Pro audio tools and interface specialist Nixer Pro Audio is the latest British company to become a Ravenna partner.
Based in Dunstable, Nixer Pro Audio designs and develops professional AoIP monitoring, mixing and diagnostics solutions. Founder and CEO Nick Fletcher has an impressive pedigree in product design and development, having spent more than 30 years designing and building equipment, including more than a decade as director of R&D at Cadac. ‘We already have a number of products built on the Dante protocol, but our new RL Series (launched in June) was specifically designed to have Ravenna capability in response to requests from customers within the broadcast market,’ Fletcher explains.
The RL Series is a range of 1U-high rack-mounted AoIP mixing and monitoring units, configurable at purchase to be either Ravenna, and can be configured to allow two modes of operation – a mixing mode supporting up to 256 channels at 48kHz (128 channels at 96kHz) plus a microphone input (via headphone connector) and AES input to create a 259:2 mixer; alternatively, it can be set into a simple listen mode where touching a channel instantly routes to the LR output and cancels any previous selection.
A simple menu system offers rapid and intuitive access to the unit’s features via a touchscreen, and the high-resolution screen is easy to read, presenting the user with comprehensive metering, routing and status information.
‘Given that Ravenna is now an integral part of our product range, becoming a Ravenna partner seemed the logical option in order to keep ourselves and customers updated on all Audio-over-IP developments,’ observes Fletcher.
‘I am glad to welcome Nixer Pro Audio to our ranks, particularly in light of the fact that their broadcast customers have specifically requested Ravenna capability,’ says ALC NetworX’s Andreas Hildebrand. ‘It is testament to the fact that when only the highest audio quality will suffice, the choice for audio transport has to be Ravenna, and I am sure that Ravenna capability will be implemented in many more Nixer Pro Audio products in the future.’
