MOTU 8D Product Details
Description
The 8D provides universal connectivity to your Mac or PC through USB or AVB/TSN. Renowned drivers deliver industry-leading ultra-low latency and proven, rock solid performance.
New, optimized drivers for both Mac and PC deliver ultra-low latency performance. With a high-performance DAW such as Digital Performer, the 8D delivers an astonishing round trip latency (RTL) of 1.70 ms (milliseconds) on OS X and 1.71 ms on Windows over USB (at 96 kHz with a 32-sample host buffer).
Send any input to any output, or split to multiple output channels. Convert any format to any other (AES3, S/PDIF, AVB-TSN and USB). Includes routing to and from the computer, plus any devices on the AVB-TSN network.
The 8D's 48-input digital mixer delivers 7 stereo aux busses, 3 groups, access to 64 network inputs, and DSP effects, including classic reverb, EQ modeled after British analog console EQs and compression modeled after the legendary LA-2A compressor. If you know your way around a large-format mixing console, you'll feel right at home. With 32-bit floating point processing, the 8D's DSP engine delivers virtually unlimited headroom and the utmost in sound quality.
Connect an Apple® Airport™ or other Wi-Fi router with a standard Ethernet cable for wireless control of device settings, powerful 48-channel mixing and DSP effects.
The software that you use to control the 8D doesn't reside on your hard drive. It's a web app served from the hardware itself. This means you can control the 8D's on-board DSP, mixing, and device settings from the web app software running in your favorite web browser on the computer, or even a tablet or smartphone on the same Wi-Fi network as your computer.
The full-color LCD lets you view all signal activity at a glance with detailed metering for all Inputs/Outputs. Access hardware settings from a simple and convenient menu.
Standard word clock input and output allows you to resolve the 8D to other digital audio gear or house sync.
Use the assignable front-panel headphone output with volume control to monitor any stereo channel pair.
An included mounting bracket kit joins the 8D side-by-side with any other MOTU half-rack unit to create a single rack-space configuration consisting of customized analog, digital and/or MIDI I/O configuration tailored just for you.
Includes AudioDesk workstation software for Mac and Windows with 24-bit recording, sample-accurate editing and 32-bit mixing and mastering.
Features:
- Eight channels of digital audio I/O and conversion with SRC:
Four channels of professional AES3 (AES/EBU) digital I/O, plus four channels of standard S/PDIF digital audio I/O, with sample rate conversion on all inputs. - Flexible, router, converter and splitter:
Send any input to any output, or split to multiple output channels. Convert any format to any other (AES3, S/PDIF, AVB-TSN and USB). Includes routing to and from the computer, plus any devices on the AVB-TSN network. - Stand-alone operation with wireless control:
Connect a standard Wi-Fi router with a standard Ethernet cable for wireless control of device settings, routing/splitting, powerful 48-channel mixing and DSP effects. - DSP mixing and effects processing:
Flexible 48-input digital mixer with 7 stereo aux busses, 3 stereo groups, access to 32 network inputs, and DSP effects, including reverb, 4-band EQ, gate and compression. - Ultra-low latency and proven, high-performance MOTU drivers:
Universal connectivity over high-speed USB 2.0 (3.0 and iOS compatible) and AVB. Renowned drivers deliver industry-leading low latency and rock solid performance. - Comprehensive metering:
The full-color LCD lets you view all signal activity at a glance with detailed metering for all I/O. Access hardware settings from a simple and convenient menu. - Convenient headphone monitoring:
Assignable front-panel headphone output with volume control allows for monitoring of any stereo channel pair. - Word clock I/O:
Standard word clock input and output for resolving to other digital audio gear or house sync. - 32-bit floating point processing:
The 8D's mixing and effects DSP engine delivers virtually unlimited headroom and the utmost in sound quality. - Modeled vintage effects processing:
Classic reverb. Compression modeled after the legendary LA-2A compressor. EQ modeled after British analog console EQs. - Web app control from any device:
Control everything from your favorite web browser on a laptop, tablet and smartphone connected to your local Wi-Fi network. - System expansion:
Add a 2nd MOTU AVB-equipped interface with a simple CAT-5e ethernet cable. Connect up to five MOTU interfaces using a MOTU AVB Switch (sold separately). - AVB-TSN audio networking:
Build a network with multiple interfaces and computers using standard AVB-TSN switches and network cabling, with ultra-low network latency, even over long cable runs (100 meters point to point). Stream hundreds of audio channels among devices and computers on the network. - Audio analysis tools:
includes a full-screen real-time FFT display, spectrogram “waterfall” display, full-featured oscilloscope, X-Y plot and phase analyzer. - AudioDesk:
- Includes AudioDesk workstation software for Mac and Windows with 24-bit recording, sample-accurate editing and 32-bit mixing and mastering
- Mac System Requirements: 1 GHz Intel-based Mac or faster; 2 GB RAM; 4 GB or more recommended; Mac OS X version 10.8 or later; Available USB 2.0 or 3.0 port; A large hard drive (at least 500 GB for recording)
- Windows System Requirements: 1 GHz Pentium-based PC compatible or faster; 2 GB RAM; 4 GB or more recommended; Windows 7, 8 or 10; Available USB 2.0 or 3.0 port; A large hard drive (at least 500 GB for recording)
- Web App Support: Any web client platform: Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android; Any web browser: Safari, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Explorer, etc.
- Included Software: MOTU Discovery App for Mac & Windows (finds connected MOTU interfaces); MOTU Discovery App for iOS (available from Apple App Store); MOTU Control web app (served from the hardware itself); AudioDesk 4.0 for Mac & Windows (separate download)
- Operating Systems: For computer audio I/O: Mac OS X 10.8 or later; Windows 7 or later; For web app control: Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android
- Sample rates: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192 kHz
- Digital I/O: 2x stereo AES3 (AES/EBU) on XLR male/female; 2x stereo S/PDIF on RCA
- Total I/O: 8 in / 8 out (16 total) at 1x sample rates; 8 in / 8 out (16 total) at 2x sample rates
- Computer I/O: 1 x USB 2.0 audio class compliant; USB 3.0 and iOS compatible
- Computer I/O channels: 64 in/out at 1x (44.1 to 48 kHz); 32 in/out at 2x (88.2 to 96 kHz); 24 in/out at 4x (176.4 to 192 kHz)
- Headphone: 1 x 1/4" TRS stereo phone (assignable)
- Front panel: 1 x 1/4" TRS headphone output; 4x switches for menu navigation; 160 x 128 RGB LCD for level meters / menu
- Power: External 12-18V DC power supply 1.0A max; tip pos or neg
- Dimensions: 8.6 x 7 x 1.75 inches / 22 x 17,75 x 4,5 cm
- Weight: 0,9 kg
