SSL Alpha Link AX Bundle AD/DA Converter

Product Overview Scan Pro Audio says: This SSL I/O Bundle is outstanding value for money for 24 channels of SSL A/D-D/A conversion and an ultra-stable, MADI Interface Card.

The Alpha-Link MADI-AX is well established as a reliable high quality multi-channel audio converter in professional studio installations around the world.
It features 64 channel MADI to 24 channel digital and 24 channel SSL A-D/D-A converters.
Each unit features lossless Fibre Optic MADI In/Out connections which can be used to connect to SSL’s own MadiXtreme, MX4 or Delta-Link computer interfaces, to MADI equipped consoles and routers or to cascade multiple Alpha-Link units to create powerful systems that offer exceptional value.
The MADI-AX provides 24 ADAT Lightpipe digital Inputs and Outputs. and features a front panel hardware switch based control interface with LED status indication, and dedicated tri-colour LED’s provide signal activity indication.

This Bundle includes the MADI-Xtreme64 PCIe Card

Alpha-Link MADI AX

24 analogue inputs and outputs with SSL A-D/D-A at up to 96kHz

24 ADAT Lightpipe digital I/O channels

Up to 64 MADI Digital Channels

High quality SSL A-D/D-A converter technology

Lossless 64 channel Fibre Optic MADI digital audio input and output

Rear panel analogue connection via standard 24 pin D-Sub

BNC Word Clock sync In/Out

All input and output channels can be used simultaneously in any configuration

Comprehensive input/output routing & mode selection matrix

Analogue input/output activity indication via 24 tri-colour LEDs


MadiXtreme 64 PCIe Card

PCIe half-length card, single-lane PCIe v1.1-3.0

1x MADI I/O (optical)

Channel count: 56/64 [email protected]/48k, 28/32 [email protected]/96k, 14/16 [email protected]/192k

1x Wordclock Connector (Software controlled as Input or Output)

Features Technical Specifications

General

Depth : 310mm
Height : 88mm (2RU)
Width : 19.0"
Weight : 6.0kg

Operating voltage : 100-240VAC, 50/60Hz
Power consumption : 30W
WordClock connector style : BNC
MIDI (Number of ports) : 2 (1 input port and 1 output port)
Phones connector style : 1/4" JACK


Analogue

Frequency Response : 20Hz to 20kHz (+0dB -0.5dB) at 48kHz sampling rate
Harmonic Distortion : 0.005% @ 1kHz sine wave at 1dBFS with 20 kHz brickwall low pass filter

Dynamic Range : 128dB digital (A-weighted)
Adjacent Channel Crosstalk : (+10dBu at 1kHz): 90dB
Input Levels (maximum) : +22dBu
Output Levels (maximum) : +22dBu

Digital

Quantization : 24 bit
Sample Rates : 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz


Inputs/Outputs

Analogue:

Number of channels : Input - 24 Output - 24
Number of ports : Input - 3 Output - 3 (8 channels per connector)
Connector type : D-Sub Female
Electrical Balanced :+4dBu nominal, +22dBu maximum

ADAT: (Alpha-Link AX & Alpha-Link MADI AX only)
Number of channels : Input - 24 / Output - 24
Number of ports : 3 (8 input channels per connector and 8 output channels per connector)
Connector type : Toslink

AES/EBU:(Alpha-Link MADI SX only)

Number of channels : Input - 24 / Output - 24
Number of ports : 3 (8 input channels per connector and 8 output channels per connector)
Connector type : D-Sub

Expansion Bus:

Number of channels : 64
Connector type : MiniD 68 poles

MADI:

Number of channels : 64
Connector type : Fibre SC connectors