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Horus User Manual
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INTRODUCTION TO HORUS
Modular by Design
Horus was designed to give its users an amazing amount of Audio I/O channels, over all th
deployed formats, while offering an unprecedented level of quality in such a small form fac
Providing as standard 64 channels of MADI and 24 channel of AES- EBU I/O, you may choose
Analog I/O optional modules and one additional MADI extension module to bring the total MADI capacity to
128 chan
e most commonly
tor.
to add up to 6
nels and thereby create the ultimate audio interface for your studio, whatever the size. Once the
Horus is fully loaded with option cards, it is capable of achieving an astonishing 176 inputs and 178 outputs @
d 2 more output channels than input channels, including the Stereo Headphone
s been designed so that any input can be routed to any number of outputs as required…
uchscreen and by remote
r studio.
sers, Horus has been meticulously designed in order to keep power
d Horus running all channels of phantom power will only
han your kitchen lights.
1FS
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to any combination of outputs
peration... AND
er all I/O via the network
• Front panel touch screen for local access
• Modular design for analog and additional Digital I/O
The Horus
has been designed so that the MADI, AES and Analog modules can all feed into or take their sources
gle CAT5e or
nection on the Horus allows for not only audio, but also control and sync information to flow
er the same network
uration and entire
are already in place, Ravenna
subnets can slip right into place with no additional outlay. In laymen’s terms, this means that you can connect
your Horus to a properly configured network exactly as you would your PC or Mac, with no additional
technology required.
Ravenna is a “mission critical” protocol, meaning that is has been designed to ensure immensely low jitter
rates and latencies (sub-millisecond) and ensures that every single sample gets to where it needs to go
without fail. Horus also provides a secondary, redundant Ravenna connection allowing for uninterrupted use,
even when a network connection fails.
Refer to the Ravenna User Guide and the MassCore-Ravenna Configuration Guide for more details
1FS The
re are indee
Monitoring.
Route Signal Anywhere
Horus ha
simultaneously. With comprehensive routing pages accessible both locally on the to
access using a standard web browser, Horus is the answer to signal flow management in you
Green Built
For environmentally-conscious u
consumption at an incredible minimum. A fully loade
draw about 60W, making it more affordable to run t
HORUS Key Features
• Up to176 inputs and 178 outputs @
• Works from 44.1 kHz to 192 kHz (Premium up to D
• Signal routing from any input
• Works as MADI/AES AD/DA for “standard” o
• Works in Ravenna mode to deliv
• Front panel Stereo Headphone monitoring
• Browser-based remote access using any web enabled device
• Dual redundant power supply option
• Near-zero latency from in to out (<1ms)
Ravenna
from the network over Ravenna streams, providing up to 176 channels of I/O @ 1FS over a sin
CAT6 cable to any other Ravenna devices on the network.
The Ravenna con
through as well. Send Timecodes, Wordclock and even GPIO directly to the Horus unit ov
as your audio. The Ravenna port even provides for remote control access to the config
routing of the unit itself! Support for: RS-422/LTC/MIDI/GPIO/Video Ref/WCK
Ravenna is a layer 3 IP based protocol. In environments where existing networks