{"product_id":"glensound-minferno-single-commentators-box-for-dante-audio-networks","title":"Glensound MINFERNO Single Commentator's Box For Dante Audio Networks","description":"\u003cp\u003eMinFerno is a new, smaller, and even easier to use version of our exceptionally popular Inferno network audio commentary box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMinFerno is designed for a single commentator\/ announcer to use, and like its big brother the Inferno, it provides the very best possible commentary microphone amplifier and compressor limiter circuit for amazing on air sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe MinFerno is easy to use for commentators who would rather be talking about the game than figuring out how the equipment works.  It is built to our exacting, rugged \u0026amp; robust standard to make it a reliable piece of broadcast equipment for the busy engineer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRedundant Powering Options\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe MinFerno can be powered from any of 3 different sources:\u003cbr\u003e1) PoE on the Primary CAT5 Network link\u003cbr\u003e2) PoE on the Secondary CAT5 Network link\u003cbr\u003e3) External 12V DC \u003cbr\u003eFour of rear panel LEDs show the availability of the 3 power sources.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrimary \u0026amp; Secondary SFP Slots\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe SFP (Small Form-Factor Pluggable) fibre slots are standard networking ports that accept standard SFP modules. This means that you decide what type of fibre and connector style you want to use just by the SFP module that you insert. The primary \u0026amp; secondary network circuits allow for glitch free redundancy across both the Fibre \u0026amp; Copper network interfaces. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrimary \u0026amp; Secondary Copper Network Connections with PoE\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTwo CAT6 connections on Neutrik Ethercons (that accept standard networking cables) are provided to allow copper connections to local network switches to carry the Dante\/ AES67 audio. Two connections are fitted to allow redundant circuits to be used if required.\u003cbr\u003eBoth of these connectors can accept a PoE power source for providing the power to the MinFerno.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInput Mode \u0026amp; Gain\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne pair of push buttons selects the input type of the front panel XLR to be either microphone, line or microphone with 48V phantom power. 3 LEDs indicate which input mode is selected.\u003cbr\u003eTwo push buttons are used to alter the gain of the input. LEDs indicate if the gain setting is above or below our pre-configured ‘lineup’ levels. The front panel PPM of course provides an accurate indication of the input level.\u003cbr\u003eThe gain can also be altered remotely by a web browser pointing at the MinFerno's web page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUp to 4 of Incoming Audio Volume Controls\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOn the top panel are up to 5 rotary headphone volume controls. 4 of these are connected to 4 incoming audio circuits from the Dante\/ AES67 network. These are normally used for such sources as mixed programme or cue, talkback to director, talkback to producer, talkback to engineer etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSidetone Volume Control\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 5th front panel rotary headphone volume control is ‘sidetone’. Sidetone is the commentator's own voice in their own ears. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeadphone Routing\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEach of the 5 headphone volume controls has an associated left ear, right ear, both routing switch located next to the volume knob. This single push button switch routes the associated source to just the left, just the right or both channels of the stereo headphone amplifier. \u003cbr\u003eTo enable the commentator to know how they are routing a circuit the first time a routing switch is pressed, a pair of LEDs on the front panel indicate its current routing arrangement. The next time the routing switch is pressed then the next routing option is selected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobust Mic On and Talkback Buttons\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are up to 4 of large bright illuminated buttons (1 for programme and up to 3 for talkback). These switches route the outgoing microphone circuit onto up to 4 different Dante\/ AES67 network audio circuits. The operation of these switches (momentary, latching etc) and the interaction of these switches (i.e. pressing a talkback switch mutes the main mic) can be fully configured via the web page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e15 segment LED PPM Meter\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAudio input level is indicated on the 15 segment PPM meter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLow Noise Microphone Amplifier With Remote Gain\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe spent a long time optimising the performance of the THAT corporation microphone amplifier used in the original Inferno and used again on the MinFerno. It features very low noise \u0026amp; distortion circuit that we remote control the gain of in 1dB steps, which allows us to provide the remote webpage gain control as well as the rear panel gain push buttons. We also optimised the circuits to allow correct source impedance switching depending on whether the input has been set as a mic or line input.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReferee Compressor Limiter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs with all our commentary units, the MinFerno features our very popular Referee compressor limiter circuit. This circuit starts to compress the commentator’s voice gradually and slowly increases the compression ratio as the input level becomes overly high, resulting in a very natural sounding and distortion free audio output capable of taming even the loudest of commentators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHigh Quality Analogue To Digital Converter (ADC)\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDante\/ AES67 network audio is a digital circuit and as such the best analogue microphone amplifier would be wasted if we hadn’t paired it up with the best analogue to digital converter. 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