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APOGEE INTRODUCES NEW AES8+ INTERFACE CARD Provides single- and double-wire 96 kHz operation and bit-splitting
Santa Monica, CA, August, 2002 —
Apogee Electronics, leading manufacturer of digital audio conversion systems, is now shipping
an updated 96 kHz AES/EBU interface card for users of its popular Trak2
2-channel mic pre/conversion system.
The AES8+ “high density” card is the latest in the series
of AMBus (Apogee Multimedia Bus) cards that add almost any digital audio
interface to the company’s AD-8000 series and Trak2 external conversion
systems. The AD-8000 features four slots and the Trak2 two, and format
conversion can also be carried out between any installed interfaces
in real time.
The AES8+ I/O card provides eight channels of AES/EBU-compatible signals
in and out in “single-wire” format or four channels in “double-wire”,
in addition to the on-board single-wire AES/EBU capability built into
the converters, providing both “double-wire” and “single-wire”
operation at high sample rates (88.2 and 96 kHz) for use with the Trak2.
When used with recorders such as the Sony PCM-800 or other multi-channel
recorders with AES interfacing, the card also allows “bit-splitting”
formats which spread high resolution signals across multiple 16-bit
tracks.
Apogee’s AP8 cards are supplied as “full-size” YGDAI
cards, suitable for legacy Yamaha equipment such as the 02R. For use in
newer systems, which require the smaller “mini-Y” format,
the outer rails and built-in extender card are removed and a new front
panel (supplied) added, making the cards suitable for products such as
the DM2000 and 02R96.
The AES8+ card supports eight channels of “single-wire”
AES/EBU, up to 24 bits at up to 96 kHz sample rate; four channels of
24-bit Double-Wire AES I/O at 88.2/96 kHz sampling; four channels of
24 bits each bit-split on to an 8-track 16-bit recorder at 44.1 or 48
kHz sampling (utilizing Rane’s PaqRat format, which is available
on other Apogee converters from the AD-1000 onwards); and two channels
of 24-bit, 88.2/96 kHz audio bit-split on to an 8-track 16-bit recorder
at 44.1 or 48 kHz sampling, in Apogee’s ABS96 format, as used
on the Rosetta and PSX-100.
The AES8+ card is available now, with a US MSRP of $795 and replaces
the existing AES8 card.
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