Logitek Electronic Systems AE-32 Audio Engine - Manual (Page 7)

Introduction
Logitek Audio Engine Reference Manual 5
About the Audio Engine
The heart of Logitek Electronic Systems’ Digital Consoles is the Audio Engine. This is a digital
matrix with equal numbers of input and output channels ranging from 8x8 to 64x64 stereo AES, 6x6
to 48x48 stereo Analog or a combination thereof in one Engine. This matrix is capable of mixing,
routing, creating mix-minuses and all other traditional functions of consoles. Multiple Audio
Engines can be networked together to expand the matrix.
The Audio Engine provides a seamless integration of digital and analog sources or destinations. The
Audio Engine can accept digital and/or analog Inputs and feed digital and/or analog Outputs.
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consoles retain much of the look and feel of traditional on-air boards, adding input routing,
additional mix-busses, dynamics, EQ control and more. Current model surfaces include the
Remora, Mosaic and Artisan. Audio Engine v3.x also supports the legacy ROC and Numix surfaces.
In addition, a number of different Utility Panels are available, such as the RTE-3 router, COM-12
intercom and a range of headphone panels.
These Surfaces are in fact a remote-control for the Audio Engine, which can also be directly
controlled by a personal computer using the Logitek vTools virtual software.
The Audio Engine can be setup with a series of cards that can be configured to suit the user’s
requirements. These cards include:
 IO-8D Digital Audio Card (8 Inputs; 8 Outputs)
 IO-24A Analog Audio Card (12 Inputs; 12 Outputs)
 Net-A Network Card (shares I/O between multiple Engines)
 LoneSharc DSP Card (Controls DSP – Single SHARC chip)
 SharcLite DSP Card (Controls DSP – Seven SHARC chips, with input metering & delay)
 SharcAttack DSP Card (As with SharcLite and adds EQ & Dynamics)
 AE-C2 Communications Controller Card
 AE-C6 Communications Controller Card
 AE-PS Power Supply