RME is
shipping the new ADI-8 QS, a new highly flexible and
fully featured 8-channel AD/DA converter. The device combines excellent
analogue circuit design with outstanding low latency AD/DA converters.
Along with SteadyClock, the QS redefines the reference class of
analogue/digital converters. The compact 19”/1U device has a
host of extraordinary features, including analogue and digital limiters,
4 hardware reference levels up to +24 dBu, AES/EBU and ADAT I/O up to
192 kHz, optional MADI I/O, remote control via MIDI, remote digital
input trimming for full input calibration, remote volume control for
all 8 analogue outputs, either separately, globally, ganged and much
more.
The analogue inputs and outputs feature the same circuitry as
RME's well-established ADI-8 series, ensuring excellent signal to noise
ratio and low THD. On the digital side, SteadyClock, RME's unique clock
technology and jitter suppression, further enhances the list of
features, ensuring the best sound quality regardless of the quality of
the reference clock signal. The QS uses the latest AD- and DA-converter
circuits with up to 192 kHz, with S/N ratios of 120 dBA. New digital
filters reduce the conversion delay from over 40 samples to just 8
samples. That's low latency in perfection.
The ADI-8 QS also offers an unsurpassed choice of interface
options. In addition to 2 ADAT I/Os that support up to 192 kHz (S/MUX),
the device also features a serially built-in 25-pin AES/EBU interface
for all inputs and outputs. And that's not all - The ADI-8 QS features
RME's latest technological achievement ? the I64 expansion slot that
makes the device even more flexible. The slot can host the I64 MADI
card for direct integration into MADI systems. All interface options
can be used simultaneously under all conditions; analog (balanced TRS
and/or D-Sub), ADAT, AES/EBU and MADI. Other typical RME features like
Intelligent Clock Control (ICC), SyncCheck®, and
SyncAlign® have also been implemented.
Within the ADI-8 series of converters, the full remote
controllability of the QS is a novelty allowing the device to be placed
anywhere on stage or in the studio as a remote controllable
"SuperStageBox," with full access from the control room or FOH mixer.
In combination with RME´s Micstasy or other RME MADI
interface devices, designing a front end system becomes easier and more
flexible now. A single MADI cable can transfer up to 64 channels of
AES/EBU audio. Multiple ADI-8 QS or Micstasys equipped with I64 MADI
cards can be serially connected with one MADI cable per unit and
configured to use their individual channels within the MADI stream.
AutoID and Delay Compensation ensure sample-aligned operation and easy
setup when designing such setups. Up to 8 units can thus be combined
into one single 64-channel MADI line.
RME ADI-8 QS Features Overview
- 8-channel AD converter, fully symmetrical design, 120 dBA
S/N
- 8-channel DA converter, double balanced output, 120 dBA DA
- Low latency conversion: only 8 samples of delay!
- 2 ADAT optical inputs, 24 bit, with Bitclock PLL, up to 192
kHz
- 2 ADAT optical outputs, 24 bit, fully compatible, up to 192
kHz
- 8 AES/EBU I/Os, full channel count up to 192 kHz, 24 bit,
connected via D-sub
- 8-channel Digital Input Trim over a range of 6 dB
- Full remote controllability via MIDI and MIDI via MADI
- All settings are stored permanently
- Included Remote Control for store/recall of presets, volume
and dim
- I64 Option slot
- The ADI-8 QS is available in the standard or also as the
ADI-8 QS M MADI loaded version with the same feature-set and built-in
I64 MADI card offering an attractive price advantage.Features Overview
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