Merlin PLUS is the ideal 1RU codec for studio installations and offers a simple, compact and scalable solution for managing multiple simultaneous remotes.
Now supports 6 simultaneous Opus audio streams, ISDN and POTS!
Use Merlin PLUS for:
Up to 6 simultaneous bidirectional mono remote connections.
Bidirectional stereo and full duplex communications for point-to-point and remote connections.
Simple local or remote command and control.
Recallable codec configurations via programs.
Features:
SP based architecture
24 Bit 48kHz audio sampling
Dual 1 Gig (10/100/1000) Ethernet ports
Dual redundant AC power supplies
User programmable matrix audio mixer for bidirectional stereo program, plus low latency IFB and full duplex communications*
Uncompressed PCM audio plus algorithms including aptX® Enhanced; LC-AAC, HE-AAC v1 and v2, AAC-LD, AAC-ELDv1 and v2, Opus, MPEG II, MPEG Layer-3, Tieline Music and MusicPLUS, G.722 and G.711
Supports up to 6 simultaneous streams of Opus encoding.
IPv4 & IPv6 compatible
DB-25 Audio Expansion Connector for an additional 4 channels in/out
Asymmetric algorithmic encode/decode*
Integrated alarm management
G5 Toolbox GUI enables remote codec control over WANs
Codec Management System compatible for codec network management
Low latency in-band RS-232 aux data channel
Programmable rules engine
Streamlined codec wizards and graphical user interface
Support for multiple languages*: English, Chinese, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish
Connect to all Tieline IP codecs and Report-IT Live Enterprise Edition
*Supported in later releases.
MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson Licensing.