1U surround monitor controller and remote offers Audient's crystal-clear analog sound and extensive multipurpose functionality.
Featuring Audient's signature transparency high performance and multi-purpose functionality the Audient
ASP510 integrates easily and seamlessly with any console or DAW based surround set-up to provide comprehensive control of
the monitoring and record functions for multiple surround sound formats. You'll find the Audient ASP510 surround monitor controllers
are seen in all of Abbey Road's surround-capable studios.
Audient ASP510 Surround Sound Controller First Take:
- Comprehensive monitoring and record for multiple surround sound formats
- Integrates with your mixing
console easy calibration and LFE filter
- Selection of up to six monitor sources and three record sources
- Guide
track and Dolby encoding inserts
- Cleanest possible signal path
Multiple Surround Sound Formats
The ASP510 comprises a single rack unit and a small desktop remote. It handles all of these tasks: Selection of 5
preset Monitor Formats: 5.1 LCRS Stereo Mono and Bypass allowing surround monitoring to be collapsed into 4- 2- or 1-channel
formats all with the correct down-mix coefficients for instantaneous compatibility checks. The Bypass switch allows the main
Left and Right monitor speakers to be fed directly by your mixing console control room outputs when you are not working on
a surround project.
The ASP510 is ideal for surround sound music production DVD-V and DVD-A authoring film and video
post-production film production and Foley SACD and DTS authoring video game production digital television audio visual production
and multi-channel OBs.
Console Integration and Easy Calibration
The ASP510 integrates with
your console Solo logic system so that the surround monitor system can detect and insert soloed signals exactly as you're
used to. It even has a remote Dim input so that your console can continue to dim the monitors when talkback is active. The
ASP510 also features individual Cut and Isolate switches for each of the six monitors. This makes for easy calibration of
the monitor system using the programmable Monitor Reference and Dim utilities along with the internal Pink Noise generator.
An insertable 80Hz sub-bass filter allows accurate LFE monitoring.
Selection of Up to Six Monitor Sources
- Surround Rec - The 6 console bus outputs used to derive the surround mix.
- Surround Play A - Surround input
A (normally the return from multi-channel
recorder A)
- Surround Play B - Surround input B (normally the return from
multi-channel
recorder B)
- Stereo Rec - the source being used to derive the stereo mix.
- Stereo Play A - Stereo
input A (normally the return from stereo recorder A)
- Stereo Play B - Stereo input B (normally the return from stereo
recorder B)
The ASP510 allows selection of the Stereo Record Source as either the console stereo bus outputs a downmix
of the surround buses or the output of a Dolby Surround Matrix encoder allowing the creation of simultaneous Surround/Stereo
or Surround /LtRt recordings and outputs - great for creating a quick client stereo copy.
Guide track and Dolby
Encoding Insert
For production purposes such as Insertion of a Guide or Production source into the monitoring
without it feeding any of the mixes. This feature is invaluable when mixing music and dialogue. The ASP510 Surround Controller
also allows isertion of a Dolby Surround encoder and decoder into the monitor path to allow proper preparation of encoded
material.
Cleanest Signal Path
And of course the ASP510 does all of the above while still
maintaining the cleanest possible signal path. All switching is via sealed bifurcated contact relays and gain control is implemented
using Digitally Controlled Attenuators - just what you would expect from Audient Analog Signal
Audient Company
History
While British-based Audient is fairly new on the scene (1998) the company's founders have quite
a respectable pedigree. Co-founder David Dearden has worked with David Manley (original owner of Manley Laboratories) Eddie
Offord (Emerson Lake and Palmer Yes) and was involved in building a custom console and private studio for John Lennon for
his Imagine sessions followed by studios for George Harrison Ringo Starr Gus Dudgeon (producer Elton John David Bowie)
and Chris Squire of Yes. After three years with MCI and two years with Soundcraft David Dearden and Gareth Davies (also from
Soundcraft) formed DDA (Dearden Davies Associates) a maker of high-quality analog consoles. When DDA became part of the Klark
Teknik Group he also designed the Midas XL200 live sound console and did the initial concept and design of the Midas H1000
console. In 1997 he rejoined with Gareth Davies to form Audient whose products are typified by high performance intelligent
ergonomics and transparent sound quality. Notable users of Audient gear include Abbey Road Studios Pete Townshend's Eel Pie
Studio and England's Royal Academy of Music.
Audient ASP510
Surround Sound Controller Specifications:
- Nominal levels: +4dBu
- Maximum input: >+20dBu
- Maximum output: >+20dBu
- Frequency response: ?0.25dB
22Hz -22kHz
- THD and noise @+4dBu 1kHz: <0.003%
- Noise 22Hz - 22kHz: -92dB
- Crosstalk
(source/source) 1kHz: >80dB
- Channel tracking 0 to -24dB: +/-0.25dB
- 25pin D-type females
for: 5.1 Surround play A and B 5.1 Surround bus inputs Stereo record/transmission & play
- Console interface
Decoder.
- 25pin D-type males for: 5.1 Surround record A and B Speaker outputs Encoder
- RJ45
for remote/rack link
- Dimensions (H x W x D): 1.73" x 19" x 11.02" (43.9 mm x 483 mm x 280mm
- Remote
Dimensions (H x W x D): 1.57" x 9.05" x 4.72" (40mm x W 230mm x D 120mm)
- Power requirements: 115/230v
@ 50-60Hz (50VA)
Audient ASP510 Surround Sound Controller
Features:
- 6 preset monitor formats
- Supports three
5.1 surround and three stereo sources
- 8 inputs from console (5.1 surround plus stereo)
- 8
outputs to recorders (5.1 surround plus stereo)
- Switchable encoder/decoder insertion
- 6
speaker outputs each with level trim
- Individual speaker cut/isolate functions
- Universal
console solo and monitor system interface
- User definable monitor reference and dim levels
- Internal
pink noise generator
- Guide track input
- Ergonomic control surface with clear status indication
Choose the surround controller used in every surround-capable studio
at Abbey Road-the Audient ASP510. Order yours today!
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