULTRANET output for connecting to Behringer P16-M personal monitor mixers; plus connectivity for your ADAT-compatible outboard equipment.

If your application calls for more inputs, or just want to keep your cable runs short and tidy, putting a DL16 at stage front and another behind the drum riser provides an additional 16 inputs for drum and guitar/bass amp mic’ing. The best part – all it takes is a single CAT5 cable per stage box.

ADAT-Ready

Many manufacturers have adopted the ADAT digital interface as a means of transferring digital data between certain types of audio devices, such as mixers, synthesizers, lighting rigs and effect processors. The DL16’s onboard ADAT Outputs enable splitting the high-quality Midas Pro Series preamp signals to outboard devices – including recording systems. When more channels are required, these optical sockets can alternately be used to connect ADAT-equipped D/A converters (such as the Behringer ADA8200) for up to 16 additional analogue outputs.

Dual AES50 Ports for Massive Connectivity

Connecting over a single shielded (STP) CAT5 cable, up to three Midas DL16s can be daisy-chained to deliver 48 channels in and 24 out to the stage. Klark Teknik’s AES50 simultaneously provides high channel counts, extremely low and deterministic latencies, accurate phase-aligned networked clock distribution, error detection, network redundancy, with simple deployment and ease of use to meet the needs of the live performance industry. This unique combination also benefits both live and studio recording applications, as well as post-production, broadcasting and audio routing infrastructure.

– 48 bidirectional audio channels @ 48 kHz over industry-standard RJ45-terminated shielded (STP) CAT5 cable
– Single cable duplex interconnection for audio and sample clocks
– Ethernet physical layer audio data transmission
– High channel count and ultra-low deterministic latency (2×3 samples = 1⁄8 ms per node)
– Accurate phase-aligned clock distribution
– Comprehensive error detection and management
– Provision for redundant networking – Minimal configuration – total ease of deployment and use – Ethernet TCP/IP protocol-compatible auxiliary data channel
– Royalty-free implementations available as Xilinx FPGA cores
– OEM modules available from developer partners

For easy set up and signal routing verification, a headphones jack is conveniently located on the front of the Midas DL16, giving you the option of listening directly to any of the 16 inputs. Simply select the signal you need to monitor by scrolling through the 16 channels whilst adjusting the gain and selecting the operating mode – all via a single robust rotary control.