The Apogee AD-8000’s primary components are the A/D section and its associated analogue electronics, an extensive digital I/O section with four stereo AES/EBU outputs, plus one stereo AES and one stereo S/PDIF input as standard. A headphone DAC and amplifier to monitor any two of the eight channels (whether the source is digital or analogue) is also included, and the AD-8000 utilises the patented Apogee Low-Jitter Clock to minimise input jitter.
The Apogee AD-8000’s add-on options include a stereo 24-bit DAC card with dual XLR jack outputs, an eight-channel 24-bit DAC card, a remote microphone pre-amplifier controlled from the AD-8000, a video sync plug-in card, and up to four digital audio I/O cards which plug into the four-slot Apogee Multimedia Bus (AMBus).
Features
- Eight channels of state-of-the-art 24-bit A/D converters
- Apogee Soft Limit® on each channel
- Apogee UV22® word-length reduction on each channel to 20 or 16 bits
- Advanced multi-mode 8-channel metering
- Built-in level calibration to within ±.05 dB
- Built-in 5-level digital oscillator
- Flexible over detection and tracking
- Overdub/confidence source/destination monitoring
- Headphone monitor for any channel pair
- DC Offset removal (switchable) on each channel for analogue and digital sources
- Balanced or unbalanced inputs
- “Smart” sync capabilities include word clock, video, crystal, or any digital input
- Standard XLR jacks for analogue in and AES/EBU digital out
- 2 RCA jacks for S/PDIF in and out
- 1 XLR jack for AES input
- One-to-four AES/EBU signal distribution facilities
- Installation of up to four different digital I/O AMBus cards with format conversion and re-clocking
- Proprietary low jitter master clock
- Non-volatile storage of front panel settings
- Optional video sync plug-in module with 0.1% pull up/down control
- Optional stereo 24-bit D/A analogue expansion card
- Optional 8-channel 24-bit stereo D/A analogue expansion card
- Expanding selection of optional AMBus cards for a wide range of interfaces and facilities
