The Apogee AD-8000 8-Channel, 24-Bit Converter
The Apogee AD-8000 8-Channel, 24-Bit Converter
The Apogee AD-8000 8-Channel, 24-Bit Converter
Sample Rate & Sync Options: 44.1 and Option Card Slot: Install the optional 24- Built-in Functionality: On-board
48 kHz crystal-locked sample frequencies, plus bit stereo D/A or the full 24-bit, 8-channel D/A AES/EBU and S/PDIF inputs and outputs, plus
“pull-up” and “pull-down” settings for converter, engineered to the same exacting Word Clock I/O. The rear-panel DIP switch sets
video/film transfers. The AD-8000 “smart standards as the rest of the unit, and you can pin 2/3 hot, analog & digital DC removal, “Over”
syncs” to any digital input signal, via Apogee’s dramatically increase the functionality of your definition, UV22 resolution (16/20 bit output),
proprietary Low Jitter Clock, in the range 32 to system. With both A/D and D/A functions in the line levels (–10dBV or +4dBu, balanced or
54 kHz—including video with the optional video same unit, the AD-8000 may be all the unbalanced) and other features. (An optional
sync card. converter you’ll need! AMBUS card provides eight AES inputs.)
Format Conversion: All interfaces are Overdub (Destination) Mode: Any Built-in headphone monitor: Hear
available at all times, enabling you to use the device connected to an AMBUS card can be what’s going to tape—and what’s coming
AD-8000 as a powerful multi-channel digital monitored while it is the output destination of back!—via the on-board headphone amplifier
format converter or AES/EBU distribution unit— the AD-8000, to permit overdubbing and confi- with multi-step volume control, fed by its own
a feature worth thousands on its own. Convert dence monitoring. The output of the selected high-resolution D/A converter. Monitoring is
from any interface to all others simultaneously, card is also available at all other interfaces and selectable to allow the auditioning of pairs of
whether they are built-in or on AMBUS cards. any installed D/A card. channels at a time.