DIGITAL AUDIO DENMARK  |  SKU: 19977

AX Center - Base Unit

Thunderbolt 3 audio interface with dual Mic & Instrument in, dual Headphones & Monitors outputs, built-in PRO|MON monitor control with speaker EQ and two slots for expansion cards


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Description

AX Center was born to sit in a rack right next to you in the studio, in your portable rig - or maybe even on your desktop. It's the audio interface that dreams are made of, as it unites the legendary audio quality of pristine Digital Audio Denmark AD & DA conversion with the renowned transparency and musicality of our mic preamps.

It's all about capturing the source truthfully and get it into any DAW you may use exactly as it is - and to get your production out exactly as you intended, envisioned and simply heard it.

  • Unmatched Sound Quality in Any Thunderbolt Audio Interface
  • Tried & Trusted PRO|MON Monitor Control from Mono to Immersive
  • SPQ Speaker Processing: 128 Channels with a Total of 1024 EQ Bands and Individual Channel Delay
  • 256 Thunderbolt & 256 Dante Channels
  • Tailor to Fit Any Need with Expandable & Customisable I/O
  • Even without utilising the expansion options, you will get access to that über-musical and finger-licking delicious audio quality that our converters and preamps have been loved for by many of the world's most acclaimed audio engineers and producers.

    Easily accessible right in the front plate, you get two XLR / 1/4" Jack combo inputs for connecting microphones and instruments.

    This is your right-out-of-the-box A/D conversion stage that is already coupled with the preamps that have only been available as part of our Analog In expansion card (with preamp license) until now.

    On the rear, you'll find one of two out-of-the-box D/A conversion stages, as you get two stereo outputs for connecting two sets of studio monitors on balanced jack connectors. We support that most studios - regardless of size - would like to have an alternative pair of studio speakers connected.

    On the front, you get another D/A conversion stage via two independent headphones outputs - perfect for co-producing.

    In total, AX Center provides you with 2 channels of A/D conversion (with preamps) and 8 channels of D/A conversion right out of the box.

    Features

    Thunderbolt 3 interface, with 256 bidirectional channels at 48 and 96 kHz, 128 channels at 192 kHz, 64 channels at 384 kHz

    Main and expansion Thunderbolt 3 Port w. 15W Power Source Each. Both of the two Thunderbolt 3 ports can function as main and expansion port

    Audio Drivers for macOS and Windows

    MADI interface on BNC connectors with 64 Bidirectional Channels at 48kHz, 32 channels at 96kHz, 16 channels at 192 kHz and 8 channels at 384 kHz

    Dual ADAT interface on TosLink Light pipes with 16 Bidirectional Channels at 48kHz, 8 channels at 96kHz, and 4 channels at 192 kHz. Configurable also as 2 Ch. S/PDIF input

    DANTE AoIP interface via Ethernet with 256 bidirectional channels at 48 kHz, 128 channels at 96 kHz, 64 channels at 192 kHz

    Module Slot for optional dual Madi module via 2 x SFP (LC Fiber or HD/BNC Coax) connectors with 128 Bidirectional Channels at 48kHz, 64 channels at 96kHz, 32 channels at 192 kHz and 16 channels at 384 kHz.

    Two card slots available for DAD I/O Expansion Cards

    Word Clock I/O, and Video Black and Burst input on BNC connectors

    128 channels speaker processing with a total of 1024 filters and delay

    Summing Processor 64 Output / 512 Input Busses

    Internal Router: 4096 x 4096

    32bit Floating Point Processing

    DADman control software for macOS and Windows connecting via Ethernet or Thunderbolt.

    Pro|Mon monitor control functionality and integration for Avid Eucon Enabled Devices via DADman

    19" Rack Unit 1U Height

    Specifications

    2 Ch. microphone or instrument input• Dual stereo headphone output

    Dual stereo monitor output• A/D, D/A and D/D Converter with sample rates from 44,1 to 384 kHz and DSD

    Up to 984 Input and Output Channels• Router and Monitoring Interface

    Thunderbolt 3 I/O (256 Ch.)

    Dante AoIP I/O (256 Ch.)

    MADI I/O (64 ch.)

    ADAT I/O (16 Ch.) / SPDIF (2 ch.)

    2 Slots for Optional Multi-Format DAD I/O Cards

    512x64 Ch. Pro|Mon Summing and Speaker 1024 ch. EQ Processing

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