Digital mixing console CRESCENDO

From the functionality and feature-set point of view the CRESCENDO mixing con­sole sits in between the AURUS and AURATUS. The console is a response to the increased demand for slimmed down user interfaces with reduced fea­ture sets.
CRESCENDO is freely configurable both in respect to the number of channels and the number of buses. Configurations of up to 300 audio channels and 128 summing buses are supported.
The number of mono, stereo, and 5.1 sums as well as stereo and 5.1 input-chan­nel linking are also freely configurable. Up to 96 aux or N–1 (mix-minus) buses can be defined. For example, this would allow for up to 96 separate mo­ni­tor mixes to be configured for a live show.
The CRESCENDO offers extensive snapshot and scene automation. This func­tion­al­i­ty makes it the ideal solution for use in theatre applications.
The CRESCENDO con­sole is avail­able in var­i­ous sizes with up to 48 chan­nel strips and a mas­ter sec­tion. The con­trol sur­face op­er­at­ing depth of 625 mm, al­lows the CRESCENDO to be ac­com­mo­dat­ed in smaller stu­dios with­out prob­lems.
The func­tion view on the chan­nel dis­play was re­de­vel­op­ed from scratch for the CRESCENDO con­sole spe­cif­i­cal­ly. This now pro­vi­des an ex­cel­lent over­view of the sta­tus of the lar­ge num­ber of free­ly con­fig­ur­able sends.
The central TFT dis­play of­fers 2 × 48 ad­di­tion­al me­ters, so call­ed Free Me­ters. These are free­ly as­sign­able to any bus sig­nal, AUX etc. thus en­sur­ing op­ti­mal mo­ni­toring.
In addition to concurrent stereo output of 5.1 signals, the console offers a configurable downmix matrix. EQ and dynamic settings are displayed graphically.

The CRESCENDO uses the AURUS audio hardware, i.e. it is actually an op­er­at­ing and control surface connected to a NEXUS STAR audio router. The STAR hosts up to seven DSP boards (6-U plug-in boards) plus a controller board per console. The CRESCENDO and the STAR router are interconnected by op­ti­cal fibre.
The NEXUS offers extensive routing capacity (4,096 x 4,096 crosspoints) and can be equipped with MADI and/or optical interface boards to provide connections to studio gear di­rect­ly or to NEXUS Base Devices.
Inside the NEXUS STAR the CRESCENDO RMD mixing boards have access to all desired NEXUS inputs and outputs via the star-topology bus structure.
For storing project configurations and automation data a PC, integrated into the console, can be connected to the CRESCENDO RMC board.

CRESCENDO features a sophisticated auto-backup system which is activated in case of power failure: The console will restore the last status prior to power failure and will be operable again in just a few seconds.
Projects can also be stored locally on the console to avoid data loss in case the PC fails.