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DiGiCo Quantum 338
FPGA-based touring console with 122 input channels, 3 x 17-inch touchscreens and Quantum processing including Mustard and Spice Rack channel strips. The desk a very large share of international touring riders name.
Protocols it speaks
| Protocol | Direction | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| madi | bidirectional | Native MADI on the rear, the DiGiCo optical and coax stage-rack backbone. |
| dante | bidirectional needs licence |
Via optional DMI card. |
| aes67 | bidirectional needs licence |
Via DMI Dante card in AES67 mode. |
| word-clock | bidirectional | Word clock in and out for the digital rack. |
| midi | bidirectional | MIDI for snapshot triggering and external control. |
| osc | bidirectional | OSC control of the desk. |
| ltc | in | LTC for snapshot firing against timecode. |
| mtc | in | MIDI timecode in. |
Connectors
- Optical and coax MADI
- 2x DMI card slots
- Word clock in/out
- MIDI in/out
- LTC in
- Redundant PSU
- Gigabit control
What to watch for
Channel count is not fixed: it depends on how the FPGA resources are allocated between channels, buses and processing. A session that opens is not proof it will run at the sample rate you want.
DMI slots are the entire connectivity story beyond MADI. A Dante rider on a Quantum needs a DMI Dante card physically fitted, and rental stock is not consistently populated.
Session files are version-locked to console software. Carry the exact version, or a session from the previous city may not load.
Sources
- DiGiCo — DiGiCo primary
Understand the mechanism
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