Now everyone can benefit from having the world's best-loved live sound mic preamps at the top of their signal path.
The new MIDAS XL48 packs 8 MIDAS XL4 mic preamps into a 1U box, complete with swept high and low pass filters, 8 MIDAS XL8 A/D converters and a super-low jitter 1ppm clock. Additional features include 8-segment LED input meters, individual phantom power, polarity invert, and -20 dB pad. All inputs are on Neutrik XLR and duplicated on 25-way D-sub connectors as standard.
XL48 features both analogue and digital outputs in ADAT and AES/EBU format. All five outputs can be used simultaneously, making the XL48 a multifunction analogue/digital mic splitter as well as adding the MIDAS touch to 8 channels of your mix. Multiple clocking options are available, including external word clock, internal 96 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 48 kHz, and 44.1 kHz.
Applications include portable recording rigs, analogue and/or digital splits between consoles, or improving the input stage of an ordinary digital console with MIDAS mic preamps, convertors and a reference-grade clock.

8 mic/line inputs featuring classic MIDAS XL4 mic preamps

Unique all-analogue MIDAS XL4 swept low and high pass filters

Individual 48 V phantom power switching per channel

Individual -20 dB pad switching per channel

High accuracy 8 segment LED meter per channel

MIDAS XL8 ultra-low latency 96 kHz 24-bit A/D converters

Supports operation at 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz and 96 kHz sampling frequencies

Ultra-low jitter reference-grade 1 part-per-million (1 ppm) temperature-compensated clock oscillator with external Word clock syncing options

Parallel fully-balanced XLR and 25 W D-Sub input connections

Driven and buffered fully-balanced 25 W D-Sub output connections

Dual AES3 25 W D-Sub output connector

Dual TOSLINK optical output connectors

Maximum Input Level

Mic\Line +11 dBu

Mic\Line + Pad +31 dBu

CMR at 1KHz (Typical)

Mic (gain + 40 dB) > 80 dB

Mic + Pad (gain + 40 dB) > 70 dB

Noise

Mic EIN at 60 dB gain -128 dBu

Mic EIN at 40 dB gain -125 dBu

Output noise at minimum gain -95 dBu

Frequency Response 20 Hz - 20 kHz +0 dB to -1 dB

Distortion at 1 kHz Input to output (0 dB) 0.03%

Crosstalk at 1 kHz Channel to Channel < -90 dB

Maximum Output Level

Line Outputs (into 600R) +21 dBu

Digital Output

Sampling Frequency 96, 88.2, 48 or 44.1 kHz

Bit Rate 24 Bit Only

Dynamic Range (20 Hz-20 kHz) >110 dB

Power Requirements

Voltage: 100 V a.c. to 240 V a.c. ±10%

Frequency: 50 Hz to 60 Hz

Consumption: <25 W