MOTU 828es Thunderbolt AVB USB Audio Interface
#1035
£882.00
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Motu Product Overview
The MOTU 828es brings the pristine audio quality and new networking and control technologies from the AVB series into the classic 828 formula of multiple analog & digital I/O options packed into a single 1U 19" rack format.Redesigned with renowned ESS Sabre32™ DAC technology and new dual full-color LCDs, the 828es connects to a Mac or PC over Thunderbolt™ or USB 2.0 with ultra-low latency and renowned, proven Drivers to deliver 28 inputs, 32 outputs, 48-channel mixing and 32-bit floating point DSP effects processing, including Classic Reverb, modeled analog EQ, and vintage compression modeled after the legendary LA-2A™.
Two mic/guitar "combo" style inputs provide transparent preamps with remote control for individual gain/pad/48V phantom power and amp-like hi-Z guitar input.
Control room features include a built-in talkback mic with front-panel "talk" button and"A/B" speaker select buttons.
The AVB port allows for additional I/O options such as MADI or AES/EBU to be easily added to the system via an Ethernet cable connection.
Advanced extras include flexible matrix-style routing and splitting, stand-alone mixing with Wi-Fi control, pre-converter mic channel sends, dedicated time code in/out and AudioDesk workstation software.
- Sample rates 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192 kHz
- Mic/line/instr inputs 2 x XLR/TRS "combo style" inputs
- Preamp gain: 0 to +63 dB (digitally controlled)
- Analog inputs 8 x 1/4" TRS line inputs (balanced/unbalanced)
- Max level: +24 dBu (digitally adjustable -96 to +22)
- Analog outputs 8 x 1/4" TRS line out (balanced, DC coupled)
- Max level: +20 dBu (digitally adjustable -4 to +20)
- 2 x male XLR with +20 dBu max
- 2 x 1/4" TRS stereo headphone
- 2 x 1/4" TRS sends (pre-converter)
- Digital I/O 2 banks (16 ch) of ADAT optical at 1x sample rates
- 2 banks (8 ch) of SMUX optical at 2x sample rates
- Switchable to stereo TOSLink (optical S/PDIF)
- 1 x stereo S/PDIF on RCA (up to 96 kHz)
- Total I/O 28 in / 32 out (60 total) at 1x sample rates
- 20 in / 24 out (44 total) at 2x sample rates
- 10 in / 14 out (24 total) at 4x sample rates
- Computer I/O 1 x Thunderbolt 1 (Mac and Win)
- Thunderbolt 2 & 3 compatible
- 1 x USB 2.0 audio class compliant
- USB 3.0 and iOS compatible
- Computer I/O channels
- Thunderbolt 128 in/out at 1x or 2x (44.1 to 96 kHz)
- 64 in/out at 4x (176.4 to 192 kHz)
- USB 64 in/out at 1x (44.1 to 48 kHz)
- 32 in/out at 2x (88.2 to 96 kHz)
- 24 in/out at 4x (176.4 to 192 kHz)
- MIDI I/O 1 x MIDI IN
- 1 x MIDI OUT
- 16 MIDI channels to/from computer host
- Foot switch 1 x 1/4" pedal input
- Sync I/O 1 x BNC word clock in/out
- 1 x 1/4" time code in/out
- Network I/O 1 x RJ45 AVB/TSN Ethernet (1 Gbps)
- Headphone 2 x 1/4" TRS stereo phone (assignable)
- Phantom power 2 x individual +48V
- Front panel 2 x 1/4" TRS headphone output
- 2 x XLR/TRS combo inputs
- 2 x digital rotary encoders • phone vol
- 2 x digital rotary encoders • mic/instr input gain
- 2 x large digital rotary encoders • main vol / menu
- 4 x small switches • (2) Pad / (2) 48V Phantom pwr
- 8 x large switches • menu nav / A/B mon select, etc.
- 2 x LCD (128 x 160) for level meters / menu nav
- Power International 100-240V autoswitching supply
- 50-60 Hz • 0.5A max
- 19 x 7 x 1.75 inches
- 48.3 x 17.75 x 4.5 cm
- 4.2 lbs / 1.9 kg
FINANCE
Customer reviews
out of 5
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wade wallace
19/8/2019
great quality sounding interface
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Ian F
15/6/2019
Outstanding audio interface. Industry-standard features and sound.