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Incremental Growth
Switcher resources and graphics power can be upgraded via software licences – and additional equipment is available through a single vendor for effortless integration and guaranteed support.
Features
Carbonite Switcher
Switch with confidence on Carbonite – the hallmark Ross Video product. Decades of production switcher experience have gone into this mid-sized power house, resulting in a truly incredible feature-set.
XPression Graphics
Near limitless layering on a single channel, with true 3D objects and animations, XPression Graphite is the motion graphics engine that simply can’t be matched by other all-in-one systems.
Integrated Clip Server
Creatively utilize video clips with instant access and frame accurate recall with XPression Clips. Record video or store XPression Graphite animations for use in your productions.
Unmatched Audio
Handle demanding live audio with the professional 48-channel RAVE audio mixer. The dedicated audio mixer features 24-bit processing with sample rate conversion on selected inputs, SDI-embedded channel pair management, and channel-by-channel audio EQ and Compression/Limiting.
DashBoard Control
Create a control workflow for your specific production environment, with DashBoard network control software.
Graphite PCIe
Graphite is built with unique hardware to ensure high quality performance and total reliability.
Audio Mixer Evolved
Available on Graphite V4.0
With the latest software version release, Graphite’s internal RAVE audio mixer is better equipped than ever to handle live productions with seriously demanding audio requirements:
Huge channel capacity
RAVE audio can access all 16 channels of each SDI input; for a 12-input system, that’s 192 available channels! Add audio from internal sources and optional Audio Breakout Units, and the RAVE channel count maxes out at an astounding 276 available input channels!
Embedded-SDI Channel Pair Mastery
Efficiently receive and distribute audio with access to all 8 embedded channel pairs on SDI-inputs and SDI-outputs. Take a channel pair from any SDI-input and assign it to any available fader in the mixer; and configure SDI-output channels with passthrough, all mixes, Main mix, Monitor mix and custom aux mixes.
Audio Dynamic Processing
A must have for microphone-heavy productions, dynamic processing provides EQ, Compression and Limiting for all mixer channels. Powerful technical and creative tools, drawing out the best parts of your sound and removing those undesirable elements. The RAVE audio mixer’s dynamics get the best out of every channel in the mix.
Sample Rate Conversion
Maintain consistent 24-bit broadcast-quality audio with sample rate conversion on AES and SDI inputs (BNCs 1-6).
Assignable AFV
Simplify audio management by configuring the Audio Follow Video (AFV) video source on a fader-by-fader basis. For example, tether various commentator lapel mics to specific camera shots in your production.
More AUXs
More custom mixes are good custom mixes. The number of audio AUX layers has been increased from 6 to 12, allowing for more mix/minus feeds, multi-lingual feeds, and other unique output feeds.
More Faders
The RAVE audio mixer now supports up to 48 faders. Take loads of embedded SDI-channels into your mixer, or connect up to 3 audio modules for up to 24 analog/microphones with plenty of configurable channels to spare.
Included Graphics Templates
Get started with fluid graphics right out of the box.
Graphite ships with a complete package of easily-customized graphic templates designed by Ross Video’s creative services team – Rocket Surgery.
Graphite PPC
Portable Production Centre – Coming Soon!
Introducing the Graphite Portable Production Centre (PPC); a complete production solution neatly housed in a single compact carrying case. This 
powerful all-in-one production platform combines big switcher performance, stunning XPression graphics, instant-access clip servers and pristine RAVE audio with unmatched portability and ease of operation. Like Graphite, the Portable Production Centre can be run by a single operator and its ultra-quiet fan means it can be deployed just about anywhere, even next to on air talent!
Carbonite Black 3X Panel
The Carbonite Black 3X panel is the flagship of the Carbonite Black panel line, it is great to look at and a joy to operate. The CB3X has Acuity style faders and dedicated 32-button source select rows, it also has dedicated ME row selection buttons for instant control of any ME or MiniME on any row as well as 8 Custom Control bank select buttons, allowing a whopping 256 Custom Control Macros to reside on the panel for direct selection at any time.
Specifications
Graphite comes in a variety of ME & Input configurations:
| MIX EFFECT BUSES | INPUTS | OUTPUTS |
|---|---|---|
| 2ME | 13 IN (12 SDI + 1 HDMI) | 8 OUT (6 SDI + 2 HDMI) |
| 2ME | 9 IN (8 SDI + 1 HDMI) | 8 OUT (6 SDI + 2 HDMI) |
| 1ME | 9 IN (8 SDI + 1 HDMI) | 8 OUT (6 SDI + 2 HDMI) |
| 1ME | 5 IN (4 SDI + 1 HDMI) | 8 OUT (6 SDI + 2 HDMI)* |
* On 5 input systems 2 output selections can be made available across all outputs.
| STANDARD FEATURES | GRAPHITE FRAME |
|---|---|
| External inputs (SDI) | Up to 12 |
| External inputs (HDMI) | 1 |
| Internal Inputs | 10 Single Channel XPression (Video & Key) 2 Channels of XPression Clips (Video & Key) 4 Channels of Media Storage |
| Outputs (SDI) | 6 |
| Outputs (HDMI) | 2 |
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Graphite Switcher
| STANDARD FEATURES | GRAPHITE SWITCHER |
|---|---|
| Number of Full MEs | Up to 2 |
| Number of MiniMEs | 4 |
| Number of MultiViewers with Tally and Source Names | 2 (up to 16 windows each) |
| Internal Format Converters / Frame Synchronizers | 6 (Assignable to first six inputs) |
| Number of 2D DVEs | 4 – Assignable to: Full M/E Transition Engines Full M/E Keyers MiniME Keyers |
| Reference Input | Black or Tri-Level |
| Number of Keys PER ME | 5 (4 Full keyers + 1 Transition Key) |
| Number of Keyers per MiniME | 2 |
| Number of Ultrachrome Keyers | 2 – Assignable to: Full M/E Keyers MiniME Key 2 Keyers |
| Number of MediaStores (2GB capacity) | 4 (Shared 2GB total capacity) |
| Supported Media File Types | .BMP (no Alpha) .JPG (no Alpha) .TGA (with or without Alpha) .PNG (with or without Alpha) 48k WAV audio |
| Browser-Based Graphics Management | |
| Pattern Generators | 2 per Full ME |
| Animated MediaWipes | Available on all Full M/Es |
| Direct Transfer of XPression Stills to MediaStores via Ethernet | + |
| LiveEDL (generates an edit decision list for use in post-production) | + |
| CONTROL INTERFACES | GRAPHITE |
|---|---|
| Carbonite Black Control Panels | + |
| DashBoard LiveAssist | + |
| ViewControl – Visual Production Control | + |
| SIGNAL PROCESSING FORMAT | GRAPHITE |
|---|---|
| Standard Definition | 480i/59.94 & 576i/50 |
| High Definition (1.5Gb/s) | 1080p/25 & 29.97, 720p & 1080i 50/59.94 |
| High Definition (3Gb/s) | 1080p/50 & 59.94 (3Gb) |
| CONTROL PROTOCOLS | GRAPHITE |
|---|---|
| RossTalkTM | + |
| AMP | + |
| Yamaha 01V96 & DM1000 | + |
| PBUS | + |
| TSL UMD 3.1 | + |
| VISCA | + |
| Canon BU series | + |
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Graphics
| GRAPHITE SINGLE-CHANNEL XPRESSION PRIME STANDARD FEATURES | XPRESSION GRAPHITE |
|---|---|
| Template Designer | + |
| Playout Sequencer | + |
| 2D / 3D Fonts | + |
| Arabic, Asian & Scripted Language Support | + |
| 3D Primitives | + |
| Imported 3D Models | x |
| Video Clip Support (within a template) | + |
| XPression Video Codec License | + |
| XPression Video Coder Application | + |
| Automated File-based Ingest, Transcoding & Publishing | Optional |
| Animation Timeline | + |
| Graphical Keyframe Editor | + |
| Continuous Animations | + |
| Stagger Animations | + |
| Visual Logic | + |
| Virtual Cameras | + |
| Seamless Continuous Tickers | + |
| TrueD! Anaglyphic Stereoscopic Preview | + |
| Render to Disk | + |
| Output Framebuffer Layers | Unlimited |
| Virtual Preview Channels (up next & look-ahead) | 2 per channel |
| High Definition Formats (HD) | + |
| Standard Definition Formats (SD) | + |
| Project Video Format Conversion | + |
| Custom Resolution Video Formats (DVI Out) | + |
| RossTalk (TCP/IP Strings) | + |
| P-bus | + |
| DashBoard Sequencer Control | + |
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| GRAPHITE XPRESSION CLIPS STANDARD FEATURES | |
|---|---|
| Baseband Video Ingets Channels | 1 |
| Playout Channels | 2 |
| No Pre-roll | + |
| Single-channel Clip transitions | + |
| Per channel Program/Preview | + |
| Clip Browser with Search function | + |
| Clip trimming and looping | + |
| VDCP, AMP, P-bus, and RossTalk automation protocols | + |
| P-bus Manager for intelligent clip assignment | + |
| Clip Manager application with user rights or database management and synchronization setup | + |
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RAVE AUDIO MIXER
| RAVE AUDIO MIXER STANDARD FEATURES | GRAPHITE |
|---|---|
| 48 Stereo Mixer Channels | Available Sources: Up to 12 SDI-Embedded 16 Channel sources (192) 8 Stereo PC sources (16) 2 Stereo MediaStore sources (4) Up to 4 x 16 Channel XPression sources (64) |
| Fader Volume | -∞db to + 20db |
| Pre-Fade Audio Meter | + |
| Pre-Fade Peak Indicator | + |
| Post-Fade Audio Meter | + |
| Post-Fade Peak Indicator | + |
| Per-Channel EQ Indicator | + |
| Per-Channel Clip Indicator | + |
| Mute | + |
| Solo | + |
| Solo Clear | + |
| Pre-Fade Listen (PFL) | + |
| PFL Clear | + |
| Aux Mixers | 12 – assignable pre- or post- fader |
| Configurable Audio Outputs | SDI-embedded audio output channels PC Audio Output |
| Selectable embedded SDI-channel pairs | 8 channel pairs per SDI-input Assignable to any fader |
| Sample Rate Converters | Available to Input BNCs 1-6 (16-channels) |
| Balance Control on Stereo Inputs | |
| Pan Control on Mono Inputs | |
| Mono Mode | Duplication of Mono channel (L or R) to create L-L / R-R channel pair |
| Audio Follow Video (Assignable) | |
| Audio EQ | 4-band EQ control on each fader (high shelf, dual midrange, low- shelf) |
| Compression/Limiting | Channel-by-channel Compression/Limiting with variable Attack & Release parameters (Assignable pre- or post-EQ) |
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Optional Features
| GRAPHITE SWITCHER OPTIONS | GRAPHITE SWTICHER |
|---|---|
| 5 SDI Input to 9 SDI Input Upgrade (Adds an additional 4 SDI Inputs) | Contact Ross Sales for details & ordering |
| 9 SDI Input to 13 SDI Input Upgrade (Adds an additional 4 SDI Inputs) | Contact Ross Sales for details & ordering |
| 1 M/E to 2 M/E Upgrade (Adds additional Full M/E bank) | Contact Ross Sales for details & ordering |
| AJA Helo Streaming Appliance (Single-channel Streaming Device) | Contact Ross Sales for details & ordering |
| HDBNC to BNC kit with 20 cables | Contact Ross Sales for details & ordering |
| XPRESSION OPTIONS | XPRESSION |
|---|---|
| Studio Single Channel Edition (SCE) | Contact Ross Sales for details & ordering |
| Studio Multi-Channel | Contact Ross Sales for details & ordering |
| Project Server | Contact Ross Sales for details & ordering |
| openMAMTM Connectivity | Contact Ross Sales for details & ordering |
| Ross Streamline Asset/Order Management | Contact Ross Sales for details & ordering |
| DataLinq Server | Contact Ross Sales for details & ordering |
| XPression Gateway | Contact Ross Sales for details & ordering |
| MOS Plug-in | Contact Ross Sales for details & ordering |
| NLE Plug-in | Contact Ross Sales for details & ordering |
| Template Builder | Contact Ross Sales for details & ordering |
| CII Gateway | Contact Ross Sales for details & ordering |
| Desktop Preview Server | Contact Ross Sales for details & ordering |
| XPRession Tessera | Contact Ross Sales for details & ordering |
| Custom Keyboard | Contact Ross Sales for details & ordering |
| RAVE AUDIO OPTIONS | RAVE AUIO BREAKOUT MODULE |
|---|---|
| RAVE Audio Breakout Module 1RU External Audio Breakout Module (ABM) which provides: | |
| Analog Inputs | 8 |
| Analog Outputs | 5 |
| AES Digital Audio Inputs | 1 |
| AES Digital Audio Outputs | 1 |
| Adjustable Pre-Amps Gain on Analog Inputs | 0-60dB |
| Phantom Power on Analog Inputs | 48V |
| Digital Pads on Analog Inputs | -20dB |
| Number of GPI/O | 24 |
| Number of Tallies | 16 |
NOTE: All Graphite systems support up to three (3) 1RU Audio Breakout Modules which increases the total input matrix to forty- eight (48). Contact Ross Sales for details & ordering.
