Add space-conscious flexibility to your setup with the Hear Technologies Switch Back PLUS, an all-in-one Dante audio interface, mixer, and MIDI control surface in a compact device. The PLUS consolidates into a single, unique tool what would typically require multiple pieces of hardware.
Simply connect the Switch Back PLUS via a Cat 6 Ethernet cable to a PoE+ network switch, and you're integrated with your Dante-enabled devices. Use it with a front of house console or your laptop running Dante Virtual Soundcard. Plug in your headphones or speakers, route your audio channels through Dante, and let the creativity flow.
Benefits
- Blend up to 64 Dante channels along with 4 local inputs to a stereo mix
- Volume, panning, and width control of all channels
- Transmits 10 Dante channels, including microphone, instrument, 2 line-level inputs, the device’s internal stereo mix (send your mix anywhere), and 4 channels that broadcast local inputs only when pressing the BROADCAST button (for intercom functionality)
- Network MIDI to use knobs as CC controls
- Digital OLED graphical displays for channel labeling and status with brightness control
- Internal software compressor/limiter
- Firmware updates and features via the PRO Connect software
- Standard mic stand receptacle (5/8”-27 threads) for easy mounting
- Streamlined Ethernet cable relief channel for Ethernet cable routing
- 1000Base-T Ethernet
- Powered by PoE+
Audio Connections
- XLR microphone input with selectable 48-volt phantom power, studio-quality preamplifier with 50 dB of adjustable gain, and selectable 100 Hz high-pass filter
- High-impedance 1/4" instrument input with 32 dB of adjustable gain and selectable 100 Hz high-pass filter
- 2 line-level 1/4" balanced inputs
- 2 line-level 1/4" balanced outputs
- 5W capable headphone output with both 3.5mm and 1/4" jacks available
Personal Mixer
Control volume, panning, and stereo width of up to 64 Dante audio channels. Features zero-latency, master volume control, balanced stereo outputs, two headphone jacks, and crisp OLED screens, which display channel names and status.
Audio Interface
The Switch Back PLUS features four local inputs including an XLR microphone input with switchable phantom power, a high-impedance instrument input with adjustable gain, and two balanced line-level inputs. Route these inputs, along with the main stereo mix, to other devices on the Dante network. Additionally, the PLUS presents four more default-muted Dante channels, which mirror the four inputs and can be unmuted by pressing the BROADCAST button, allowing any of the inputs to be used as an intercom.
MIDI Control Surface
MIDI shares the same network connection as Dante to send and receive CCs. This allows the knobs to be used for controlling software and external hardware. Get real-time feedback of CC values via the LEDs above each knob.
UPC: 812737001638