The Express ip Mini is a compact simple to operate, 2 user network audio commentary box, that is ideal for both the occasional & the daily provider of commentary facilities.
Its low cost keeps the accountant happy, its simple facilities makes it very easy to setup for the engineer and the familiar Glensound control surface keeps the commentators satisfied.
Having been involved in designing and manufacturing commentary boxes for over 40 years the Express ip Mini is a culmination of all our years of experience and has been designed to provide just enough of the basic facilities required for everyday commentary in a very robust & easy to use package.
MINI
The new Express ip MINI is SMALL !
In one of the pictures above it can be seen compared to the original Express ip
Two Four Wire Circuits
The Express ip Mini has two talkback circuits. Each commentator has their own talkback buttons. The push buttons for each circuit feature Config + and as such are configurable and can operate in different modes:
- Latching on/off
- Momentary push to talk (PTT)
- Intelligent mode where a short tap is latching, but a longer hold becomes momentary
- Always on and mutes when pressed (cough mode)
Pressing a talkback button removes the mic from the main output and directs it to the talkback output.
Headphone Monitoring
There are 4 inputs into the headphone mixer. Each commentator has individual pots to set their preferred mix of these sources. There is a 5th pot for adjusting the level of the commentator's own voice (sidetone) and a 6th pot for adjusting the level of the other commentator’s voice in their headphones.
The front panel has 2 x 6.35mm jack sockets for connecting the commentators’ headphones.
This device uses Audinate's Ultimo Chipset, which can receive 4 incoming audio channels, each at 48kHz. However, this chipset can only receive these 4 audio channels from a maximum of 2 network locations (2 different devices). This is common with any manufacturer that uses this chipset.
- Compact two person commentary
- Dante®/ AES67 network audio interface
- Four external monitor inputs
- Two common talkback circuits
- Operation of talkback buttons configurable
- Mic inputs with selectable 48V phantom power
- Mic input gain controls