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Three Thunderbolt ports is a meaningful number in a working rig — it's enough to run a primary audio interface, a backup drive or secondary interface, and still have headroomThe margin between your normal level and where things clip — headroom is what absorbs the snare hit you didn’t see coming. for video or networking without a hub, though a dock will often be cleaner in practice. Power draw is listed at 30W idle and up to 96W under load, which is honest — a heavy session with USB devices and an interface pulling busA path where multiple channels sum into one signal — mixes, groups, and mains are all buses. A 25-bus console can build 25 blends at once. power can push that ceiling fast, so budget accordingly on your power conditionerFilters venue AC, clamps surges, and gives the rack one tidy inlet. Not a voltage regulator and not a battery — just cleaner power.. At 2.1 kg and 310mm deep, the machine itself is not the weight problem; the shelf or tray it mounts in adds mass and depth, so measure your rack before you order hardware.
