The 2-BUS LT is a 16x2 summing amplifier designed to help users of digital audio workstations (DAW's) better mix performance through the use of the existing equipment in their studios.As engineers and musicians, the Dangerous team and their colleagues have noted that while digital audio workstations offer unprecedented flexibility in multitrack recording and editing, the mixing buss in these systems generally doesn't perform as well as most analog recording consoles in terms of sound quality and preservation of spatial detail.

Dangerous Music's 2-BUS LT allows the full potential of your digital audio workstation to be realized -- audibly. It sums 16 channels of audio to a stereo pair in a high quality analog environment while occupying only one rack space. Available in our standard finish, or flying the DigiDesign(r) colors, shown here.

The 2-BUS LT delivers quality you would expect from a full-scale analog console, but from a compact unit that was specifically designed for the home, project, and professional digital studio.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Frequency Response: 1 Hz-100 kHz within 0.3 dB
• Total Harmonic Distortion: 0.006% in audio band
• Intermodulation Distortion: 0.007% IMD60 4:1
• Crosstalk @ 1 kHz: -92 dB
• Noise floor: -81 dBu total energy in audio band
• Max level: +24 dBu
• Nominal operating level: +4 dBu
• Input impedance: 25 kohm balanced
• Output impedance: 50 ohms balanced (600 ohm drive capable)
• Gain accuracy: +/- .25 dB
• Power consumption: 25 watts

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MANUALS & PDFs

Dangerous Music 2-Bus LT Manual Adobe pdf

I have the Rosetta 800 and I am mixing all in Cubase SX. My questions are regarding summing solutions outside the box and possibly adding additional converters. What is the difference between the (Dangerous) 2 bus and the 2 bus LT?

The 2 Buss LT doesn't have the "+6" switch for each pair, uses db25 connectors for the inputs, has a slightly different output amplifier and no final 2 mix level trim. The Dangerous 2 buss connects using all XLR ins and outs where the 2 Buss LT uses db25 connectors [multipin blocks] wired to Tascam standard... and the 2 mix level trim is just that... a final level trim for the output level of the 2 Buss.

The "+6" switch has two potential uses. One can be to do "solo in context" in other words to raise a group [two inputs] 6db in context to the rest of the mix which will enable you to do processing like EQ with the sound in rough context to the rest of the track. I have found this to be a quicker way to get things to fall into place within a mix than trying to EQ in just solo and a bit easier than trying to apply EQ with the sound in the balance.

The other thing the "+6" switch can do for you is to allow you to run the output of your DAW with greater headroom around the D/A converters as you can pick up the level by 6db at the Dangerous 2 Buss... this is especially helpful with Pro-Tools as it has compromised headroom characteristics, I'm not all that sure if it's relevant to Cubase or other DAW applications.