Specifications
COMPUTER AUDIO HARDWARE
MOTU
828MK3
1240
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PHOTO - VIDEO - PRO AUDIO
FEATURES
FireWire Audio Interface with Digital Mixing and Effects
The 828mk3 is a 24-bit 192kHz capable FireWire audio
interface that provides 28 inputs and 30 outputs in a
single rackspace. All I/O is routed to an on-board
16-bus digital mixer driven by hardware-based DSP
with 32-bit floating point precision. The mixer allows
you to apply no-latency effects processing to inputs,
outputs or busses directly in the 828mk3 hardware, independent of the computer. The built in effects include reverb,
compression/limiting, and parametric EQ and they can even be even applied when the 828mk3 is operating standalone
(without a computer) as a complete rackmounted mixer. You can apply EQ and compression on every input and output
(a total of 58 channels), with enough DSP resources for at least one band of parametric EQ and compression on every
channel at 48 kHz. Input signals to the computer can be recorded wet, dry, or dry with a wet monitor mix (for musicians
during recording, for example). The included AudioDesk software gives you all the advanced features needed to record,
edit, mix, and master an audio project in your Mac.
◆ 24-bit/192kHz A-D and D-A converters.
◆ Eight 1/4” TRS analog inputs and outputs.
Input levels can be switched between +4/-10
for each input via software. Two front panel
mic / instrument DI inputs using1/4” / XLR
combo Neutrik connectors. The mic pre-
amps provide plenty of gain and phantom
power and variable trim. Analog input trims
are digitally controlled on all inputs.
◆ The mic/guitar inputs features V-Limit, a
hardware limiter that helps prevent digital
clipping from overloaded input signals.
◆ Dual 1/4” Sends allow you to insert a
compressor or effects processor into the
two front panel input channels.
◆ Dedicated balanced XLR main outputs
connect directly to your monitor system.
◆ Front panel 1/4” headphone jack
◆ A dual function knob on the front panel
provides separate volume control over main
outputs and headphones.
◆ Sixteen channels of 24-bit digital I/O via two
ADAT lightpipe interfaces (8 channels at
96kHz), switchable to stereo optical S/PDIF.
Stereo 24-bit / 96kHz coaxial S/PDIF I/O
◆ Front panel meters are provided for all I/O,
plus SMPTE sync tach and lock LEDs.
◆ Dual FireWire ports – one to connect the
828
MK3 to your computer and a second port
to daisy-chain additional devices.
828MK3 FireWire Interface for Mac and PC (Mfr# 4360 B&H# MA828MK3) ..................................................749.95
◆ CueMix FX is a control software front-end
for Mac OS X, Windows XP and Vista, with
attractive graphic mixing and editing, and
a convenient tabbed interface for quick
access to all features in one window. Simply
click a “Focus” button on any channel or
bus to graphically edit the built in para-
metric EQ, compression and other effects.
◆ Operates side by side with any host audio
software, and it can be controlled from the
Mackie Control Universal Pro worksurface.
CueMix FX – Digital Mixer with Effects
◆ MIDI I/O is provided for accessing a control
surface or synth. Word clock input and
output (BNC) provides synchronization with
a wide variety of digital devices or a central-
ized word clock source.
◆ The backlit LCD display provides an intuitive
interface to configure your entire system. It
even allows you to use the 828mk3 as a
standalone mixer.
◆ The Classic Reverb provides up to 60 secs.
of reverb time, with 5 different room types,
and flexible EQ filtering.
◆ Two forms of compression are supplied: a
standard compressor with threshold, ratio,
attack, release and gain, and the vintage
sounding Leveler, an accurate model of
the legendary LA-2A optical compressor.
◆ The 7-band parametric EQ is modeled after
British analog console EQ's, featuring 4
filter styles (gain/Q profiles). LP and HP
filters are also supplied with slopes that
range from 6 to 36 dB.
◆ Each channel displays a graphic thumbnail
of EQ curves, compressor settings and
other channel specific parameters. There is
also a section for talkback and listenback.
◆ Drivers for Mac OS X and Windows (XP and
Vista) for compatibility with virtually all
audio software via WDM/ASIO/Core Audio.
◆ 1/4” SMPTE time code I/O allow you to slave
to and generate SMPTE time code without a
dedicated synchronizer. A DSP-driven
phase-lock engine with sophisticated
filtering provides fast lockup times and
sub-frame accuracy.