L-Acoustics LA4X User Manual

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Technical descriptionSignal processingSignal inputsThe LA4X features four input connectors allowing it to receive four analog signals, four digital signals, or two analogand two digital signals, depending on the input mode selected by the user — see section INPUT MODE (p.41). Thisarchitecture also allows digital-to-analog or digital-to-digital fallback.Analog inputsThe LA4X can be fed with up to four balanced analog audio signals using XLR female input connectors ANALOG IN A toANALOG IN D — see illustration in section Front and rear panels (p.10). Each analog input port is ESD protected.The analog input panel also features four XLR male link connectors passively wired to the input connectors. They allowtransmitting the input signals to daisy-chained amplied controllers. Each analog link port is ESD protected.To be processed by the DSP, the analog signal must be converted into a digital signal. For this purpose, the LA4Xamplied controller is tted with four cascaded 24-bit A/D converters with a sampling rate of 96 kHz allowing anencoding dynamic range of 128 dB.AES/EBU digital inputsThe LA4X can be fed with up to four AES/EBU digital audio signals (transported in pairs) using XLR input connectorsAES/EBU IN A&B and AES/EBU IN C&D.Each AES/EBU input port is an XLR female connector. The audio signals can come from a digital mixing desk or adigital audio network bridge compliant with the AES/EBU (AES3) or electrical S/PDIF (IEC 60958 Type II) digital audiostandards. Each AES/EBU input port is ESD protected and transformer balanced.The AES/EBU input panel also features two XLR male link ports actively connected to the input ports (with failsafe relay incase of mains absence). They allow transmitting the input signals to daisy-chained amplied controllers. Each AES/EBUlink port is ESD protected and transformer balanced.Each AES/EBU input port is equipped with a SRC (Sample Rate Converter) that has been selected to support a widerange of input formats (16 - 24 bits / 44.1 - 192 kHz). It converts any of them to the 24 bits/96 kHz internal format usedby the amplied controller. The SRC is a high-quality hardware component (140 dB dynamic range, THD+N < -120 dBfs,strong input jitter attenuation) and provides constant propagation delay regardless of the input sampling frequency. Thereis no external synchronization mode. The amplied controller’s clock always runs using its high-precision internal quartzat 96 kHz. This ensures low jitter and high audio quality in live conditions (large cable lengths, large number of ampliedcontrollers) while preventing phase shift, as required for line source systems.Digital domain benetsKeeping the signal in the digital domain will provide the following benets (with any digital mixing desk or anyaudio network) compared to the analog signal distribution:Better audio quality by removing one D/A - A/D cycleBetter dynamics thanks to the digital links’ immunity to ground loopsOptimized level chain by removing the risk of level misalignment between console and amplied controllersDigital signal refreshed at each amplied controller in a daisy-chainImproved maximum cable length. The LA4X has been tested with up to 305 m/1000 ft of 3 models of AES/EBU rated cables: 1696A from BELDEN INC., OT234H from KLOTZ communications GmbH, and SC-BINARY234 from SOMMER CABLE GmbH (single cuts, digital source signal running at Fs = 48 kHz)11 LA4X user manual (EN) version 9.1