MOTU 1248 Audio interface med Thunderbolt, AVB Ethernet og USB med DSP
Motu AVB serien nettverk lydkort med Thunderbolt og USB
Motu sin AVB serie lydkort til meget bra lydkvalitet og ultralav latency. Alle interfacene kan brukes på vanlige samplerates fra 44,1 – 192 kHz, og kobles til computeren med Thunderbolt 1/2 eller USB 2/3. Det er mulig å bruke interfacene som standalone miksere med opptil 48 kanaler med Analog modeling EQ og effekter. AVB er en ny standard for overføring av lyd over Ethernet, og alle interfacene har denne, samt Wordclock i/o – perfekt om man vil bygge et større system. Lydkortene kan benyttes som lydkort direkte over AVB Ethernet på nyere mac med Yosemite installer. MOTU også laget en egen AVB hub, som skal være særlig fin med tanke på lydoverføring i systemer med flere enheter. Serien består av følgende enheter:
1248
4 micpreamper med XLR-tilkobling og 63 dB forsterking. to hi-z jackinganger, og to hodetelefonforsterkere i front. 8 analoge inn på balansert jack, 12 analog ut på balansert jack. 16 ADAT i/o – eller 8 ADAT SMUX i/o. Maksimum 32 innganger og 34 utganger.
8M
8 preamper kombinert XLR/Jack og 53 dB forsterking. 8 analoge utganger på balansert jack, en hodetelefonforsterker. 16 ADAT i/o – eller 8 ADAT SMUX i/o. Maksimum 24 innganger og 26 utganger.
16M
16 analoge i/o balansert jack. 16 ADAT i/o – eller 8 ADAT SMUX i/o. Maksimum 32 innganger og 34 utganger
24Ai
24 analoge innganger på 25 pin D-Sum eller Phoenix (Euroblock) kontakter. 24 ADAT i/o –Maksimum 24 innganger og 48 utganger
24Ao
24 analoge utganger på 25 pin D-Sum eller Phoenix (Euroblock) kontakter. 24 ADAT i/o –Maksimum 24 innganger og 48 utganger
AVB Switch
Fem porters 1-Gigabit AVB switch til en meget hyggelig pris.
MOTU 1248 Audio interface
- Superb audio quality — For example, the balanced TRS analog outputs produce 123 dB dynamic range and -110 dB THD+N (0.0003%) at -1 dBFS, Unweighted, 1 kHz.
- 66 simultaneous audio channels — 4 mic inputs, 2 guitar inputs, 8 x 12 balanced analog with dedicated main and monitor outs, 2 x 8-channel ADAT optical, RCA S/PDIF (with SRC), and two independent phone outs for 32 inputs and 34 outputs.
- Universal connectivity — Thunderbolt or high-speed USB 2.0 (compatible with USB 3.0). USB audio class-compliant firmware and Industry standard drivers work with any audio software.
- On-board 32-bit floating point DSP with large console style mixing and effects — Flexible 48-input digital mixer with 12 stereo busses and DSP effects, including reverb with sends, plus modeled analog EQ and compression, gate, and reverb.
- System expansion and audio networking — Add a 2nd MOTU AVB interface (1248, 8M or 16A) with a simple Cat-5e ethernet cable. Connect up to five MOTU interfaces using a MOTU AVB Switch (sold separately). Build a network with multiple interfaces and computers using standard AVB switches and network cabling, with ultra-low network latency (0.625 ms), even over long cable runs (hundreds of meters). Stream hundreds of audio channels among devices and computers on the network.
- Matrix routing and splitting — Flexible, matrix-style audio routing and splitting for any analog or digital input, computer channel or network stream to any other output, computer, or network device. Split any single input to unlimited multiple output destinations.
- Web app control — Control on-board DSP, mixing, device settings, and network audio routing from web app software running in your favorite browser on a laptop, tablet or smart phone connected by wire or Wi-Fi to your local area network.
- Stand-alone mixing with wireless control — Connect an Apple Airport™ or other Wi-Fi router directly to the 1248 with a standard Ethernet cable and control the 1248's powerful mixing and DSP effects from your smart phone or tablet, without a computer. Great for live sound mixing.
Advantages of MOTU AVB:
Host access thru Thunderbolt or USB — MOTU is first to combine AVB networking with Thunderbolt and USB2 connectivity. MOTU AVB networks do not require PCIe slots. Instead, you can conveniently connect your host computer(s) through USB or Thunderbolt.
Support for multiple computer hosts — A MOTU AVB network can host as many computers as can be physically connected, with complete access by all hosts to all connected devices and audio streams. All computers and all network devices run in sync with each other, resolved to the network's master clock.
256 channels of host I/O — Over Thunderbolt, MOTU's AVB interfaces support 256 simultaneous channels of audio I/O (128 in plus 128 out).
Over 512 streams of network audio — MOTU's AVB network can stream over 500 channels of audio throughout the network. Each MOTU AVB device can broadcast eight 8-channel network streams and simultaneously listen to eight 8-channel network streams.
Exceptionally low network latency — Standard AVB network latency is 2 ms. MOTU AVB network latency is an astonishing 0.6 ms, even over 7 "hops" (switches) and hundreds of meters of cable. By comparison, Cobranet has variable (unpredictable) network latency in the range of 5 ms.
Star configuration — MOTU AVB employs a star network configuration, which is much more flexible than daisy-chain scenarios, which require dependency on all devices in the chain.
Web interface — MOTU's AVB system can be controlled from MOTU's control software, which runs within any web browser running on any networked laptop, tablet, or smart phone.
Wireless control — MOTU's AVB system can be controlled wirelessly through its web interface from any networked wireless device, such as a laptop, tablet, or smart phone.
One-click synchronization — Click the "Become Clock Master" button in the MOTU AVB web app for the MOTU device you choose as the clock master, and all other devices on the network immediately resolve to it.
Thunderbolt connection to host computer — MOTU's core system interfaces (1248, 16A, etc.) can connect to the host computer with Thunderbolt, which allows full access to the entire MOTU AVB system network, streaming 128 channels of audio in and out, simultaneously, even at high sample rates, thanks to Thunderbolt's extremely high bus bandwidth capacity.