Installation guide

System 5 Installation Guide14
Estimating System Requirements
This section helps estimate your system’s installation requirements. Contact an Avid representative for an exact specification.
Most of the studio details considered here are relevant to any digital mixing system.
The Mixer Model’s relationship to the number of Line Cards is illustrated in the tables below. A Mixer Model consists of the
attributes in a column. Note that the DF66 can have 1–6 Line Cards installed, while the DF70 always has eight.
System 5B (Broadcast) at 48 kHz
Cards 1234566
Channels 50 76 116 160 210 260 304
Mix 12 24 24 32 32 32 32
Group 8 162424242424
Aux 16 20 24 24 24 24 24
Bus Processors 0 8 12 16 16 16 0
Solo 2222222
Mix Minus 1111111
Externals 16 24 24 32 32 32 32
Total Paths 105 171 227 291 341 391 419
System 5 (Music), System 5BP (Broadcast-Post) at 48 kHz
Cards 122234566
Channels 54 90 112 128 156 184 244 304 334
Mix 20 32 32 16 32 48 48 48 48
Group 8882488888
Aux 8 1616 2 1624242424
Bus Processors 080088880
Solo 222222222
Mix Minus 000000000
Externals 162424 6 2432323232
Total Paths 108 180 194 178 246 306 366 426 448