Focusrite OctoPre 8-Channel Mic Preamp / Compressor / Limiter

OctoPre 8-Channel Mic Preamp / Compressor / Limiter description:

Providing eight pristine discrete channels of Focusrite Class A mic pre and compression, OctoPre routes directly to any digital audio workstation via analogue outputs or a new 24-bit, 96kHz A/D converter. There are two digital option boards available for the Octopre, the 24/96 ADAT Board with one ADAT optical out and the 24/96 AES/SPDIF/ADAT Board with AES and SPDIF on a 9 pin D-sub connector and ADAT optical out. The new OctoPre offers the unique qualities associated with the Focusrite name at an affordable price.

Each channel also features a revolutionary compressor / limiter circuit, providing a warm-sounding compressor, which morphs into a brick wall limiter to avoid those critical overs, ensuring total control over all eight channels.

The mic pres featured in OctoPre those featured elsewhere in the award winning Focusrite Platinum range. They are a transistor-based Class A design utilising the same full-bandwidth philosophy as the legendary Red and ISA mic pres, ensuring detail and clarity without colouration. The first two 'super channels' also feature phase reverse, as well as TRS jack inputs on the front fascia for quick and easy, DI-free instrument plug-in.

Output can be either analogue or digital; choices include 8 balanced analogue outputs, or an optional A/D, (8 AES, S/PDIF and ADAT lightpipe digital outputs.) An external Wordclock input is also provided (BNC connector.) The AES-EBU and S/PDIF format outputs all operate at up to 24bit /96kHz and can run simultaneously with the lightpipe outputs, giving up to 16 channels of digital output for sample rates of 44.1 and 48kHz, at 16, 20 or 24 bit dithered.

With Class A Focusrite processing and almost all the interface options known to man, the Platinum Octopre is the perfect partner for any Pro Tools system or any other Digital audio workstation, making high quality, multi-channel recording easy. Equally it could be utilised as an instant location recording solution, or as an additional set of mic pres for any analogue or digital console, or hard disk recorder.

OCTOPRE NOW ON DEMO IN SOUTHAMPTON, CROYDON, BIRMINGHAM AND BRISTOL BRANCHES OF DV