Description
Technical
Specifications
Processing
| Max sample rate | 65,535 kHz |
|---|---|
| Bit depth | 24 bits |
Surface
| Physical faders | 25 |
|---|---|
| Motorized faders | Yes |
| Screens | 2 |
| Touchscreen | Yes |
| Ecrans | Double interface à écrans tactiles |
| Faders | 25 faders tactiles motorisés Penny+Giles de 100 mm |
Recording
| Onboard recording | Yes |
|---|---|
| Recording type | disque dur interne (architecture PC, Windows XP) |
Networking
| Networking & protocols | ADAT / AES/EBU |
|---|---|
| Redundant PSU | No |
| Redundant networking | No |
Physical
| Width | 1,107 mm |
|---|---|
| Depth | 808 mm |
| Height | 234 mm |
| Weight | 33 kg |
Other
| Architecture | Architecture PC standard : Pentium 4 à 3 GHz, 1 Go RAM (extensible 2 Go), Windows XP, disque dur |
|---|---|
| Modeles | Deux modèles : X.200 et X.400 (même architecture) |
| Resolution | Fonctionnement 96 kHz de série, option 192 kHz |
| Io Matrice | Matrice d'E/S 72×72 (36×36 à 192 kHz) ; 64 voies avec DSP à 96 kHz (32 à 192 kHz) |
| Dsp Voie | Par voie : compresseur/limiteur, gate/expandeur, égaliseur paramétrique 4 bandes |
| Cartes Io | Rack de cartes d'E/S configurable (analogique, AES, ADAT optique, carte FireWire, word clock, SMPTE) |
| Vst | Compatible plug-ins VST tiers ; intégration Mackie Control Universal (Pro Tools, Logic…) |
| Uad | Carte Universal Audio UAD-1 : de série sur X.400, en option sur X.200 |
| Dimensions | X.200 : 234 × 1107 × 808 mm (H×L×P), ~33 kg |
| Developpement | Développée avec SaneWave, plus de deux ans de R&D ; livrée à partir de juin 2004 |
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History & design
The Digital X Bus (dXb) is a high-definition digital production console unveiled by Mackie in 2004 after more than two years of development with the company SaneWave. A spiritual successor to the Digital 8 Bus, it came in two models, X.200 and X.400, sharing the same architecture: a dual touch-screen interface, 25 motorised 100 mm Penny+Giles touch faders, on-board automation and DSP, 96 kHz operation (192 kHz option) and a configurable I/O card cage.
Its distinctive feature is being built on a standard PC architecture (3 GHz Pentium 4, 1 GB RAM expandable to 2 GB, Windows XP, hard drive), letting it run third-party VST plug-ins and integrate control of major DAWs (Pro Tools, Logic…) via Mackie Control Universal. The X.400 shipped with a Universal Audio UAD-1 card (optional on the X.200) for extra DSP. Each channel offers a compressor/limiter, gate/expander and 4-band parametric EQ.
Technically ahead of its time, the Digital X Bus stayed niche: reaching a market where software control surfaces were rising, it soon suffered from curtailed software support and saw only very limited distribution, making it a rare console and a collector's curiosity today.
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