Behringer S16 [6/9] Standard operation

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4.1 Standard Operation

The S16 is in Standard (default) mode when all the conguration STATUS LEDs

on the front display are o. This is useful for using the unit as a digital snake

along with the X32 console to conveniently transfer 16 channels from the

stage to FOH, andsend40 total channels back to the stage. The sends to the

stage are arranged as AES50 channels 1-8 which appear on the 8 analog XLR

OUTPUTS, AES50 channels17-24 and 25-32 which appear on the ADAT OUTPUTS,

andAES50channels 33-48 appearing at the P16 OUTPUT. The specic routing

ofthe AES50 channels can be congured on the X32.

4.2 Cascaded Operation

To make use of the S16’s full potential, up to 3 units can be cascaded to allow

48channels of bidirectional audio. Any AES50 signals cascaded from one S16’s

port A to another S16’s port B are automatically shifted up 16 channels,

allowingthe last S16 in the chain to transmit all audio channels to and from the

stage via its AES50-A port. The X32 Routing home page allows selection of the

incoming AES50 signals that can be connected to the channel processing.

Therouting of the audio sent from console to stage box can be adjusted on the

X32 Routing AES50 pages, respectively.

Signals sent from the X32 to the stage are seen the same on all S16 units in the

chain. AES50 channels 1-8 will appear on the XLR OUTPUTS of each unit.

Toachieve maximum output to the stage, the 2nd and 3rd units in the chain

must have their physical OUTPUTS set to OUT +8 and OUT +16 respectively.

The following chart details the signal ow to and from the stage when

using3S16 units.