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All modules Module 03 · Audio mixer

Mix the sound.
Log the loudness.

A broadcast audio mixer with main, group, aux and mix-minus buses, VCA masters and a full channel strip. Noise reduction, loudness logging and monitoring are built in. The engine runs at 48 kHz in 32-bit float, on the same routing engine as every other module.

Channel strip

A full strip, in the order you want

Each channel has high-pass and low-pass filters, a parametric EQ, two dynamics slots, a de-esser, a dynamic EQ, a delay and inserts. Change the chain order on the strip. Key the dynamics from another channel with the external sidechain.

  • Two dynamics slots: compressor, limiter, gate, expander or ducker
  • Linear-phase EQ, with its latency shown in the delays panel
  • Mono, stereo and 5.1 channels, with a surround panner
Buses

Every bus a broadcast desk needs

Main, group and aux buses. Mix-minus buses for the far end. PFL and AFL listen buses, and a monitor bus. VCA masters ride a set of faders without summing them. A send picks up pre-EQ, pre-fader or post-fader.

  • Mix-minus (N-1) buses for contributors
  • PFL and AFL, with additive or exclusive solo
  • Monitor section with dim and talkback
Built in

Noise reduction, loudness and analysis

These are parts of the mixer, not separate boxes to wire in.

Noise reduction

Noise reduction is a block in the strip. Choose a classical engine, a neural engine, or both. DeepFilterNet3 is included, with a low-latency variant that adds 10 ms.

EBU R128 loudness

Integrated loudness, loudness range and true peak, against EBU R128 or ATSC A/85 targets. Log the programme, export the history as CSV and produce a report.

Monitoring and analysis

A monitor section with PFL, AFL and dim. A spectrum analyser and a goniometer show what a meter cannot.

On the show

Talkback, tone, automix and control

The mixer works with the rest of the system: the vision mixer, the intercom and hardware surfaces.

Talkback, tone and ident

Talkback from the mixer. Line-up tone, GLITS and a spoken ident. A comms panel inside the mixer puts the intercom beside the faders.

Automix and audio-follow-video

An automixer shares gain between open microphones. Audio-follow-video opens a channel when the vision mixer cuts to its source. A GPI can do the same.

Plug-ins and surfaces

Host LV2, CLAP and VST3 plug-ins as inserts. Control the mixer from a Behringer X-Touch over Mackie Control, or from OSC, through control surfaces.


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Put a show through the audio mixer

Book a walkthrough with the engineers who built it, or open the mixer in the live demo.