Edirol UR 80

For the maniac who craves hands-on control of the virtual world - the UR-80 is here. 

Functioning as a control surface, an audio interface, and a MIDI interface, the UR-80 is a box with power.

Interfacing through a USB port on both PC and Mac, with the UR-80's intuitive tactile design, it will become your favorite external audio soundcard.  A variety of controls are within reach: smooth gliding faders, compact punch buttons and precise rotary knobs allow control of up to 102 simultaneous parameters!  With the UR-80 you'll have to be careful - remember your first sequence that was icky because you'd texturized it a bit too much?  With access to this many controls and parameters you'll want to remember to leave air for your music to breathe... in the same way a painter leaves room for white space, allowing the eye to rest.

Connections such as XLR inputs which conveniently supply phantom power to your studio condenser mics are near the MIDI ports on the back, keeping your cabling out of sight so as not to clutter the mind.  Transferring your music within the digital domain is easy with the SP/DIF optical and coaxial Input and Output.

Software synths love to be massaged with the UR-80 and just to whet your appetite, bundled with the UR-80 is a soft synth for GM2 MIDI files, the Edirol Hyper Canvas.  OK, so now you've got your audio interface, your control surface, your MIDI interface as well as your MIDI synth...what's next?...a powerful software editor.   Tired of writing your own sysex messages?  This editor will formulate them for you, giving you nearly universal control of your software, thereby giving you nearly universal control of your music.   Any MIDI message can be easily assigned and extensively manipulated using the UR-80.

Any video user who has an Edirol or Roland device that supports V-Link will be ecstatic to see that the UR-80 supports V-Link, Edirol's new technology that enables musical performances to be linked to video.  Using a standard MIDI connection, a V-Link equipped device allows the triggering of clips, video effects and transitions to be controlled not by you, but by the actual EXPRESSION of a musical performance.  Stop reading for just a moment and image the possibilities.

The UR-80 is a control surface that beckons boundaries - you'll want to do more to your music because you CAN do more with your music with the UR-80.

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Main Features

102 assignable parameters through 43 knobs, buttons and sliders on the control surface

Up to 24Bit/96kHz processing

2 XLR/TRS combo jacks with phantom power

Comes bundled with Edirol Hyper Canvas software synth

ASIO 2, WDM, MacOS X compatible with low latency

Control Map Editor

V-LINK

Specifications

Controls

Input Volume 1, 2

Output Volume

Assign Button

Select Button

Memory Button

HQ/GM2 Button

V-Link Button

Rec Source Button

Input Monitor Button

Shift Button

Assignable Controls (total 102):

Track Pods: 24 (8 x 3 mode)

Track Faders: 8

Track Status Buttons: 32 (8x4 mode)

Track Group Buttons: 4 (4 status)

Master Fader: 1

Time Dial: 1

Cursor Buttons: 8 (4x on/off shift button)

Function Buttons: 12 (6x on/off shift key)

Transport Buttons: (Record, Play, Stop, Top, Rewind, Forward) 12 (6x on/off shift key)

Preset Memory: 1

User Memory: 7

Audio Capture Device

Number of Audio Record/Playback Channels

Record: 2 channels

Playback: 2 channels

Full Duplex (Half Duplex for 96kHz setting)

Signal Processing

A/D/A 24-bit (linear)

PC Interface 24-bit

Sampling Frequency

Digital Output: 44.1/48/96 kHz

Digital Input: 32/44.1/48/96 kHz

Built-in real-time sample rate converter

A/D/A Conversion: 44.1/48/96 kHz

Frequency Response

96 kHz: 20 Hz to 40 kHz (+0 db/-2 dB)

48 kHz: 20 Hz to 22 kHz (+0 db/-2 dB)

44.1 kHz: 20 Hz to 20 kHz (+0 db/-2 dB)

Nominal Input Level (variable)

Input Jack 1, 2 (XLR type): -50 to -10 dBu

Input Jack 1, 2 (1/4 inch TRS phone type): -35 to +4 dBu

  Input Impedance

Input Jack 1, 2 (XLR type): 5 k ohms

Input Jack 1, 2 (1/4 inch TRS phone type, Lo-Z): 32 k ohms

Input Jack 2 (Hi-Z): 1 M ohms

Nominal Output Level

Output Jack: 0 dBu

Output Impedance

Output Jack: 1 k ohms

Headphones: 160 ohms

Residual Noise Level (input terminated with 1 k ohms,

MASTER VOLUME: max.,

INPUT SENS = min.,

INPUT MONITOR = min., IHF-A, typ.)

Output Jack: -90 dBu or less

Interface

USB

Digital input/output Coaxial type, Optical type (conforms to S/P DIF)

Connectors

Input Jack 1, 2 (XLR type (phantom power), 1/4 inch TRS phone type)

Digital In Connectors (Coaxial type, Optical type)

Digital Out Connectors (Coaxial type, Optical type)

Headphones Jack (Stereo 1/4 inch phone type)

Output Jack L/R (RCA phono type)

Power Supply

AC adaptor

Current Draw: 1000 mA

Dimensions

378.5(W) x 238.5 (D) x 83.8 (H) mm

14-15/16(W) x 9-7/16(D) x 3-5/16 (H) inches

Weight: 1.65Kg / 3lb 11 oz

Accessories

Startup Manual

Owner's Manual

USB cable

AC adaptor

Template Sheets

Template Labels

CD-ROM

System Requirements

These requirements are the suggested minimum for use with the UR-80 alone. If you will be using the UR-80 with the HQ Hyper Canvas Synth, please see those requirements here.

Macintosh

OS: MacOS 9.0.4 or later. MacOS X 10.x. (Doesn't work on MacOS X Classic mode.)

Computer: Apple Macintosh series with on-board USB Test Studied on iMac, Power Mac G4, Power Mac G4 Cube, and iBook.

CPU/Clock: PowerPC G3 400 MHz or higher

Memory(RAM): 128 MB (256 MB or more for machines running MacOS X)

Hard Disk: 200 MB of free space

Software: OMS 2.3.3 or later. FreeMIDI 1.35 or later. (Mac OS9.x)

Windows

OS: Microsoft Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP

Computer: Windows compatible computer with a USB connector*

CPU/Clock: Intel Pentium(R), Celeron(TM) or Intel compatible Processor 600

MHz or higher

Memory(RAM): 128MB or more

Hard Disk: 200 MB of free space

Software: Music sequencing software that can host DXi or VST Instruments

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