SAME DSP Engine Configuration

Main

Hostname

Shows the hostname of the server on which the selected SAME DSP-Engine is running on.

Label

Set a friendly name for this SAME DSP-Engine. This SAME DSP-Engine will be identified throughout STAGE by this name.

Description

Set a meaningful description for this SAME DSP-Engine.

Host Settings

Control Port

Set the control port this SAME DSP-Engine is to use.

For more information about the ports used by STAGE, see chapter Default Ports.

Host Engine Control Port

Set the control port this SAME DSP-Engine is to use.

Host Media Control Port

Set the Host Media control port this SAME DSP-Engine is to use.

Host Promtail Listen Port

Set the Host Promtail control port this SAME DSP-Engine is to use.

A Promtail agent can relay the contents of local STAGE logs to a private Grafana Loki instance or Grafana Cloud using this port number.

Host Metrics Listen Port

Set the Host Metrics port this SAME DSP-Engine is to use.

This port can be used by Prometheus for alerts and operational dashboards for example.

PTP Settings

Profile Type

Set the PTP profile to use as a preset configuration for the below PTP settings.

Custom: Freely set the PTP parameter values.

AES67-Media: Use the PTP preset values for AES67 media signal type.

ST2059-2: Use the PTP preset values for SMPTE ST 2059-2 signal type.

AES-R16: Use the PTP preset values for AES-R16 signal type.

IEEE1588 Default: Use the PTP preset values for IEEE1588 signal type.

Clock Domain

Set the domain to use for this SAME DSP-Engine’s PTP clock.

PTP domains allow you to use multiple independent PTP clocking subdomains on a single network.

Priority 1

Definition of the Priority-1 of the PTP source.
Default PTP Priority 1: 128, Range: 0...255

Priority 2

Definition of the Priority-2 of the PTP source.
The PTP Server-Clock of AES67 cards have a higher priority than the PTP Server-Clock for panels.
The highest possible priority for panels is 126. Thus the default setting of AES67 cards is increased to 120.
Default PTP Priority 2: 128, Range: 0...255

Announce Interval

The base-2 logarithm of seconds of the interval of PTP announce messages.
Default Announce Interval: 2, Range: -3...4

Announce Timeout

The timeout for the receipt of the aforementioned messages.
Default Announce Receipt Timeout: 3, Range: 2...10

Sync Interval

The base-2 logarithm of seconds of the interval of PTP sync messages.
Default Sync Interval: -3, Range: -4...1

Delay Request Interval

The base-2 logarithm of seconds of the interval of PTP delay request messages.
Default Delay Request Interval: -3, Range: -3...5

Transport Type

Set the transport protocol used for PTP packets.

UDPv4: [default] Use the IPv4 network addressing scheme.

UDPv6: Use the IPv6 network addressing scheme.

Delay Mechanism

Set the PTP network delay calculation method.

E2E: [default] Calculates the total network delay between the PTP Grandmaster and this server (PTP TimeReceiver) for the entire path using DELAY_REQUEST and DELAY_RESPONSE messages exchange. This option is easier to implement as intermediate network devices do not have to be PTP aware, but his is at the expense of accuracy as individual link delays cannot be compensated for.

P2P: Calculates the total network delay between the PTP Grandmaster and this server (PTP TimeReceiver) by tallying up the delay of each network device in the pathway using Pdelay_Req and Pdelay_Resp messages between adjacent ports. This requires all intermediate network elements to be PTP-aware.

Follower Only

Set the PTP TimeReceiver / TimeTransmitter mode.

Enabled: This SAME DSP-Engine is to be a PTP TimeReceiver only.

Disabled: This SAME DSP-Engine is to be a PTP TimeReceiver and PTP TimeTransmitter.

PTP Status

Shows the device’s current PTP synchronization state.
Unknown: The lock state could not be determined.
UnLocked: PTP is not locked.
Hold Over: The PTP synchronization state is not locked, the device has transitioned out of synchronization state and the Holdover time has not expired.
Locking: PTP source found and the clock is aligned.
Locked Coarse: At least one PTP source is coarse locked.
Locked Fine: At least one PTP source is fine locked.
None: No PTP clock available.
Initializing: Clock is initialized to synchronize to PTP.
Faulty: Clock wasn't able to lock to PTP.
Disabled: PTP clock disabled.
Listening: The PTP synchronization state is waiting for the announceReceiptTimeout to expire or to receive an Announce message from the PTP TimeTransmitter.
Pre-Time Transmitter: The PTP synchronization state is the PTP TimeTransmitter has not sent any messages, except for signaling or management messages.
Time Transmitter: PTP clock is used for time distribution.
Passive: The PTP synchronization state is the PTP TimeTransmitter is not sending any messages.
Uncalibrated: The PTP synchornization state is one or more master ports have been detected in the domain. The appropriate master port has been selected, and the device is preparing to synchronize to the selected master port. This is a transient state to initiate the servo synchronization, datasets updates, and other implementation-specific activities.
Time Receiver: PTP clock is received and used as system clock.
Grand Time Transmitter: PTP clock is GrandMaster.

IP Media Settings

Sampling Rate

Set this SAME DSP-Engine’s operating audio sampling data rate. 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, or 96 kHz.

Preferred SyncMode

Set the PTP SyncMode.

Adaptive: [default]

Strict:

System Channels

Set the maximum number of channels this SAME DSP-Engine is to support. Default: 1024, range: 2 … 1536

Sample Buffer Time

Set the amount of audio buffer:

• 10 / 20 / 50 / 100 / 200 / 500 ms

• 1 / 2 / 4 s

[default: 100 ms]

AES67 Packet Time

Packet time is the real-time duration of media data in a packet. Samples per packet are calculated from packet time and sampling rate. Short packet time allows for lower latency but requires more bandwidth due to overhead. Implemented for interoperability reasons. (0.125, 0.250, 0.333, 1.000, 2.000 or 4.000 ms). Default: 1.000 ms.

The ptime must be sufficient to allow all the audio samples of a whole frame to be sent. A ptime also corresponds to a "number of samples per IP packet", and an audio sample is 3 bytes at 48 kHz sampling rate. Therefore, sending 16 channels with a ptime of 1 ms is NOT possible as (16 * 3 * 48) = 2304 bytes, as the maximum number of bytes per IP packet is 1440.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AES67 for more information.

DSP Volumes section

Filter to display only content whose search text is found in the name (case insensitive).

Indicates the current availability of the DSP Volume. First click Evaluate DSP Volume Compatibility to do a test on the actual SAME DSP-Engine server to see if it has the processing capacity to reliably run this DSP Volume.

Active

Qualified

Evaluation Pending

Evaluating

Not Qualified (the Volume is too big for the server)

Select one of the DSP Volumes to display its mixers on the right.

This section displays the available mixers of the DSP Volume selected in the DSP Volumes section.

This section shows more information about the mixer selected in the mixer section.

Buttons:

Deactivate Volume

Click to deactivate the selected audio Processing Units.

Manage Volumes

Click to create a customized volume tailored to your needs.

Click to validate if the STAGE server(s) have enough processing power to run all the active DSP Volumes. This is required because the amount of processing power required to run a Processing Unit varies from one type of Processing Unit to the next and it is difficult to predict how even even a minor change can impact the load on a server’s CPUs.

Click to activate the selected DSP Volume Processing Units.

DSP Volume Configuration

Filter to display only content whose search text is found in the name (case insensitive).

Indicates the current availability of the DSP Volume.

Qualified (ready to activate)

Active

Evaluating

Unsupported (can not be activated)

The DSP Volume is Unsupported: It cannot be activated.

The DSP Volume is Qualified: It can be successfully activated.

Select one of the DSP Volumes to display its mixers on the right.

Click to modify the currently selected DSP Volume. See below.

Create a new DSP Volume: Click to add a new DSP Volume or make a copy of the selected DSP Volume. See below.

This section shows more information about the DSP Volume.

Name

Set a friendly name for this DSP Volume. This DSP Volume will be identified throughout STAGE by this name.

Description

Set a meaningful description for this DSP Volume.

Created

Last Modified

Shows the creation date and the last DSP Volume modification date.

Usage

Shows where the selected DSP Volume is currently being used.

Same Applications in this DSP Volume

Shows the DSP Volume’s name.

Shows the number of DSP Volume instances. Numbers in parenthesis () are totals for that DSP Volume type.

Audio Pilot Monitoring Processor Volume 4 Instances

Mono Signal/Noise Generator Network Plugin. Generates a sine tone, white noise or pink noise

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Standard Audio Pilot monitoring processor | 5.1 | Stereo | Mono

Demo Volume

For test purposes.

This DSP Volume includes certain Network Plugins; for more information about these Network Plugins, see below.

Standard Audio Pilot monitoring processor | 5.1 | Stereo | Mono

Mixer with:

2x Input Channel Voice Leveller | Mono

4x Input Channel Leveller | Mono

4x Input Channel Leveller | Stereo

1x Automix | 4

4x Aux Bus Light | Mono

2x Aux Bus Light | Stereo

2x Group Bus Light | Stereo

2x Main Bus Light | Stereo

Standard Audio Pilot monitoring processor | 5.1 | Stereo | Mono

Mixer with:

2x Input Channel Voice Leveller | Mono

4x Input Channel Leveller | Mono

4x Input Channel Leveller | Stereo

4x Input Channel Leveller | 5.1

1x Automix | 4

4x Aux Bus Light | Mono

2x Aux Bus Light | Stereo

2x Group Bus Light | Stereo

2x Group Bus Light | 5.1

2x Main Bus Light | Stereo

2x Main Bus Light | 5.1

Mixer Basic 4-1 SUM 5.1

Mono Signal/Noise Generator Network Plugin. Generates a sine tone, white noise or pink noise

Summation Mixer with:

4x Input Channel Light | 5.1

1x Main Bus Light | 5.1

Standard Audio Pilot monitoring processor | 5.1 | Stereo | Mono

Mixer Basic 8-1 SUM Mono

Mono Signal/Noise Generator Network Plugin. Generates a sine tone, white noise or pink noise

Summation Mixer with:

8x Input Channel Light | Mono

1x Main Bus Light | Mono

Standard Audio Pilot monitoring processor | 5.1 | Stereo | Mono

Mixer Basic 8-1 SUM Stereo

Mono Signal/Noise Generator Network Plugin. Generates a sine tone, white noise or pink noise

Summation Mixer with:

8x Input Channel Light | Stereo

1x Main Bus Light | Stereo

Standard Audio Pilot monitoring processor | 5.1 | Stereo | Mono

Mixer Basic 16-4 SUM Mono

Mono Signal/Noise Generator Network Plugin. Generates a sine tone, white noise or pink noise

Summation Mixer with:

16x Input Channel Light | Mono

4x Main Bus Light | Mono

Standard Audio Pilot monitoring processor | 5.1 | Stereo | Mono

Mixer Basic 16-4 SUM Stereo

Mono Signal/Noise Generator Network Plugin. Generates a sine tone, white noise or pink noise

Summation Mixer with :

16x Input Channel Light | Stereo

4x Main Bus Light | Stereo

Standard Audio Pilot monitoring processor | 5.1 | Stereo | Mono

Mixer Plus 10-6-2-2 PROD Stereo

Mono Signal/Noise Generator Network Plugin. Generates a sine tone, white noise or pink noise

Mixer with:

6x Input Channel Standard Plus | Mono

4x Input Channel Standard | Stereo

1x Automix | 4

4x Aux Bus Light | Mono

2x Aux Bus Light | Stereo

2x Group Bus Light | Stereo

2x Main Bus Light | Stereo

Standard Audio Pilot monitoring processor | 5.1 | Stereo | Mono

Mixer Plus 14-6-4-4 PROD 5.1

Mono Signal/Noise Generator Network Plugin. Generates a sine tone, white noise or pink noise

Mixer with:

6x Input Channel Standard Plus | Mono

4x Input Channel Standard | Stereo

4x Input Channel Standard | 5.1

1x Automix | 4

4x Aux Bus Light | Mono

2x Aux Bus Light | Stereo

2x Group Bus Light | Stereo

2x Group Bus Light | 5.1

2x Main Bus Light | Stereo

2x Main Bus Light | 5.1

Standard Audio Pilot monitoring processor | 5.1 | Stereo | Mono

Mixer Plus 20-6-4-1 LIVE Stereo

Mono Signal/Noise Generator Network Plugin. Generates a sine tone, white noise or pink noise

Mixer with:

16x Input Channel Standard Plus | Mono

4x Input Channel Standard | Stereo

1x Automix | 8

4x Aux Bus Light | Mono

2x Aux Bus Light | Stereo

4x Group Bus Standard | Stereo

1x Main Bus Standard | Stereo

Standard Audio Pilot monitoring processor | 5.1 | Stereo | Mono

Mixer Plus 24-16-8-1 LIVE Stereo

Mono Signal/Noise Generator Network Plugin. Generates a sine tone, white noise or pink noise

Mixer with:

16x Input Channel Standard Plus | Mono

8x Input Channel Standard | Stereo

1x Automix | 4

1x Automix | 8

8x Aux Bus Light | Mono

8x Aux Bus Light | Stereo

8x Group Bus Standard | Stereo

1x Main Bus Standard | Stereo

Standard Audio Pilot monitoring processor | 5.1 | Stereo | Mono

Mixer Plus 30-10-2-4 PROD Stereo

Mono Signal/Noise Generator Network Plugin. Generates a sine tone, white noise or pink noise

Mixer with:

14x Input Channel Standard Plus | Mono

16x Input Channel Standard | Stereo

2x Automix | 4

6x Aux Bus Light | Mono

4x Aux Bus Light | Stereo

4x Group Bus Standard | Stereo

4x Main Bus Light | Stereo

Standard Audio Pilot monitoring processor | 5.1 | Stereo | Mono

Mixer Plus 38-16-4-8 PROD 5.1

Mono Signal/Noise Generator Network Plugin. Generates a sine tone, white noise or pink noise

Production Mixer with:

14x Input Channel Standard Plus | Mono

16x Input Channel Standard | Stereo

8x Input Channel Standard | 5.1

1x Automix | 4

1x Automix | 8

10x Aux Bus Light | Mono

6x Aux Bus Light | Stereo

2x Group Bus Standard | Stereo

2x Group Bus Standard | 5.1

4x Main Bus Light | Stereo

4x Main Bus Light | 5.1

Standard Audio Pilot monitoring processor | 5.1 | Stereo | Mono

Mixer Pro 10-6-2-2 PROD Stereo

Mono Signal/Noise Generator Network Plugin. Generates a sine tone, white noise or pink noise

Mixer with:

2x Input Channel Voice Leveller | Mono

4x Input Channel Leveller | Mono

4x Input Channel Leveller | Stereo

1x Automix | 4

4x Aux Bus Light | Mono

2x Aux Bus Light | Stereo

2x Group Bus Light | Stereo

2x Main Bus Light | Stereo

Standard Audio Pilot monitoring processor | 5.1 | Stereo | Mono

Mixer Pro 14-6-4-4 PROD 5.1

Mono Signal/Noise Generator Network Plugin. Generates a sine tone, white noise or pink noise

Mixer with:

2x Input Channel Voice Leveller | Mono

4x Input Channel Leveller | Mono

4x Input Channel Leveller | Stereo

4x Input Channel Leveller | 5.1

1x Automix | 4

4x Aux Bus Light | Mono

2x Aux Bus Light | Stereo

2x Group Bus Light | Stereo

2x Group Bus Light | 5.1

2x Main Bus Light | Stereo

2x Main Bus Light | 5.1

Standard Audio Pilot monitoring processor | 5.1 | Stereo | Mono

Mixer Pro 30-10-2-4 PROD Stereo

Mono Signal/Noise Generator Network Plugin. Generates a sine tone, white noise or pink noise

Mixer with:

3x Input Channel Leveller | Mono

3x Input Channel Voice Leveller | Mono

8x Input Channel Standard Plus | Mono

8x Input Channel Leveller | Stereo

8x Input Channel Standard | Stereo

2x Automix | 4

6x Aux Bus Light | Mono

4x Aux Bus Light | Stereo

4x Group Bus Standard | Stereo

4x Main Bus Light | Stereo

Standard Audio Pilot monitoring processor | 5.1 | Stereo | Mono

Mixer Pro 38-16-4-8 PROD 5.1

Mono Signal/Noise Generator Network Plugin. Generates a sine tone, white noise or pink noise

Production Mixer with:

3x Input Channel Leveller | Mono

3x Input Channel Voice Leveller | Mono

8x Input Channel Standard Plus | Mono

8x Input Channel Leveller | Stereo

8x Input Channel Standard | Stereo

8x Input Channel Leveller | 5.1

1x Automix | 4

1x Automix | 8

10x Aux Bus Light | Mono

6x Aux Bus Light | Stereo

2x Group Bus Standard | Stereo

2x Group Bus Standard | 5.1

4x Main Bus Light | Stereo

4x Main Bus Light | 5.1

Standard Audio Pilot monitoring processor | 5.1 | Stereo | Mono

Mixer Basic

Insert, Delay, High Pass / Low Pass, Expander Gate, Parametric Equalizer, and Compressor / Limiter.

Mixer Plus

Insert, Delay, High Pass / Low Pass, De-Esser, Expander Gate, Parametric Equalizer, and Compressor / Limiter.

Mixer Pro

Leveller: Insert, Delay, High Pass / Low Pass, Expander Gate, Parametric Equalizer, Compressor / Limiter, and Leveller.

Leveller+: Insert, Delay, High Pass / Low Pass, Deesser, Expander Gate, Parametric Equalizer, Compressor / Limiter, and Leveller.

Voice Leveller: Insert, Delay, High Pass / Low Pass, Deesser, Expander Gate, Parametric Equalizer, Spectral Signature, Compressor / Limiter, and Leveller.

SUM

A summation mixer with a mono, stereo, or 5.1 output.

PROD / LIVE

• A production mixer has multiple bus outputs.

• A live mixer has a stereo bus output.

Brickwall Limiter - True Peak | 5.1 / Mono / Stereo

5.1 / Mono / Stereo Brickwall limiter with true peak network plugin.

Brickwall Limiter | 5.1 / Mono / Stereo

5.1 / Mono / Stereo Brickwall limiter network plugin.

Channel Strip Leveller | 5.1 / Stereo

5.1 / Stereo Channel Strip network plugin with Signal Conditioner, Insert, Delay, Hi-pass/Low-pass, Expander / Gate, Equalizer, Compressor/Limiter, Leveller.

Channel Strip Leveller+ | Mono

Mono Channel Strip network plugin with Signal Conditioner, Insert, Delay, Hi-pass/Low-pass, De-Esser, Expander / Gate, Equalizer, Compressor/Limiter, Leveller.

Channel Strip Standard | 5.1 / Stereo

5.1 / Stereo Channel Strip network plugin with Signal Conditioner, Insert, Delay, Hi-pass/Low-pass, Expander / Gate, Equalizer, Compressor/Limiter.

Channel Strip Standard+ | Mono

Mono Channel Strip network plugin with Signal Conditioner, Insert, Delay, Hi-pass/Low-pass, De-Esser, Expander / Gate, Equalizer, Compressor/Limiter.

Channel Strip Voice | Mono

Mono Voice Channel Strip network plugin with Signal Conditioner, Insert, Delay, Hi-pass/Low-pass, De-Esser, Expander / Gate, Equalizer, Spectra-Match, Compressor/Limiter.

Channel Strip Voice Leveller | Mono

Mono Voice Leveller Channel Strip network plugin with Signal Conditioner, Insert, Delay, Hi-pass/Low-pass, De-Esser, Expander / Gate, Equalizer, Spectra-Match, Comp/Limiter, Leveller.

Compressor / Limiter | 5.1 / Mono / Stereo

5.1 / Mono / Stereo Compressor/Limiter network plugin.

De-esser | Mono

Mono de-esser network plugin.

Delay 10 sec. | 5.1 / Mono / Stereo

5.1 / Mono / Stereo delay network plugin.

Downmix | 5.1 to Mono

Downmix 5.1 to Mono.

Downmix | 5.1 to Stereo

Downmix 5.1 to Stereo.

Downmix | Stereo to Mono

Downmix Stereo to Mono.

Expander / Gate | 5.1 / Mono / Stereo

5.1 / Mono / Stereo Expander / Gate network plugin.

Format Converter | Mono to Stereo

Format Converter Mono to Stereo

K-Leveller | 5.1 / Mono / Stereo

5.1 / Mono / Stereo auto level network plugin.

Level Perfect | 5.1 / Mono / Stereo

5.1 / Mono / Stereo level perfect network plugin.

Line Identification Analyzer / Shuffler | 5.1 / Stereo

5.1 / Stereo Line identification analyzer / shuffler network plugin. Analyzes tone bursts according to EBU R49/BLITZ/EBU/GLITZ.

Param EQ 4-Band | 5.1 / Mono / Stereo

5.1 / Mono / Stereo Parametric 4 Band Equalizer network plugin.

Shuffler | 5.1 / Stereo

5.1 / Stereo Shuffler network plugin.

Sectra-Match | 5.1 / Mono / Stereo

5.1 / Mono / Stereo Spectra-Match detector network plugin. The plugin performs dynamic filtering. It dynamically changes the spectral content of the signal to match a given spectral envelope.

Upmix | Stereo to 5.1

Upmix Stereo to 5.1