Otari Exhibits New DB-16P Digital Audio Console for Video Editing
(TAL Audio | Posted 2005-05-03)
Otari, Inc., respected leader in the design of innovative professional audio tools and technologies, is displaying its new digital console aimed specifically at video editing applications, the DB-16P.
The DB-16P is a compact digital audio mixing console that can be freestanding or rack-mounted with the supplied brackets. It exhibits extraordinary capabilities when connected to a video editing system offering a serial port supporting the ESAM II (Editing Suite Audio Mixer) protocol, enabling it to be controlled from the video editor.
AES/EBU digital audio signal format is supported: the DB-16P connects to video players in the digital domain to maintain original audio signal quality. The DB-16P also has a 2-channel line input for receiving analog audio signals.
The console’s I/O Configuration is optimized for two-to-one editing. Output signals from two video players (4-channel digital x 2) and two stereo audio signals (selected from two digital stereo inputs + one analog stereo input) can be mixed and fed to one video recorder (4-channel digital). Each digital input/output has sample rate conversion (32 kHz – 96 kHz).
Each input channel has a compressor, delay (maximum 5 frames @ NTSC), 3-band equalizer, HPF (80/160 Hz) and a channel fader with 0.1 dB resolution.
To carry the level differences in the video player’s four output channels precisely to the recorder, the DB-16P can link the faders in the same input group. Any channel in the input group can be used as a group fader.
Channel parameters such as equalizer, compressor, and input delay can be copied to other channels. By combining this function with the Fader Link function, the four input channels can be mixed using identical parameter settings.
Channel settings and transition settings can be saved as snapshots (max 99) and can be loaded for every four channels. Console settings can also be saved as Project (max 20); both snapshot and project data can be saved to an external PC via the serial communication terminal. The data can then be edited on the PC and sent back to the console.
Analog stereo monitoring may be switched manually or by a remote control signal from the editor.
The DB-16P has three Transition Modes: Manual: a crossfade is manually done by using two transition faders. Normal: after setting a duration (length of a transition) and transition curve, a crossfade is executed by pressing the START button. Auto: after setting durations for fade-in and fade-out signals (it is possible to introduce an offset in their start times) and selecting a transition curve, a transition is automatically executed by the control signal sent from the editor. Remote control signals from the editor are accepted in Auto mode only.
A 40-segment x 4-channel LED bargraph level meter with Peak and Clip Hold function is standard.
