MOTU 8-PRE ES
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MOTU 8-PRE ES Product Details
Renowned ESS Sabre32™ DAC technology delivers measured 123 dB dynamic range and the same proven, award-winning audio quality as MOTU's flagship 1248.
Connect all your studio gear, including microphones, guitars, synths, keyboards, drum machines, outboard processors and optical expanders. All I/O is available simultaneously.
Eight transparent mic preamps deliver superb -108 dB THD+N, 118 dB dynamic range and -129 dBu EIN performance. Each mic channel has individual preamp gain, pad, 48V phantom power and digital remote control.
Round-trip latency (RTL) performance as low as 1.6 ms at 96kHz over Thunderbolt™ with high-performance DAW hosts.
Connect to your Mac or PC with Thunderbolt™ or Hi-speed USB 2.0, with up to 256 audio channels (128 in and 128 out) over Thunderbolt. Or stream dozens of audio channels to and from your Mac over AVB/TSN Ethernet using a standard, affordable CAT-5e cable up to 100 meters long. Class-compliant firmware and industry standard drivers work with any audio apps. Connect to your iPad™ with a standard camera connection kit (adapter).
Take control of your recording sessions with the built-in talkback mic and front-panel talk button. Connect two sets of speakers and check your mixes instantly with front-panel A/B speaker select buttons.
Features:
- 52 simultaneous audio channels
- 24 independent inputs and 28 outputs, all
- Superb analog audio quality
- Renowned ESS Sabre32 Ultra™ DAC technology
- Cutting-edge components deliver ultra-transparent sound
- High-performance Thunderbolt and USB drivers for Mac and PC
- Ultra-low latency and renowned rock-solid performance
Technical Specificatons:
- Analog (balanced 1/4 inch TRS): Output 8
- Mic/Line/Guitar inputs with preamps: Input 8
- Headphones output: 2x stereo
- ADAT optical: Input 16/ Output 16
- Total: Input 24/ Output 28
Specs:
- Color: Black
- Rack Mountable: yes
- Line Inputs: 8
- Line Outputs: 8
- Mic Inputs: 8
- Phono Inputs: 0
- Instrument Inputs: 8
- digital Output: ADAT
- digital Input: ADAT
- Headphone Out: yes
- MIDI Inputs: 0 Ports
- MIDI Outputs: 0 Ports
- Host Port: USB / Thunderbolt
- Number of headphone outputs: 2
- Type: Audio Interface
- Theme: Recording and Studio