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.
High-performance computer connectivity
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).
A flexible digital converter, router, 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.
DSP mixing and effects processing
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.
Stand-alone operation with wireless control
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.
Web app control
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.
Word Clock
Standard word clock input and output allows you to resolve the 8D to other digital audio gear or house sync.
Convenient headphone monitoring
Use the assignable front-panel headphone output with volume control to monitor any stereo channel pair.
| 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 n/a at 4x 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 and weight |
(width x depth x height, enclosure only) 8.6 x 7 x 1.75 inches 22 x 17.75 x 4.5 cm 2.0 lbs / 0.9 kg |
