The Cranborne Audio 500R8 is essentially a studio in a rack. It's an 8-slot 500 Series high-current chassis, a 28-in/30-out USB interface, an analog summing mixer, a zero-latency artist mixer and a monitor controller - everything you need to build your dream hybrid analog/digital studio. The 500R8 features high-quality AD/DA conversion, reference-quality headphone amplifiers, a reference-quality master clock and much more. In fact, there's very little you can't do with the Cranborne Audio 500R8. Configure it to taste for any source. Load it up with vintage-style 500 Series pre-amps, EQs and more and have full control of true analog deliciousness.
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USB audio interface
Connect the 500R8 directly to your Mac or PC via USB and use the 500R8's built-in 28-in/30-out USB audio interface for recording and playback directly to and from your digital audio workstation of choice.Discrete summing mixer
Give your mixes that true analog character even in post by sending submixes and stems back through your 500 Series modules, to the 500R8's discrete analog summing mixer and back to your DAW. So you can try out and play with the sound without being directly attached.This feature is also perfect for rendering an additional saturation bus of the original voices, for example, and then mixing it in to taste. Ideal for making the kick or snare punchy, for example.
Monitor controller
Use the 500R8's built-in monitor controller with more than enough headroom to switch between two sets of speakers, switching between mono sum, mute, dim and talkback functions while checking the peak level of your mix on the high-resolution 28-segment LED meter.Audiophile-grade headphone amplifiers and artist mixer with no latency
Drive any headphones with the 500R8's two reference headphone amplifiers. They have enough power to drive low impedance headphones with plenty of headroom and linear frequency response to below 1Hz! Use the 500R8's two aux sockets to create pristine analog cue mixes that you can mix with DAW playback and send to the talent without delay.
World-class AD/DA
For the musician who wants to get started right away, it may be hard to get excited about conversion and clocking. But AD/DA (analog-to-digital/digital-to-analog) conversion is obviously very important when talking about audio quality. These chips are touted as the best in their class and have really impressive specifications, such as less than 0.5 picosecond of jitter. And you'll notice it when you hear the fullness of your stereo image blossom with stunning sonic clarity.Connect the 500R8 to your macOS or Windows computer and capture every nuance of your sources with reference-grade AD/DA conversion and world-class internal clocking. Effortlessly convert audio between analog and digital worlds without the digital artifacts that color, obscure and degrade your recordings. The only coloration you hear is intentional - your microphone placements, mixing decisions and the 500 Series modules you've chosen to use. And wordclock I/O even lets you share the 500R8's world-class clock with the rest of your digital gear.
Spacious I/O and configurable front-end
The 500R8 has generous I/O for integration with all your analog and digital hardware, so you can mix and match your 500 Series modules and find the best combinations as you record and mix to create your own distinctive analog sound. You can even integrate your 19-inch rack units via the 500R8's dedicated slot-by-slot TRS input jacks.C.A.S.T. way
Equipped with Cranborne's innovative C.A.S.T. system, the 500R8 does away with excess cable spaghetti and delivers a cost-effective, low-maintenance, plug-and-play solution by sending four channels of balanced analog audio via Cat 5 Ethernet cable directly to the destination of your choice.Convenient source selection
Repatch your 500R8 at the touch of a button. Dedicated source selectors for each slot in the 500 Series adjust signal routing to send analog, C.A.S.T. or USB sources through each of your modules. Unused slots in the 500 Series? Bypass them with the 500R8's dedicated slot bypass switch.Expandable - in the studio or on the road
When you're ready for additional 500 Series connection options, connect the 500R8 to Cranborne Audio's 500ADAT via ADAT for 16 channels of 500 Series modules. Housed in a rugged steel 19-inch 4U rack mount frame, the 500R8 is an ideal 500 Series chassis for mobile recording sets.Specifications:
- usb audio interface
- expandable to 28 in / 30 out
- 8 x 500 series slots
- monitor controller
- summing mixer
analog connections: - 8 x XLR (microphone/line)
- 8 x XLR direct out
- 8 x insert
- talkback mic in
- 2 stereo sets of monitor outputs
- 2 headphone outputs
digital connections: - 2 x ADAT in
- 2 x ADAT out
- 1 x S/PDIF in
- 1 x S/PDIF out
- wordclock in
- wordclock out
- midi in
- midi out
- 4 x C.A.S.T. (1 C.A.S.T. connection is good for 2 x in and 2 x out over a CAT5 cable)
