Overview

Premium SoundGrid audio interface with award-winning preamps, ideal for professional and personal production studios. Features 8 ins, 8 outs, and a built-in SoundGrid DSP server for real-time plugin processing

Featuring 8 mic/line inputs with premium preamps, 8 line outputs, 2 headphone outputs, MIDI I/O, S/PDIF and AES inputs and outputs and an integrated SoundGrid DSP server, the DiGiGrid IOS-XL is the perfect centerpiece for the studio.

Building on the popular DiGiGrid IOS, the DiGiGrid IOS-XL comes with the complete SoundGrid Studio System software (the SoundGrid Studio Application, StudioRack, and the eMotion ST mixer). Used in combination with this software, the IOS-XL lets you mix and monitor in real time using up to hundreds of your favorite SoundGrid-compatible Waves and third-party plugins, with super-low latency of only 0.8 milliseconds.

Need more I/O? A single Ethernet cable is all you need to connect additional SoundGrid components to your network via the built-in network switch.

Features

• SoundGrid audio interface with built-in DSP server
• 8 mic/line inputs, 8 line outputs
• 2 independent headphone outputs
• Built-in Extreme i7 SoundGrid DSP server
• Software-controlled award-winning preamps
• ASIO/Core Audio-compatible
• MIDI, S/PDIF, and AES/EBU inputs and outputs
• Connects via a single Ethernet cable
• Quick-view front panel metering and status indicators
• High-definition ADC/DAC conversion
• Compatible with SuperRack, MultiRack, eMotion LV1, SoundGrid Studio

Specifications

General

• 2U rackmount
• Supported sample rates: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4*, 192* kHz
• 8 Channel Mic/Line inputs (on XLR/TRS combo)
• 8 Channel Line outputs (on TRS or 25 pin D-con)
• 2 Channel AES/EBU (on XLRs) or SPDIF (on RCA) I/O switchable SRC on AES input
• Word Clock I/O
• Clock Synchronization via: Word Clock input, AES/EBU, SPDIF, SoundGrid (SoE), Internal
• MIDI I/O
• 4 SoundGrid ports (RJ45s)
• USB port (emergency port to boot server – support function only)
• Reset switch
• 2 Headphone outputs with analogue level controlls
• Settings for different broadcast level formats via jumpers on all analog I/Os
• Internal i7 SoundGrid Server (Supports LV1 64ch.)

Mic/Line inputs

• Input Impedance:
  Mic: 2K5 / Line: 8K0 Ohms
• Gain Range:
  Mic: -20 TO +60dB in 0.5dB steps / Line -30 to +50dB in 0.5dB steps
• Maximum Input Level:
  Mic: +26 dBu / Line: +36 dBu
• Mic Equivalent Input Noise: > -126 dB (150 Ohm source, Gain +60dB)
• Harmonic Distortion: Typically < 0.01% @ unity gain, 10dB input @ 1 kHz
• Frequency Response: +/-0.5 dB (20 Hz to 20 kHz)
• Channel Separation: Better than 90 dB (40 Hz to 15 kHz)

Line Outputs

• Maximum Output Level: +22 dBu
• Residual Output Noise: <90 dB (20 Hz to 20 kHz)
• Frequency Response: +/-0.5 dB (20 Hz to 20 kHz)
• Output Impedance: 50 Ohms
• Channel Separation: Better than 90 dB (40 Hz to 15 kHz)
• Harmonic Distortion: Typically < 0.01% @ +10dB Output @ 1kHz