The FOH Rack houses the D-Show™ digital mix engine, embedded control computer, and additional hardware option cards, providing connectivity at the mix position for inserts or auxiliary devices that need to reside near the engineer.

• Up to five DSP MIX engine cards for a total count of 45 DSP chips
• Analog and digital two-track connections
• Intercom facilities
• Outputs for near-field speaker monitoring
• MIDI connectors for remote control of outboard devices or MIDI Time Code synchronization of snapshot automation during a performance.
• Optional IOx card for additional analog and digital I/O
• Optional HDx or FWx cards for Pro Tools® recording and playback
• Optional second snake card allows connection of one additional Stage rack for increased mic inputs count

The Stage Rack handles I/O for stage mic/line sources and output signals. A single Stage Rack accommodates up to 48 remote-controlled mic preamps and converters, and up to 48 outputs. The Stage Rack connects to the mix engine via the digital snake system. A remote head-amp architecture ensures that sensitive mic signals are converted to digital as close to the source as possible, preserving maximum audio fidelity.

• Up to 48 analog inputs with mic preamps (8 for each SRI card)
• Up to 48 analog outputs (8 for each SRO card)
• Up to 2 Stage Racks can be connected to a VENUE system for up to 96 channels of I/O and preamplification
• Optional Digital Stage Input (DSI) cards provide up to 48 digital inputs per rack*
• Optional Digital Stage Output (DSO) cards provide up to 48 digital outputs per rack*
• Optional Personal Q monitoring system
  
  
  * A single Stage Rack supports up to a maximum of 48 channels of I/O (analog and digital)

Placed in the FOH (front-of-house) Rack, the FOH IOx card features eight AES digital inputs and outputs, allowing you to integrate outboard equipment with digital connections. In addition, the FOH IOx card expands the analog I/O capability at FOH with eight balanced analog inputs and outputs on 1/4" TRS jacks. All I/O connections are fully routable from the digital patchbay.
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For shows that require more than 48 inputs from the stage, an optional second Stage Rack is required. In this scenario, an additional Snake card, which resides inside the FOH Rack, is needed for connection of the second Stage Rack.