Calrec Sigma Bluefin Digital Audio Mixer w/ MADI Interface

Sigma is Calrec’s second all digital production console designed for the most critical broadcast production and on-air applications. Based on the well established Alpha digital system architecture, Sigma provides comprehensive features and functionality with sophisticated failure protection systems. Sigma continues to meet the changing requirements demanded by the on-set of surround sources in live production, providing sophisticated assignable monitoring solutions and encompassing flexible TFT style metering.  The Bluefin High Density Processing System provides 320 equivalent mono signal paths – and can provide this incredible power on just one card. The Bluefin technology project has been in development for a number of years and elements of the technology have been used in the Alpha console since its launch in 1999. It is a proprietary architecture which is has been conceived and developed entirely within Calrec. Bluefin processing provides benefits beyond size and functionality. Calrec products have an unrivalled history of reliability and Bluefin further enhances this. The design generates less heat, uses less power and back-plane activity is reduced. System resilience is improved by 100% redundancy of all processing elements through the provision of a second card – it is like having another console as a hot spare.