
Avid VENUE | Dugan VN16 Option Card

Add automixing capabilities to your SC48, Profile, D-Show, or Mix Rack system. With the Dugan-VN16 Option Card you can easily mix perfectly balanced speech and dialog across multiple live mics. The card automatically detects active mics and adjusts volumes accordingly, minimizing feedback, comb filtering, and background noise.
Unlike a noise gate, which can introduce distracting sonic artifacts, the Dugan-VN16 dynamically adapts to the room environment. It turns up mics as people speak and turns them down when they aren’t. And it transparently cross-fades channels to maintain consistent system gain. The result—you get high-quality mixes with great clarity. Without having to ride faders or intently follow the conversation.
Features
System requirements
SYSTEM |
The Dugan-VN16 can be installed in the following Avid VENUE systems and components1: |
FOH Rack—installs in the IOx card expansion slot2 |
Mix Rack—installs in Slot E3 |
SC48—installs in Slot E4 |
SC48 Remote—installs in Slot E4 |
Avid VENUE 3 or higher software |
- Only one Dugan-VN16 card can be used in a Avid VENUE system. However, you can connect additional outboard Dugan automatic mic mixers to the card (using the ADAT connectors) to support up to 128 live mics (with eight total Dugan units in a single optical ring network).
- You cannot use an IOx Option Card when the Dugan-VN16 card is installed.
- You cannot use an IOx Option Card or any other Slot E option card when the Dugan-VN16 card is installed.
- You cannot use an IO16 Option Card or any other Slot E option card when the Dugan-VN16 card is installed.
* Please note that the Dugan-VN16 Option Card is not currently certified for sale in Korea.
Specifications
OPERATING MODES |
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Standard |
16 channels of Dugan mixing (ADAT connectors link multiple Dugan units) |
Shared |
8 channels of Dugan mixing and 8 channels of general purpose ADAT I/O |
IO 16 |
16 channels of general purpose ADAT I/O |
AUDIO | |
Digital I/O |
ADAT optical, 24-bit, 48 kHz (Shared and IO 16 modes only) |
Gain | Unity |
Audio latency |
2 ms |
Linking |
Up to eight Dugan units may be linked in an optical ring network |
CONNECTORS | |
10/100 Base-T |
RJ-45 |
Word Clock output |
BNC |
Linking and digital I/O |
ADAT optical (Audio 1–8, Audio 9–16) |