Pro-tier Control for High-quality Streaming
Livestreaming has become an integral force in the ever-evolving spheres of content creation and interactivity, allowing anyone from top-tier competitors to casual lovers of the game to engage with their community. Roland’s Bridge Cast X introduces four channels of versatile, real-time audio and video management to meet and exceed all your technical and creative streaming needs. Its versatile suite of connectivity options accommodates a slew of simultaneous setups to accommodate any number of console, PC, or mobile gaming configurations, including multiple USB-C and HDMI ports, dedicated audio jacks, and an XLR microphone and a preamp with selectable phantom power. Sweetwater content creators are especially impressed with the flexible onboard mixing tools that grant powerful, detailed control via dual audio buses that make for painless management of streamer- and audience-facing output. With 32-bit hardware DSP, a formidable suite of onboard EQ and effects tools, and a custom-assignable set of six LED-backlit pads, getting hands-on with your stream has never been so fun.
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Reactive, streamlined interfacing
In all its power, Roland’s Bridge Cast X does an exceptional job of packaging its robust suite of streaming and sound-shaping tools into a streamlined, ergonomic form factor. Its four channels feature dedicated rotary encoders with per-channel mute functions. Microphone effects, EQ profiles, and video sources all feature individuated selection options, while Pitch and Formant vocal parameters, as well as levels for Stream, Headphones, and Line Out audio, are directly attenuated with their own knobs, ensuring that balancing your stream is a painless process. Moreover, the Bridge Cast X comes equipped with a Control Pad section, comprising six numbered pads that can be assigned to any number of customizable functions, including FX cues, Game EQ presets, OBS shortcuts, and plenty more. Plus, the Control Pad’s buttons, as well as each channel’s rotary encoders, are backlit with customizable LEDs to ensure colors are copacetic with your stream, workflow, or both. If you’re using the accompanying Bridge Cast app, you can even customize and save your settings to painlessly recall later. Additionally, the app and Roland Cloud services let you adorn your stream with royalty-free music and sound effects, ensuring your stream stays online and fully accessible.
Seize your stream
While it may not be difficult to get a stream up and running, anything beyond that requires a far more complex arrangement of tools, considerations, and components that have the necessary quality and hardware support to stand up to the most demanding livestreaming needs. This is where the Bridge Cast X comes into play, a mixer engineered for high-fidelity, real-time multimedia streaming that’s been optimized for interactivity across multiple, simultaneous arrangements. Its 32-bit hardware DSP supports a wide array of audiovisual formatting configurations across USB-C, HDMI, XLR, and line-level sources and destinations, allowing for detailed control over independent audience and personal mixes without sacrificing gaming or streaming power. Onboard vocal processing tools abound to enrich any streaming experience, including a compressor, de-esser, noise suppressor, low-cut filter, and versatile EQ. Compression and de-essing are also available for independent deployment with your chat channel; meanwhile, HDMI- and gaming-specific EQ and Virtual Surround modes offer impressive flexibility in your broadcast presence. Further, Roland’s channeled the technical prowess of their VT-series voice transformation tools to provide a comprehensive Voice Changer suite of effects, as valuable for on-stream antics as they are for safety and privacy when needed.
Comprehensive, flexible connections
Connecting with your audience starts with your setup, and Roland’s spared no effort in ensuring that the Bridge Cast X is as flexible as it is powerful. Its three USB-C ports accommodate a number of audio-only and audiovisual configurations, supporting setups for PC, mobile, and console gaming with selectable performance modes for each of the USB I and USB II slots. Moreover, a trio of HDMI ports comprise two dedicated inputs and one dedicated thru-put, while the audio output can be managed across 3.5-millimeter Line Out, Headset, and TRRS-equipped Aux jacks. Thanks to the high-powered DSP and pro-grade engineering, the Bridge Cast X supports numerous USB, audio-level, and HDMI configurations, offering upwards of 3840 x 2160 resolution at 120 frames per second and a 240Hz refresh rate with HDR compatibility. Utilizing powerful 24-bit AD/DA converters, alongside floating-point processing, your voice is guaranteed crystalline clarity through the XLR microphone input, including 48 volts of phantom power always on top, toggled with ease. Sweetwater content creators love that the Bridge Cast X even features a Delay function, allowing for customization of your audiovisual synchronization.
Roland Bridge Cast X Features:
- 4-channel structure supports powerful, high-fidelity audio management with 32-bit floating-point DSP and 24-bit AD/DA processing
- Streamlined interface blends accessibility and depth to form a comprehensive control surface for your livestreaming rig
- Control Pad includes six assignable buttons for FX, streaming tools, game EQ, and more
- LED backlighting for control pads and rotary encoders provides detailed, real-time visual feedback and can be customized to suit your stream
- Flexible mix management tools let you independently configure audience- and creator-facing audio
- Powerful onboard FX allow for detailed customization of your stream to complement your on-stream character
- Versatile connectivity suite includes USB-C, HDMI, and audio I/O options to accommodate multiple, simultaneous configurations for PC, mobile, and console gaming
- Dedicated 3-pin XLR mic input features a switchable 48-volt phantom power option to ensure your signal is clear and ready for broadcast
- Ships with USB 3.2 Type-C to Type-C and USB 2.0 Type-C to Type-C cables for flexible connectivity right out of the box
