Cranborne Audio 500R8
500-series rack with USB interface
Audio Interface$1,799Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Audio Interface
- Description
- 500-series rack with USB interface
- Topology
- 8-into-2 analogue summing mixer + zero-latency artist mixer + monitor controller + USB audio interface + 500-series chassis
- Signal path
- Digital (recallable / digitally controlled)
- Channels
- 28
- Channel format
- XLR mic/line per slot, TRS inserts, ADAT, S/PDIF, MIDI
- Form factor
- 19-inch rackmount
- Rack units
- 4U
- Connection
- USB
- Sample rate (kHz)
- 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192
- DSP
- true
- Powered
- true
- Power (W)
- 120
- Frequency response
- A/D -1dB 2.2Hz-80kHz; D/A -1dB <1Hz-61kHz; headphone -1dB <1Hz-70kHz
- Country of manufacture
- UK
- Phantom power
- 48V
Details
Controls: physical level/pan controls per channel, Speaker A/B, Mono, Dim, Mute, talkback push-to-talk, 2 independent headphone blend/level controls
I/O: USB 28-in/30-out; ADAT 16/16 @44.1-48kHz or 8/8 @88.2-96kHz; S/PDIF I/O; 5-pin MIDI I/O; 8x XLR/TRS 500-series slot I/O with inserts; Word Clock BNC in/out; 2x headphone outs
Notable use: Studio-in-a-box combining USB interface, 500-series rack, and analog summing mixer for hybrid analog/DAW workflows
Notes: FLAG device_class: classified as Audio Interface (not 500-Series Chassis) because it has native USB conversion (28-in/30-out) in addition to being an 8-slot 500-series chassis, per field guidance. price_usd $1,799 from Sweetwater (manufacturer's own UK store lists GBP 1,749, no USD list price on cranborne-audio.com). Bit depth not published by manufacturer.