Grass Valley Sonata Series MADI 2010 - Manual (Page 25)

Sonata Series — Planning and Installation Manual 25
Section
1
Introduction
The Sonata Family
The Sonata family of products is designed to support the Multichannel
Audio Digital Interface (MADI) standard for digital audio signals. This
standard, also called AES10, is designed to provide an easy way to connect
many audio channels using a single audio cable. Sonata supports the orig-
inal MADI standard, which provided 56 channels of digital audio at a 48
kHz sample rate as well as extensions to the standard to provide for 64
channels, and sample rates up to 96 kHz (with reduced channel count).
The Sonata products can be used to provide Input/Output for the Apex
Routing switcher and the Maestro Master Control switcher. Sonata can also
be used with any third party product that is MADI (AES10) compatible.
In addition, the Sonata family of products is designed to support the needs
of on-air broadcasters with redundant power supplies and the ability to
lock to video references, a significant feature that is rarely seen in MADI
equipment from other manufacturers.
The Sonata MADI converters include the following:
Digital
M75
• Unbalanced AES to the MADI converter (SON-AU2MADI).
• MADI to Unbalanced AES converter (SON-MADI2AU).
M110
• Balanced AES the MADI converter (SON-MADI2AB).
• MADI to Balanced AES converter (SON-AB2MADI).
Analog
• MADI-to-analog converter (SON-MADI2AA).
• Analog-to-MADI converter (SON-AA2MADI).