Audient NERO Desktop Monitor Controller

Description

The Audient NERO Desktop Monitor Controller is a professional-grade, tabletop monitor stereo monitor controller for engineers with an expanding setup. The unit allows you to monitor three sets of speakers, giving you the ability to set and match levels for all the speakers, which is quite handy for comparisons.
With three independent inputs, you can choose between sources as well. There are a few uses for this; for instance, you can route different inputs to the cue mixes, so the artists can hear things as they’d like while you record.
You can assign the subwoofer to any monitor path. You’ll also note the presence of one monitor-grade headphone amp and three headphone outputs suitable for cue mixes, covering you and your artists.
Audition your mixes quickly by switching among your monitors, all while maintaining separate control of the subwoofer. You can define the dim position yourself, so that the mix automatically attenuates, at the press of a button, to the desired level you wish.
However you choose to route your setup, you can save your workflow so that you can call up your default configuration however you want. Also, Smart Touchpoints enable you to configure different routing schemes on the fly, enabling quick comparisons exactly how you’d have them.
Monitor stereo information with Sum and Difference mode and permanently assign a speaker output to mono, if you’re working with a mono reference speaker. With cue-mix monitoring, you can reference what your artists are hearing, and then go back to your mix.
Controls are on hand for talkback mics. A talkback mic is even built into the Nero, but you can also use dynamic or condenser microphones if you prefer. With Audient’s Precision-Matched Attenuation Technology, you can be sure there will be no drift between the left and right channels.
Key Features:

4 x stereo analogue sources.
2 x line-level inputs.
1 x dedicated cue mix input.
1 x aux input on RCA or mini-jack.
Optical and coaxial S/PDIF inputs.
3 x stereo speaker outputs.
1 x assignable sub output.
4 x headphone outputs with flexible routing.
Smart touchpoints for user customisation.
Talkback input.
Internal microphone.
External talkback input.
Dim, cut, mono, and polarity monitor controls.

Specifications

Inputs

Gain Trim Range
Auxiliary Input: ±12 dB

Nominal Input Level
Balanced: +4 dBuUnbalanced: -10 dBV

Maximum Input Level
Balanced: +18 dBuUnbalanced: +27 dBuTalkback: +2 dBu

CMRR
Balanced: > 50 dBBalanced Mic: > 80 dB at 1 kHz

Microphone EIN
-128 dBu

Gain
Talkback Input: 4 to 44 dB

Phantom Power
Talkback Input: 48 V

Digital Inputs

Connections
TOSLINK and Coaxial

Format
S/PDIF

Sample Rates
44.1 to 192 kHz

Bit Depth
Up to 24-Bit

Outputs

Maximum Output Level
Speakers: +12 dBu

Minimum Load
Headphone Outputs: 12.8 Ohms

THD+N
Speakers: 0.0015% 0 dBu 1 KilohmsHeadphones: 0.009% at 30 Ohms, 0.009% at 60 Ohms, 0.008% at 600 Ohms

SNR
100 dBu

Crosstalk
Speakers: > 100 dBHeadphone Outputs: > 62 dB

Frequency Response
20 Hz to 22 kHz ±5 dB

Attenuation
> 110 dB

Peak Power Output
90 mW at 30 Ohms56 mW at 60 Ohms7.35 mW at 600 Ohms

Power Supply
12 VDC Centre Positive DC Adapter, 2 A

Dimensions (W x L x D)
10 x 3 x 6.1″ / 255 x 75 x 155 mm

Weight
4.4 lb / 2 kg