RME AVB Tool 4 Channel Microphone Preamp/Router

Main Features

• Four mic, instrument and line level pre-amps
• High-grade quality analogue inputs
• 8-Stream Gigabit AVB

Router, Mic Preamp, MADI - AVB converter and more


The RME AVB Tool combines MADI and deterministic AVB networked audio with four high-precision microphone, instrument and line level inputs, plus headphone and separate line level outputs. Following RME's concept of maximum versatility and connectivity, 128 channels of MADI I/O have been also added to this half rack 19” device.

High-grade quality analogue inputs
The AVB Tool is a pristine analogue converter featuring the most commonly-found analogue signals in a control room, recording studio or on stage: four XLR-TRS combo inputs, with remote controllable 75 dB gain in 1 dB steps; an input line level sensitivity of +18 dBu, with switchable high impedance on every channel; a stereo headphone output; and two analogue line level outputs, with switch- able +4/+19 dBu reference levels.

Power is provided by an external power supply (with locking connector), and a K-slot lock port adds an additional level of security against theft.

Seamless redundancy is available for all MADI signals, whenever the secondary MADI port is mirrored with the same signal as the coaxial MADI input. If redundancy is not required, the (optional) optical single- or multimode MADI module is treated as an individual MADI I/O with full bandwidth.

8-Stream Gigabit AVB
On the AVB side, the number of streams available in the RME AVB core have been doubled to eight streams in AM824 (legacy AVB) or high-performance AAF (MILAN compatible) format - with configurable size and format per stream. Up to 128 audio channels can be sent and received over AVB in total across all streams.

The AVB Tool has the same input stages as the first four channels of the 12Mic – successfully combining the components found in the Fireface UFX II and UFX+ into a new AD converter, extended with switchable High Impedance, balanced line level on the TRS, and two balanced line level outputs at the rear for monitoring.