LAWO
LAWO
Lawo sapphire
sapphire is a mixing console is the best of both worlds for radio broadcast: proven cutting-edge technology, with eye-catching modular design.
- Product code
- SAPPHIRE
- Category
- Audio
Specifications
Status
- Status
- Discontinued
Control Surface
- Available in desktop or flush-mounted versions
- Up to 60 motorized 100 mm faders
- Multi-layer operation possible with up to 120 virtual faders
- Rotary-control and button-panel module extensions available as upgrade
- Optional multi-touch visual extension (overbridge) powered by VisTool displays channel levels, operation modes and more
- Sharp, high-visibility OLED function displays
- 4 Programmable, context-sensitive multifunction buttons per fader strip
- All buttons have programmable RGB LED lighting to permit color-coded feature identification
- Dedicated keys for access to sum and aux bus DSP parameters and snapshot recall
Nova17 System Core
- Modular plug-in card system based on the Lawo DALLIS I/O system
- Central motherboard with integrated control system and signal processing (with optional redundant operation)
- PC-independent and fan-free
- Optional redundant power supply
- Integrated routing matrix, 768 x 768 crosspoints, non-blocking, transparent routing
- 192 mono DSP input channels (stereo, surround or simulcast, coupling possible) with input gain, panpot / balance, direct out and insert
- AutoGain for each mic input
- 128 individually assignable DSP modules (96 on input channels, 32 on sums, coupling possible)
- EQ (3 fully parametric bands and 2 filters)
- Dynamic units (gate, expander and compressor) and Limiter
- Delay (up to 340 ms with switchable units: meters, ms or frames)
- 80 mono summing busses (stereo or 5.1 coupling possible)
- 500 meters (mono; stereo and surround coupling possible) with loudness function on sums and channels
- 64 mini-mixers (2 x 2 + 2 x TB 1 out of 8, for monitoring, stereo-to-mono, etc.)
- 32 Deessers / AutoMix units (mono or stereo)
- Integrated intercom matrix with up to 64 talkback stations
- Up to 5 PFL busses
- Surround sources (5.1 or 5.1+2) and busses (5.1)
- Integrated mix-minus /conference logic
- Freely programmable logic core (on-air light, fader start, program switch, TB integration, etc.)
- IP and serial interfaces for interaction with radio automation systems
- IP-based and serial interface for matrix control
- Optional redundant controller and routing matrix
- Ember+ interface for integration with master control systems
- Optional MIDI interface for interaction with audio workstations (HUI protocol)
- Remote control of external Lawo matrices possible
- Wordclock input and internal sync generator; optional sync via MADI
- Supported sample rates 48 kHz and 44.1 kHz
- Available I/O interface cards include RAVENNA / AES67 Audio-over-IP card, Analog Mic / Line (transformer or balanced), Headphone (incl. VCA interface), AES / EBU (AES3) with and without sampling rate converter (SRC), ADAT, Serial data transfer (RS232, RS422, MIDI), GPIO (OC, Relay, VCA)
- 2 or 6 MADI ports on the masterboard
Power Core
- 96 Input channels, each with Input gain, signal presence indicator, direct out, Insert, fader, Aux send with Pre / Post switching, pan / balance, AutoGain for each mic input
- Equalizer with three fully-parametric bands plus semi-parametric bands that can also be shelf, high-pass, or low-pass filters
- Dynamics suite with gate, expander, compressor, limiter
- Up to 32 instances of AutoMix and / or De-Essing are available for application to any input source
- 4 individual AutoMix groups allow creation of multiple independent mixes
- All sources and all busses may be metered onscreen using EBU R128 Loudness Metering
- Sync delays of up to 340 ms. with switchable units (meters, milliseconds, frames)
- 80 summing busses configurable as Program, Record, Aux, Group, Mix-Minus (clean feed) or General Purpose. A full DSP channel with EQ, Dynamics and Delay functions may be applied to any of these busses (up to 16 stereo or 32 mono busses)
- Channels and busses may be grouped into Stereo and 5.1 Surround bundles
- Standard front-panel audio interfaces include 4 MADI with SFP cages (each 64 channels I/O. MADI ports 1 / 2 and 3 / 4 can be grouped as dual-redundant interfaces); 2 AES67 / RAVENNA with SFP (each 64 channels I/O, may be grouped as dual-redundant interfaces using SMPTE 2022-7 standard or LACP
- Available I/O expansion modules include 8 Mic / Line input card, 8 Mono / 4 Stereo Line input card, 8 Mono / 4 Stereo Line output card, 4 Stereo AES input with SRC + 4 AES output card (DB25 format), 4 Stereo AES input with SRC + 4 Stereo AES output card (HD-BCN format), 2 Mic / Line input + 1 Stereo Line output + 2 Stereo Headphone output card, 2 MADI (64 I/O channels each) with SFP cages card, 2 DANTE (Dual-redundant connections, 64 total channels)
- Control interfaces
- TCP/IP, CAN, RS422
- 8 GPIO (8 optocouplers, 8 silent CMOS relays)
- Wordclock input and internal generator with output; optional sync via MADI or PTP
- 48 kHz and 44.1 kHz operation
VisTool
- Visual system control software with touchscreen support
- Visualization of DSP parameters, loudness, signal levels / states
- Additional onscreen audio and control functions and controls
- Powerful snapshot management solution
- Sophisticated user rights management
- Remote control of Ember+ enabled devices
- Display of websites, web-based control screens and hosted elements, Lawo V__line Video Thumbnails
- Upgrade to optional VisTool Unlimited software to design and deploy custom-built control and information screens
