DX to DX Connection?

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Hello People

We are planning a dLive // AHM installation in a bigger live concert venue.
We are installing 2 DM48 Mixracks as the shared Bus limitations don’t work out for us.

We want to mix those outputs together and also get some guest inputs on the AHM64 before the signals get passed to the relative system controllers of speakers.

I struggle to find clarity in the question if we can pass signal in this way between devices:
DM48 DX –> DX-Hub –> AHM64
or are the DX ports really only for expander boxes?

We need to connect aditional I/O to the AHM64 for more inputs, so we would need 3sLink ports on the AHM, in case DX to DX does not work, which is not possible.

AM I overlooking something or is Dante our way to go?

cheers, s

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DX hubs only work for adding more DX stage boxes to the system.

Honestly with three different systems that you want to integrate together (two DLive and the AHM system), I think the easiest way to do this is with Dante or Waves. By having a Dante or Waves card in each system, you will be able to route audio between the systems freely. This means that all of your I/O (regardless of which device it is connected to) can be routed to any/all of the devices including the AHM system.

Outside of using Dante/Waves, you will need to connect each system directly to the other systems via a GigaAce or Madi cards. These connections are “direct” however which means you need more cards overall than using Dante/Waves.

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You beat me to coming to exactly the same suggestion. I use Dante on my home AHM64 and SQ (was 5, now Rack) and similar for the Avantis/AHM32 installation in a church. The flexibility when 3rd mixer required definitely is met by Dante, and I expect Waves, but I have never used Waves.

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hey

thank you for your answers. dante it is then.
we would have liked to make this as easy and “point-to-point” as possible. in other club installations i have seen clocking problems in the startup procedure when dante and other protocols were involved. and these installations are being turned on and off frequently.

cheers, s