Lynx Studio AES16e50 Addendum - Manual (Page 14)

AES16e-50 User Manual Addendum 14
4.2 Output Routing
Output routing is handled quite differently than Input routing. Signals sent to the AES16e-50 outputs will be
mirrored to both AES50 AND AES-EBU/LStream Outputs. LStream is the protocol for Lynx I/O expansion
products, the LS-ADAT and LS-AES.
Lynx Output devices are referred to as “Play” devices, which is how they would typically appear in an audio
software application, i.e. Play 1+2, Play 9+10, etc. The first 16 Play devices are sent to AES/EBU Outs 1-16 AND
AES50 Outs 1-16. Play devices 17-32 are sent to LStream Outs 1-16 AND AES50 Outs 17-32.
In cases where AES50 outputs are used exclusively, this arrangement will be very simple in principle. Play devices
1-32 will route to AES50 outputs 1-32. If one uses AES/EBU outputs exclusively, Play 1-16 should be selected. If
one uses LStream outputs exclusively, then Play 17-32 should be selected.
In cases where output types are mixed, for instance 16 AES50 outputs, 8 AES outputs and 8 LStream outputs, one
must take care to route signals appropriately to avoid signals being duplicated to parallel outputs. For instance,
signals sent to Play 3+4 will go to AES Out 3+4, as well as AES50 Out 3+4. If one only wants to hear signals from
the AES 50 stream, take care to not connect monitoring equipment to AES Out 3+4.
Levels for output channels can be managed from the Lynx Mixer Outputs Page.
4.3 Input Monitoring
The AES16e-50 is capable of hardware-based, zero latency input monitoring. The Lynx Mixer Outputs page is
where input sources can be assigned to outputs. Up to 32 play and record sources can be assigned to every output.
The Lynx Mixer Outputs page displays all outputs on the bottom of the screen, labeled as Digital Out 1 – 16, Left
and Right. The reason for this orientation is because AES/EBU carries two-channels of audio on each cable
connection. When using AES50 or LStream output devices, one must do a bit of translation. For instance, Digital
Out 5 Left will also send signal to AES50 Out 9. Digital Out 13 Right will also send signal to AES50 Out 26, etc.
On the left side of the screen all of the inputs are displayed (Record 1-32, in stereo pairs), as well as the 16 stereo
play devices that represent playback streams from software.
By default play devices are pre-assigned to corresponding outputs. For instance Play 01+02 is assigned to Digital
Out 1 L/R, Play 05+06 is assigned to Digital Out 3 L/R, etc.
There are no input sources pre-assigned to outputs in the Mixer’s default state.