Presonus DigiMax D8 manual

DIGIMAX D8 © 2007, PreSonus Audio El ectronics, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 8 Channel Preamplifier with 24-bit/48 kHz ADAT out User’s Manual Version 1.0[...]

PRESONUS LIMITED WARRANTY © 2007, PreSonus Audio El ectronics, Inc. All Rights Reserved. PreSonus Audi o Electronics Inc. warran ts this product t o be free of defects in mate rial and work manship for a period of one year from the date of original reta il purchase. This warran ty is enforceable on ly by the original retail purchas er. To be prote[...]

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 OVERVIEW 1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ ............................... 3 1.2 Features ................................................................................................................ ................................ 4 [...]

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OVERVI EW 3 | PreSonus 2007 1.1 INTRODUCTION Thank you f or purchasing the PreSonus Di giMax D8. P reSonus Audi o Electronics h as designed the DigiMax D 8 utilizing high -grade co mponents to ensu re optimum performan ce that will last a lifetime. The DigiMax D8 is an eight-channel microphone p reamplifier, with 24-bit 48 kHz ADAT outp ut, eight P[...]

OVERVI EW 4 | PreSonus 2007 1.2 FEATURES The DigiMax D8 is high quali ty and afford able eight-chan nel preamplifier w ith analog to di gital conversio n, perfect for expanding an audio interface or digita l mixer with ADAT input or upgrading the preamps on an analog cons ole. The DigiM ax D8 comes com plete with eight high-quality P reSonus X-MAX [...]

OVERVI EW 5 | PreSonus 2007 1.3 WHAT IS IN THE BOX Your Digi Max D8 pac kage contains the follow ing: • Digi Max D8 Eight-c hannel microph one preamplifier • 6’ Standard IEC Power Cable • PreSonus Warrant y Card[...]

CONTROLS & CONNECTI ONS 6 | PreSonus 2007 2.1 FRONT PANEL LAYOUT • Instrument Inputs (Channel s 1 and 2). The ¼” TS connector o n channels 1 and 2 are f or use with an instrument (g uitar, bass, etc. ). When an instr ument is plu gged into the ins trument inpu t, the microphone preamp is bypa ssed, and the DigiMax D8 becomes an active inst[...]

CONTROLS & CONNECTI ONS 7 | PreSonus 2007 • Clock. This button s ets the D igiMax D8 t o External dig ital sync or sets t he Internal sam ple rate. o Press the Clock button once to set the clock to internal syn c and your sample rat e to 44.1 kHz. This will make the DigiMa x D8 the Master clock of your system. It will be sending out word cloc[...]

CONTROLS & CONNECTI ONS 8 | PreSonus 2007 2.2 BACK PANEL LAYOUT • Microp hone Pre-A mplifier. Your DigiM ax D8 is equippe d with eight c ustom desig ned PreSonus XMA X microphone preamplifiers for us e with all types of microphones in cluding Dynamics, Condensers and Ribbons as well as instruments an d line level signals. The award wi nning P[...]

CONTROLS & CONNECTI ONS 9 | PreSonus 2007 • BNC In. The BNC input allows the DigiM ax D8 to be co nnected and slaved to an extern al word clock generator. • ADAT Output. This optical ADAT output sends eight chann e ls of digital aud io output. Word clo ck is also being se nt through this output s o you can use the DigiMax D 8 as a clock mas[...]

OPERATION 10 | PreSonus 2007 3.1 MICROPHONES The DigiMax D8 works with a ll standard microphones including dynamic, ribbon and cond enser microphone s. 3.1.1 Condenser Condenser micro phones tend to genera te a high-quality audio signal and are one of the mos t popular mic choices for today’s studio reco rding application s. Because of their desi[...]

OPERATION 11 | PreSonus 2007 3.2 DIGITAL CONNECTI ONS AND SYNCRONIZATION 3.2.1 ADAT Optical Lightpipe ADAT is an industry standard abbreviation for the ADAT Lightpipe protocol, which transfers eight tra cks in a single fiber optic cab le. Supported sa mple rates are 44.1 kH z and 48 kHz. When you are u tilizing the eight DigiMax D8 p reamplifiers a[...]

OPERATION 12 | PreSonus 2007 3.2.3 Master/Slave and Multiple Digital Devices Whether you are using t he ADAT outpu t of the Digi Max D8 to ge nerate word cl ock or you are using the B NC word clock output of anothe r device as your word clock generator, it is necessary to denote one device as the “master” wor d clock device t o which all other [...]

OPERATION 13 | PreSonus 2007 3.3 SAMPLE HOOK UP DIAGRAMS 3.3.1 Using the DigiMax D8 with ProTools The DigiMax D 8 is the perfect s olutions to exp and your ADAT com patible Digidesi gn interface. For example: To set up a Di gi 003 with ProTools LE software: 1. Plug in an ADAT cable from th e optical outpu t of the DigiMax D8 to the optical input of[...]

OPERATION 14 | PreSonus 2007 3.3.2 Using multiple DigiMax D8 with the FireStudio LightPipe The DigiMax D 8 is a great low cost solu tion to expa nd your FireStudi o LightPipe for live or mobile recordings where a l arge number of simult aneous inputs are needed and two tr ack output is e nough for monitoring. T o clock more tha n one DigiMax D 8 to[...]

OPERATION 15 | PreSonus 2007 3.3.3 Using the DigiMax D8 to Add Preamps to a Multiple Line Level Input Device The inputs of man y audio interfaces and mixers a re blended between microphon e preamps and line leve l inputs. Balanced ¼” inputs are a great way to conserve space. Becaus e of it s direct analog outputs, the DigiMax D8 c an also be use[...]

TE CH NIC AL INF OR MA TIO N 16 | PreSonus 2007 4.1 SPECIFICATIONS Microphone Preamp Type ......................................................................................................................... .... XLR Female Balanced Frequency Resp onse (±0.5 dB) ..................................................................................[...]