Stageboxes convert local microphone and line signals into digital audio streams that travel over a single network cable to a front-of-house or monitor console, reducing the amount of multicore cabling required on stage. The Yamaha RIO3224-D2, Ri8-D and RIO1608-D2 units, alongside the Allen & Heath dx168, offer varying combinations of input and output channel counts and connect via Dante or similar audio-over-IP protocols to Yamaha and compatible digital mixing systems.
These units are used on stage, in broadcast trucks and at front-of-house positions for live events, theatre productions and touring setups where audio needs to be gathered close to its source and distributed digitally to a control position. They suit engineers building split or redundant signal paths, expanding console I/O, or interfacing local stage equipment with a networked audio system.