Cranborne Audio 500R8
21690 kr incl VAT
500R8 is a complete, standalone audio interface for PC/Mac and enables 28/30 channels of recording directly into your DAW
Available on backorder
Description
500R8 is home to 8 of your favourite 500 series modules. It’s also a 28in/30out USB audio interface, monitor controller, and discrete analogue summing mixer.
Configure 500R8 to suit your desired analogue flavour. Fill it full of vintage-style 500 series preamps when you’re recording drums, clean and pristine preamps when you’re recording strings, or EQ/Compressor/saturation 500 series modules when it’s time for mixing.
Connect 500R8 directly to your PC/Mac and capture every last nuance of your analogue sources with reference-class AD/DA conversion and superior internal clocking. Effortlessly pass audio between analogue and digital worlds without digital artefacts that colour and degrade your recordings.
500R8 has everything you need to build your dream analogue/digital hybrid studio. Each element has been carefully considered and designed to give you best of everything combined into a package that is intuitive (and fun) to use.
USB Audio Interface
Connect directly to your PC/mac via USB and utilise 500R8’s built-in 28-in/30-out USB audio interface for recording and playback directly to/from your chosen DAW.
Zero Latency Artist Mixer
Monitor live sources in the analogue domain with zero latency by using dedicated mix level and pan controls per-channel combined with our seriously high-powered headphone amps.
Monitor Controller
Switch between two sets of speakers, toggle Mono sum, Mute, Dim, and Talkback facilities whilst monitoring the peak level of your mix with 28-segments of LED detail by using the built-in, high-headroom monitor controller.
Discrete Summing Mixer
Elevate your mix with analogue character and sum 8 USB sources through your 500 series modules and into the discrete analogue summing mixer to be summed and recorded back into your DAW as a stereo track.
Key features:
- 28-in/30-out USB 2.0 audio interface
- Low-latency USB 2.0 interface with high-stability and compatibility with a wide range of PC/macOS devices.
- ADAT I/O (16/16 channels @ 44.1/48kHz, 8/8 channels @ 88.2/96kHz)
- S/PDIF I/O
- 5-pin MIDI I/O
- High-performance A/D-D/A conversion
- Dynamic Range: 121dB A-weighted, AES17 method, 20Hz – 20kHz
- Frequency Response: -1dB, 2.2Hz to >80kHz
- THD+N: <0.00032% (-110dB) @ -4dBFS, 20Hz - 40kHz, 1kHz, A-weighted
- Max I/O Level: +24dBu
- Master reference-quality internal clock
- Capable of 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, and 192kHz operation
- <0.5ps of jitter
- Dedicated Word Clock Input and Output via BNC
- External sync options using Word Clock BNC, S/PDIF, or ADAT
- Monitor controller with talkback
- Speaker A/B switching, Mono check, Dim, Mute, and 28-segment peak meter
- Dedicated talkback input with phantom power, push-to-talk activation, and automatic routing to all headphones and C.A.S.T. facilities
- Easy-access illuminated front panel controls for all monitor controller functions.
- Analogue summing mixer
- 8-into-2 analogue summing mixer with +26.5dBu of headroom, dedicated ADC, and balanced 1/4″ jack outputs
- C.A.S.T. link port for increasing summing mixer to 16-into-2 using Cranborne Audio 500ADAT
- Zero-latency artist mixer
- Zero-latency analogue artist mixer with physical level/pan controls per channel and DAW return blend controls
- 2 high-power headphone outputs with independent blend and level controls
- Reference-Quality Headphone Outputs
- THD+N: <0.0006% (-104.4dB) @ 20dBu, 1kHz, A-weighted, 300ohm load
- Output Wattage (1kHz): 250mW x 2 @ 600 ohms, 650mW x 2 @ 220 ohms, 1.21W x 2 @ 100 ohms, 500mW x 2 @ 32 ohms
- Frequency Response: 1dB, <1Hz to >70kHz
- High-current 8-slot 500 series rack
- 250mA current per-slot with 2A total for all slots
- XLR inputs, XLR line outputs, and TRS Inserts (pre-ADC) per 500 series slot
- Module source switching options to send Analogue, USB or external C.A.S.T. signals through your favourite 500 series modules
- Module bypass switches per-slot allowing 500R8 to be used without 500 series modules inserted.
- C.A.S.T. Compatible
- C.A.S.T. ports per channel for relocating analogue I/O around studio using passive or active C.A.S.T. breakout boxes via standard shielded Cat 5
- 24v, 5a external locking power supply
- External power supply for improved analogue audio performance and heat dissipation.
- Designed and Engineered in the UK
- Each and every 500R8 is extensively tested by a team of dedicated engineers to ensure reliability and consistency.