Crane Song Egret
8-channel D/A converter with integrated analog summing mixer (workstation back end)
Summing Mixer$5,600Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Summing Mixer
- Description
- 8-channel D/A converter with integrated analog summing mixer (workstation back end)
- Topology
- solid-state, transformerless, stepped master-bus attenuator (1dB steps), adjustable tape-like harmonic 'color' circuit per channel
- Signal path
- Hybrid
- Channels
- 8
- Channel format
- 8-channel D/A into a stereo summing bus
- Form factor
- 2U rackmount
- Rack units
- 2
- Connection
- AES/EBU, ADAT, S/MUX
- Sample rate (kHz)
- up to 192
- DSP
- per-channel sample-rate conversion for jitter reduction (defeatable), plus adjustable tape-like 2nd/3rd-harmonic color circuit
- Powered
- yes
- Power (W)
- 55
- Introduced
- 2008
- Country of manufacture
- USA
Details
Controls: Per-channel level, aux send, color, pan, analog/digital source select, solo/mute; master stereo bus level (stepped, 1dB steps); headphone monitor mix
I/O: 8-channel digital input (AES single-wire to 192kHz, ADAT, S/MUX to 96kHz), balanced analog direct outputs/inputs per channel for insert processing, stereo aux send/return, headphone monitor bus; can be chained to a Crane Song Spider mixer
Notes: Price ($5,600) is from a 2018 press reference (Sound On Sound) found via web search and may be dated / not reflect current pricing — flagged. D/A converter bit depth not explicitly stated in the manual excerpt reviewed.