LAWO

Lawo crystal

A cost-effective entry into the Lawo world of mixing, crystal gives users all of the flexibility and customizability Lawo is known for!

Product code: CRYSTAL
Category: Audio

Specifications

Status

Status: Discontinued

Control Surface

Available in sizes from 4 to 16 faders

Compact design with case height only 35 mm (1.4”)

Long-life 100 mm faders with dust protection

High-visibility OLED displays (160° viewing angle)

Contnrol buttons with multi-color backlight (RGB)

Ambient light sensor for automatic brightness control

Standalone operation, or networked

System Core

Compact Engine 19” / 1 RU with control system, signal processing and audio interfaces

Integrated routing matrix (non-blocking) with up to 288 inputs and 292 outputs

Active cross ventilation, system-controlled

Integral wide-ranging power supply 100 – 240 V AC and 12 V DC connection with redundant switchover

Signal Processing

Up to 24 fader channels with input gain (max. +18 dB) and pan/ balance; Up to 100 definitions for sources and summing buses;mono or stereo, 5.1 surround
16 Equalizers: 3 fully parametric bands and 2 filters (mono or stereo)
16 Dynamics units: gate, expander, compressor (mono or stereo); 16 Limiters (mono or stereo); 16 De-esser / AutoMix (mono equivalent); 16 Delays, up to 320 ms (mono equivalent); 48 parallel mix inputs (mono equivalent); 32 Summing buses (mono* including PFL); 32 Minimixers (2 x 2 mixers for monitoring, stereo-to-mono, etc.); Internal tone generator; (*crystal mode)

Control

Programmable logic core (red light, fader start, broadcast button, talkback integration etc.)

Integrated N-1 / conference logic (2 independent systems)

Interface for integration with radio automation systems (serial, TCP/IP)

Networking via TCP/IP (Ember+)

Synchronisation

Wordclock input and internal generator

Optional sync via MADI or slot 1 (AES3 or RAVENNA)

48 kHz and 44.1 kHz

Interfaces

4 Analog mic inputs (incl. bass cut, stereo coupling possible, also usable as line inputs)

4 Analog line inputs

8 Analog line outputs

2 Headphone outputs (stereo)

4 AES3 inputs (stereo) with sample rate converter (SRC)

4 AES3 outputs (stereo)

GPIO (8 optocouplers, 8 silent cmos relays)

Optional MADI extension with 4 ports (max. 256 mono channels)

2 slots for I/O extension 4 Analog mic in / 4 Analog line in

8 Analog line in / 8 Analog line out

4 AES3 in with SRC (stereo) / 4 AES3 out (stereo)

RAVENNA / AES67 Audio-over-IP

Configuration And Maintenance

Software for system configuration and logic programming

Integral web server for system diagnosis

Dedicated SW tool for software updates

Remote maintenance using dedicated remote access tool

VisTool

Software for the enhancement of the control surface, support of touchscreens; Visualisation of DSP parameters, loudness, signal levels / states; Additional functions and controls (e.g. timer, snapshots)
Min. PC requirements: Intel i5 or higher (CPUBenchmark min. 1350 Points @ www.cpubenchmark.net/) , min. 2GB RAM, Windows 7 or higher

Optional Control Panels

Several panel variants (19”/1 RU) with illuminated buttons, LCD-keys, potentiometers and GPIO

Control of logic functions and level adjustment for e.g. conferences, talkback and monitoring

Connection of up to 30 panels via CAN-Bus (opt. TCP/IP)

Specification from Lawo