The 828mk3 Hybrid connects via FireWire or hi-speed USB2 to a Mac or PC computer and delivers 28 audio inputs and 30 outputs with on-board effects and mixing. Apply hardware-based effects to all 28 inputs and 30 outputs via an on-board DSP-driven 8 stereo bus digital mixer with 32-bit floating point precision. Effects include Classic Reverb™ with tail lengths up to 60 seconds, 7-band parametric EQ modeled after British analog consoles, and vintage compression (automatic gain control) modeled after the legendary LA-2A&trdae; optical leveling amplifier. Effects can even be applied when the 828mk3 is operating stand-alone (without a computer) as a complete rack-mounted mixer.
Connect a wide variety of studio gear to the 828mk3, including microphones, guitars, synths, keyboards, drum machines and even effects processors via 8 balanced TRS analog in/out, two banks of optical (ADAT and TOSLink formats) and S/PDIF digital I/O. Monitor everything via XLR main outs, surround output and two front-panel phone jacks with independent volume control. Two front-panel mic/guitar combo inputs are equipped with transparent preamps, digitally controlled trim with plenty of gain, XLR mic input, true high-impedance guitar input, individual 48V phantom power switch, 20 dB pad, and V-Limit™, a hardware limiter that helps prevent digital clipping from overloaded input signals as high as +12 dB above zero with no distortion. Additional protection can be applied with Soft Clip™.
All 828mk3 analog inputs are equipped with digitally controlled analog trim controls that allow adjustments in precise 1 dB increments. The mic/guitar input trims can be adjusted using front-panel digital rotary encoders that provide feedback in the front panel LCD, while all quarter-inch TRS inputs can be trimmed from the included cross-platform CueMix FX software. Different trim configurations can be saved as files on disk for instant recall.
Additional advanced features include 192 kHz operation, Direct Digital Synthesis™ (DDS) precision clocking, direct SMPTE time code sync (no extra synchronizer needed), MIDI I/O and much more. The 828mk3 provides CueMix FX and drivers for Mac (OS X) and Windows (7 and Vista) for cross-platform compatibility with virtually all audio software via WDM/ASIO/Core Audio drivers. The included AudioDesk® workstation software for Mac provides 24-bit recording/editing and 32-bit mixing/processing/mastering.
MOTU 828mk3 Features
- Thunderbolt technology
- High-speed USB 2.0
- 28 inputs and 30 outputs
- Recording up to 192kHz
- Studio-grade mic channels
- Onboard digital mixer with effects
- Standalone operation as a mixer
- Solid metal chassis
- Support for Mac OS X and Windows
- 828mk3 Hybrid FireWire / USB2 Audio Interface1
- Converters24-bit
- Sample rates44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192 kHz
- Analog inputs
- 2 x XLR/TRS combo-style mic/guitar inputs
- 8 x 1/4" TRS line inputs (balanced/unbalanced)
- Analog outputs
- 2 x XLR balanced main out
- 8 x 1/4" balanced TRS line out
- 2 x 1/4" TRS stereo headphone
- Digital I/O
- 16 channels of ADAT optical at 1x sample rates
- 8 channels of SMUX optical at 2x sample rates
- 2-channel TOSlink (optical S/PDIF) up to 96 kHz
- 2-channel RCA S/PDIF up to 96 kHz
- Total I/O
- 28 inputs and 30 outputs at 1x sample rates
- 20 inputs and 22 outputs at 2x sample rates
- 10 inputs and 10 outputs at 4x sample rates
- Computer I/O
- 1 x Thunderbolt (compatible with 1 and 2)
- 1 x USB 2.0 (compatible with 3.0)
- Sync I/O
- 1 x SMPTE time code in (LTC)
- 1 x SMPTE time code out (LTC)
- 1 x word clock in
- 1 x word clock out
- Headphone output
- 1 x 1/4" TRS stereo phone (assignable)
- 1 x 1/4" TRS stereo phone (mirrors main outs)
- Phantom power2 x individual +48V
- Front panel
- 2 x XLR/TRS combo mic/guitar in
- 2 x 1/4" TRS phone
- 2 x digital rotary encoders • phone/main volume
- 2 x digital rotary encoders • mic trim
- 4 x switches • Pad and 48V Phantom
- 4 x digital rotary encoders for LCD control
- 2 x 16 character LCD
- 8 x 4-segment ladder LEDs • 1/4-inch analog in
- 8 x activity LED • 1/4-inch analog out
- 2 x 4-segment ladder LEDs • RCA S/PDIF in
- 2 x activity LED • RCA S/PDIF out
- 2 x 10-segment LEDs • mic in with V-Limit
- 2 x 5-segment ladder LEDs • main outs
- 6 x LED • sample rate indicator
- 1 x LED • LOCK/TACH indicator
- 2 x activity LEDs • optical bank A/B
- 1 x activity LED • MIDI in/out
- 1 x AC power switch
- Power
- International 100-240V autoswitching supply
- 50-60 Hz • 20 Watts
