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The OptiPatch is a fully automated router, patchbay, and distribution amplifier for your Lightpipe and S/PDIF optical digital audio signals. Just hook all your optical fibers to the OptiPatch: controlling who speaks to whom is as simple as the touch of a few buttons. You can send one source to multiple destinations. You can select between multiple sources to a single destination. Or you can do anything in between. And once you?e established a routing pattern, it can be saved and recalled later.
The OptiPatch is similar to a z-8.8 Digital Detangler equipped with eight optical inputs and eight optical outputs. The only differences are the form factor (1RU) and the 9V DC power supply.

The OptiPatch+ is the same as the OptiPatch, but with 15 inputs and 15 outputs. When fully connected, the OptiPatch can serve as the central switching hub for a total of 120 input channels and 120 output channels.

If you have more than a couple of pieces of digital audio gear, you've probably found that getting them all hooked up and talking to each other is no simple task. Furthermore, you've probably found that re-configuring your set-up for different users or different modes of operation can be a real nightmare. The z-8.8 is designed to seamlessly integrate and re-configure your digital audio workplace.
For example, let's say you have several A/D and D/A converters, a couple of DAT machines, a CD transport, a digital audio workstation, and a couple of outboard effects processors. There are conceivably many different ways you would want to hook these devices together, depending on which source might need to feed which DAT machine, workstation, or D/A converter. Furthermore, if a single source needs to feed multiple destinations at the same time (e.g., an A/D converter feeding several DAT machines, a workstation, and a D/A converter for monitoring), daisy-chaining these destination devices is an unsafe and unreliable way to go. Matters are only complicated further if some of the devices have AES/EBU inputs and outputs, other devices have S/PDIF inputs and outputs, and still others have optical inputs and outputs.
The z-8.8 offers a solution to all of these problems. We offer a number of standard configurations and can custom-build to meet your particular needs a unit with any number of AES/EBU, S/PDIF, and optical input and output ports (4 AES/EBU, 2 S/PDIF, and 2 optical tends to be quite popular). Once configured as you require, you would hook up all of your digital audio sources and destinations to the z-8.8's rear panel. The connection pattern is then simply established by the touch of a few buttons on the unit's front panel.
The z-8.8 can distribute single sources to multiple destinations simultaneously and it can channel-switch between multiple sources to a single destination. Or, it can distribute and channel-switch at the same time. If the unit is equipped with different formats, it will make the electrical format conversion as necessary between ports. Also, the unit is fully asynchronous which allows it to handle multiple sample rates at the same time.
Product Specifications
Input and output connectors: as configured, RCA or BNC,XLR, and Optical (TOSLINK) Input and output impedance: 75 ohms (coaxial) and 110 ohms (XLR) Input and output resolution, SNR, THD+N: what comes in goes out!
Stocked Configurations
z-8.8 (8.0.0) - all AES/EBU on XLR z-8.8 (4.2.2) - 4 AES/EBU on XLR, 2 S/PDIF on BNC and 2 S/PDIF optical on TOSLINK z-8.8 (custom) - any configuration - allow one week for delivery
When ordering, specify z-8.8 (X.Y.Z) where X is the number of AES/EBU ports, Y is the number of coaxial S/PDIF ports, and Z is the number of optical ports.

The z-16.16 offers a solution to all of the same problems that the z-8.8 can solve but gives you twice as much i/o. Perhaps most significantly, the z-16.16 can be custom-configured, just like the z-8.8. Choose from any combination of AES/EBU, coaxial S/PDIF (BNC or RCA), and optical input and output ports. All copper input/output ports are transformer-isolated, and high-quality Scientific Conversions transformers are available for a small extra cost. A digital detangler is the ideal solution to managing the maze of digital cables and formats found in today's studios.
Product Specifications
Input and output connectors: as configured, RCA or BNC,XLR, and Optical (TOSLINK) Input and output impedance: 75 ohms (coaxial) and 110 ohms (XLR) Input and output resolution, SNR, THD+N: what comes in goes out!
Stocked Configurations
z-16.16 (16.0.0) - all AES/EBU on XLR z-16.16 (10.4.2) - 10 AES/EBU on XLR, 4 S/PDIF on BNC and 2 S/PDIF optical on TOSLINK z-16.16 (custom) - any configuration - allow one week for delivery
When ordering, specify z-16.16 (X.Y.Z) where X is the number of AES/EBU ports, Y is the number of coaxial S/PDIF ports, and Z is the number of optical ports.

If you have more than a couple of pieces of digital audio gear, you've probably found that getting them all hooked up and talking to each other is no simple task. Furthermore, you've probably found that re-configuring your set-up for different users or different modes of operation can be a real nightmare. If the z-8.8 is not large enough for you or if you need the added convenience of a remote control or a Mac or Windows control interface, the digital detangler pro is the way to seamlessly integrate and re-configure your digital audio workplace.
For example, let's say you have many A/D and D/A converters, several DAT machines, CD transports, digital audio workstations, and outboard effects processors. There are conceivably many different ways you would want to hook these devices together, depending on which source might need to feed which DAT machine, workstation, or D/A converter. Furthermore, if a single source needs to feed multiple destinations at the same time (e.g., an A/D converter feeding several DAT machines, a workstation, and a D/A converter for monitoring), daisy-chaining these destination devices is an unsafe and unreliable way to go.
The digital detangler pro series offers a solution to all of these problems. Unlike the z-8.8, however, the digital detangler pros use multi-pin breakout cables for their AES/EBU connections. This is because of the high density of interconnect needed to establish up to 64 source and destination connections. The breakout cables are identical in pinout to those used by TASCAM for the DA88 eight-track DAT recorder. We supply the pinout so you can make your own cables, or we can supply you with extremely high-quality AES/EBU breakout cables.
Hook up all of your digital audio sources and destinations to the digital detangler pro's rear panel. The connection pattern is then simply established by the touch of a few buttons on the unit's remote control or a couple of keystrokes on the computer. Furthermore, both the remote control and the computer interfaces allow the creation of multiple presets, or "salvos" which can later be recalled for instant reconfiguration on-the fly.
As with the z-8.8, the detangler pros are fully asynchronous, which allows them to handle multiple sample rates at the same time. For the real do-it-yourselfer, we also supply the control protocol so you can build your own control interface (software or hardware). Other manufacturers have written their own control interfaces for the digital detangler pro so it can be used with their products. See, for example, Sonic Science.

Product Specifications
Input and output connectors: DB25-to-XLR Input and output impedance: 110 ohms Input and output resolution, SNR, THD+N: what comes in goes out!
Standard units are all AES/EBU. If any other configuration is needed, p[lease specify at time of order. Note, these routers do not handle the optical format due to their i/o interface connectors.

Are you getting tired of crawling behind your rack of digital gear every time you want to re-configure your signal flow? Are you troubled by the snake-pit of digital cables under your console? Do you wish you could control your digital signal flow from the same PC or Mac on which you run your digital audio workstatsion? Are you wondering how you're going to share equipment in a machine room between several different audio suites? Then you need a Digital Detangler Pro.
The z-128.128r Digital Detangler Pro is a fully automated router, patchbay, and distribution amplifier for your digital audio signals. Just hook all your digital gear to the Digital Detangler -- controlling "who speaks to whom" is as simple as the touch of a few buttons on the optional remote. You can send one source to multiple destinations, you can select between multiple sources to a single destination, or you can do anything in between. And once you've established a routing pattern, it can be saved and recalled later.
For added functionality, control the Digital Detangler Pro with our router control software, available for both Windows and Mac. Besides having the luxury of unlimited numbers of presets and the ability to give meaningful names to logical ports, a workgroup of users can share the Digital Detangler Pro from multiple network sites.
Best of all, the z-128.128r is modular, meaning that you can purchase it with 16x16 inputs-by-outputs and expand it in increments of 16 x 16 inputs-by-outputs. This allows you to purchase a digital audio routing solution that can grow with you: as your routing needs grow, so can your router.
Simply put, the Digital Detangler Pro is the smart way to interconnect your digital gear. It's an essential ingredient in any digital facility; install one today and you'll wonder how you ever lived without it. The z-128.128r is available with any combination of AES/EBU and coaxial S/PDIF*. We even have a special cable that will allow you to attach your Digidesign 192 Digital I/O directly to the z- 128.128r. Just call your Z-Systems dealer and they'll order a model that's perfect for you.
Product Specifications

Supports AES/EBU and, S/PDIF
Supports sample rates to 192 kHz
Supports wordwidths to 24 bits
Inputs/Outputs are terminated and transformer-isolated Port-to-port latencies are matched
Supports multiple sample rates simultaneously.
5 rack-unit form factor Uses DB25-to-XLR and/or DB25-to- RCA breakout cables (commonly available)
Special cable to match Digidesign
96 & 192 Digital I/O pin-out also available

z-256.256r digital detangler pro also available