Controlled directly from a CM-J50 mixing console, Cadac Consoles’ new CM-RT12 fibre-optic dynamic network router enables scene-by-scene dynamic routing, while handling mic gain compensation between multiple consoles. With a routing capacity of 3072 channels, it links up to 12 MegaComms devices – consoles, racks, and network bridges – within a unified fibre-optic audio network system. For mission-critical applications, two CM-RT12 routers, used in parallel, provide a redundant network.
Running Cadac Consoles’ proprietary MegaComms digital audio protocol, the CM-RT12 maintains the brand’s industry-leading 0.4 ms end-to-end latency, including all processing and conversion, across distances of up to 2 km. The resultant phase-coherent, ultra-low-latency audio fully retains Cadac’s renowned transparency across even the most complex distributed networks.
‘The CM-RT12 represents a huge step forward for Cadac Consoles,’ says James Godbehear, Director of Marketing & Business Operations. ‘It’s incredibly powerful, yet remarkably simple to use. Large-scale systems with multiple consoles, racks, and bridges can be managed with the same ease as a single rack set-up.
‘The CM-RT12’s launch demonstrates the true scalability of our fibre-based ecosystem and positions Cadac as a truly viable option for high channel-count touring, event, theatre, and installation applications. It allows Dante interfaces, analogue inputs, or other system components to be placed exactly where they’re needed in the venue, without compromise on performance, workflow or cost.’
‘We knew the market required larger networking capability, and we wanted to ensure we didn’t compromise on sonic performance while expanding scalability and, importantly, reliability,’ adds R&D Head, Emily Watson. ‘Our goal was to create a routing platform that’s both incredibly capable and instinctive to operate, resulting in a system that can handle the largest-scale productions but still feels immediately familiar to any Cadac user.’
Local user interface controls on the front facia, comprising a colour LCD display and rotary encoder and headphone output, provide advanced local monitoring capabilities, Ethernet set-up and maintenance, and recall of locally stored maps.
Complementing the router is the CM-MF64, a fibre-optic development of the established CM-MD64 coaxial Madi bridge. Together with the, now-shipping, CM-DF64 Dante bridge, they provide 64 x 64 I/O at 96kHz interfaces for Dante and Madi within a CM-system fibre-based MegaComms network.
‘This generation of CM-system products demonstrates that Cadac can deliver both scale and operational simplicity,’ Godbehear says. ‘We’ve taken the audio precision and transparency our users have long come to expect, and extended it across a powerful fibre-based ecosystem that scales effortlessly for touring and fixed installation applications.’
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