Description/Specs
The Lightpipe Kid
Think of the DigiMax D8 as the DigiMax FS’s kid brother. The two multichannel devices do a similar job: providing a high-quality, eight-channel, analog front end for ADAT Lightpipe-equipped digital-audio devices. Like the FS, the DigiMax D8 features high-headroom, Class A XMAX™ solid-state mic preamplifiers and converts analog audio to the digital domain with 24-bit resolution. And like its big brother, the D8 offers eight analog direct outputs, enabling you to route each channel’s signal to a mixer or recording system.
Beyond that, the two systems diverge. The D8 works with 44.1 and 48 kHz digital audio and does not support higher sampling rates. It has ADAT Lightpipe output but not input. It receives word clock at its BNC connection and sends word clock via Lightpipe. And the D8 is inexpensive, so it’s an affordable way for Lightpipe-equipped small studios to add eight XMAX solid-state mic preamps and to expand a digital mixers with 48 kHz Lightpipe input, such as Digi 002 and 003.
In short, if you work with 8-channel, 44.1 or 48 kHz Lightpipe and want the legendary PreSonus XMAX sound, get the DigiMax D8.
Features:
• 8 dual-purpose front-panel channel inputs, each with high-headroom Class A XMAX™ mic preamplifiers
• 8 mic/line inputs
• 2 instrument inputs (front panel; Ch. 1 and 2, bypasses mic input)
• Individual channel-trim controls with -4 dB to +50 dB gain range
• 48V phantom power for condenser microphones (switchable in pairs)
• -20 dB pad on every channel
• Analog direct outputs
• 4-segment, fast-acting LED input meter
• 8 channels of ADAT optical output at 44.1 or 48 kHz
• Clock source (sets clock to external or internal with 44.1 or 48 kHz sample rate)
Input/Output
• 2 unbalanced ¼" instrument inputs (front panel; bypass Ch. 1 and 2 mic inputs)
• 8 balanced combo mic/line inputs
• 1 BNC word-clock input
• 8 balanced ¼" direct outputs (1 per channel)
• 1 ADAT Lightpipe optical digital output
Digital
• Professional-quality AD converters (+107 dBu dynamic range)
• ADAT Lightpipe digital output: 24-bit resolution/44.1 and 48 kHz internal sampling rate
• Word-clock master via ADAT Lightpipe or slave to external word clock
Physical
• 1U 19" rack-mountable, rugged steel chassis
• Sealed, detented, metal rotary controls QQQ
• Internal power supply with standard IEC connector
Dimensions: 22.5
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