RME targets digital multichannel transmission and conversion market

RME has updated its digital Madi converters Premium Line, announcing five new products sporting a striking new design: the new Madi Router, the ADAT Router, ADAT Converter, the AES3 Router and the AES3 Converter.

All five take on board the new RJ45 connector for Madi, extending the existing two media options, optical cables and coaxial cables by a third one: standard network cables. Making use of twisted pair Ethernet cables for multichannel audio signals brings along several advantages that optical and coaxial cables were lacking: bidirectional audio transmission between two devices over one cable, power supply, and ‘unmatched availability’ of cables at a fraction of cost compared to traditional Madi cabling. Depending on the type of cable, cable lengths of up to 100m can be achieved.

The Madi Router has four groups of three different Madi I/Os each and is used as patch bay and format converter between those, while the ADAT Router provides eight optical ADAT inputs, eight ADAT outputs and Madi connectors for optical, coaxial, and Madi Twisted Pair connections.

Next is a device that takes the best of both units: channel-wise routing and multiple AES3-Madi conversion capabilities. Apart from optical, coaxial and twisted pair Madi connections, the AES3 Router provides four D-sub 25-pin ports, carrying 32 audio channels both in and out of the device.

The ADAT Converter is an extension to either one of the routers, providing the required power to the converter over the Madi Twisted Pair connection.

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