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FiberPlex Expands LightViper™ Line With 32 Input AES3 Digital Audio Snake System

— Fiber optic “digital audio snake” offers affordable, advanced technology solution for larger “pure-digital” touring audio as well as fixed installation pro audio applications —

NSCA, ORLANDO, FL March 10, 2005 — FiberPlex, Inc., the leading fiber optic supplier to the professional audio industry, adds the VIS- 4832 bi-directional digital snake system to its LightViper range of military-grade fiber optic products for the Pro Audio market.

The new LightViper VIS-4832 digital snake system is an AES3 digital audio alternative for the company’s highly-acclaimed VIS-1832 Fiber Optic 32 x 8 Analog Snake Head and consists of two (2) 1U electronic rack mount units and the requisite fiber optic cable. The VIS-4832 stage “head” will accept sixteen (16) AES3 digital inputs (32 audio channels). The system’s outputs consist of four (4) AES3 digital outputs and eight (8) analog line level outputs. Two (2) additional Fiber Split outputs are available for monitoring. A dual fiber optic “tactical grade” cable connects the system’s two components to provide a “pure digital signal transmission path” of up to thirty-two (32) channels of remote microphone preamplifiers. By simultaneous use of the system’s digital and analog outputs, it can transport digital mix busses to a digital, analog, or a mixed drive rack.

The VIS-4832 will also handle an optional 10/100 Ethernet portal over fiber and it features both 48 & 96kHz Word and Super Clock outputs.

In a related announcement from the company, starting in April, 2005, all LightViper 1832 systems will support 48kHz sampling rates (VIS-1832, VIM-1832, VIM-1032, VIS-4832, VIM-1808/0808). The 48kHz mode is selected by feeding 48K word clock into the clock input. This new feature allows for greater channel density when interfacing with digital consoles (e.g. Yamaha* PM5D, DM2000 digital consoles with “Y cards”) and is also useful for direct digital feeds to computer-based recording systems. Additionally, all 1832 Systems will support an optional 10/100 Ethernet portal over fiber (VIS-1832, VIM-1832, VIS-4832, VIM-1808/0808) with the use of a four (4) fiber connectors and a 4-core fiber optic cable.

A primary application for the VIS-4832 digital snake is the transmission of signals from the output of existing high-quality microphone preamps directly to the inputs of a digital console. This eliminates the need to convert signals from the digital domain into an analog signal, send these converted signals through a conventional copper snake, and then, subsequently re-convert them from the analog domain back into a digital one at the mixing console.

The digital snake system may also be deployed as a “drive rack snake.” Digital outputs of a mixing console may be sent directly through a LightViper fiber optic cable to the digital inputs of power amplifiers; this topology maintains an all-digital signal path throughout the entire audio signal chain. In addition, the digital snake system will simultaneously route the console’s digital output to both high-end power amps with digital inputs and to conventional monitor amps with analog inputs.

LightViper’s fiber optic cable offers total signal path isolation between both stage and mixer as well as between the mixer and power amplification; the cable is totally immune to ground loops, RFI, EMI and electromechanical noise, and runs of up to 1 1/4 miles (6,600 feet) can be easily accomplished without signal loss or degradation.

FiberPlex includes a limited lifetime warranty with all of its LightViper system components.

The suggested Professional Audio user price for a typical VIS-4832 LightViper digital snake system configuration is $6,446.00; this includes all components ((2) VCB-DDXM-10, (2)VCB-DDXF-10, VCB-DDXM4-10, VCB-DDXF4-10, VFC-0100) and all cable terminations with 100 feet of fiber optic cable for a pure digital solution.

NOTE: LightViper™ is a registered trademark of FiberPlex, Inc. *Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.

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