Sound Devices Astral Opto
I/O expansion box for Astral ARX32
Stagebox / ExpanderPrice not published
Specifications
- Type
- Stagebox / Expander
- Description
- I/O expansion box for Astral ARX32
- Signal path
- Digital (recallable / digitally controlled)
- Channels
- 64
- Channel format
- Optocore, MADI, AES, and analog expansion outputs plus GPIO
- Form factor
- Add-on expansion box
- Connection
- Optocore, MADI, AES
- Sample rate (kHz)
- 48-96
- Powered
- true
- Country of manufacture
- USA
Details
I/O: Optocore network connection (HMA or ST variant), 2x MADI outputs on BNC, redundant analog and AES digital outputs, GPIO logic I/O
Notable use: Lets Astral ARX32 attach directly to an Optocore network (e.g., to a DiGiCo console) bypassing a stage rack
Notes: FLAG: judgment call - classified as Stagebox / Expander since it is an audio I/O expansion box for the Astral ARX32 receiver (not a receiver/transmitter itself). Two hardware variants exist (Astral Opto and Astral Opto(ST)) differing only in Optocore connector type (HMA vs ST). Price not found in available sources (BLANK per golden rules). At 48kHz both MADI outs carry channels 1-64; at 96kHz MADI Out 1 carries 1-32 and MADI Out 2 carries 33-64.