8 Channel Mic Pre with HMX & IRON
ASP800 is an audio powerhouse designed to transform your sessions into world class recordings, making it the perfect addition to your audio interface. ASP800 provides 8 channels of Audient’s renowned console mic preamps, class-leading Burr-Brown converter technology, two JFET D.I’s and two Retro channels with revolutionary tone control. Just plug in your mics, guitars, keyboards and drum machines and you’re ready to go, so get creative and start thinking big!
Audient Console Mic Pres
The professional sound you deserve
We are the only company that use the same Class-A mic pre design throughout our entire product range, whether you’re in the studio with an Audient ASP8024 console or on the road with ASP800, you’re always guaranteed the same world class Audient sound.
Pristine Converter Technology
Brilliance on the inside enables brilliance on the outside
ASP800 provides you with high performance 118-dB AD converters from Burr Brown, the leaders in converter technology. Quality in the analogue stages of our design comes from years of experience as analogue console designers, and when coupled with outstanding converter technology it enables you to hear audio as it’s supposed to sound. The importance of converters should never be underestimated. Experience audio the Audient way.
HMX & IRON on a Multitrack Production
HMX Harmonic Saturator
We know that plenty of engineers love the sound of tubes/valves and if you’re one of them, then you’re going to love HMX. Travel back in time with ASP800’s very own custom harmonic distortion control. Similar to vintage valve preamplifier designs of the 1960s, HMX provides a sweet, thick tone that will sound incredible on anything from drums to electric guitars. (TIP! Try it on bass synth, or 808 too!)
IRONTransformer Drive
Say hello to Audient’s BRAND NEW British transformer saturator - IRON. A testament to innovation, IRON uses a custom British transformer with a high voltage MOSFET drive network designed to recreate that sparkly, “sounds like a record” signature of 1970’s recording.
Audient ASP800: 8 Channel Mic Pre & ADC with 2 Channels of HMX & IRON
Specs
MICROPHONE PREAMPLIFIER:
(measured to balanced DB25 analogue outputs)
MIC GAIN: | 0 to 70 dB (extra gain stage for more!) |
SWITCHABLE PAD: | -15 dB (all channels front panel switchable) |
LINE GAIN: | -10 to 60 dB (-25 to 45 dB inc. PAD) |
PHANTOM POWER: | 48V ±4V @ 10mA / channel |
MIC EIN: | < -127.0 dBu |
CMRR: | >80 dB @ 100Hz to 2kHz |
MAXIMUM INPUT LEVEL: | +20 dBu (+35 dBu with PAD) |
INPUT IMPEDANCE (Mic): | >2k Ω balanced (approx. 2.2k Ω) |
INPUT IMPEDANCE (Line): | >8k Ω balanced (approx. 8.6k Ω) |
FREQUENCY RESPONSE: | ±0.5 dB 10Hz to 100kHz @ min. gain |
CROSSTALK: | < -90 dBu 10Hz to 10kHz |
THD+N @ 0dBu (1kHz): | <0.003% (-90.5 dBu) mostly 3rd harmonic |
SNR: >90 dB @ min. gain | >90 dB @ min. gain |
XLR COMBI FEMALE: | Pin 2 (Hot), Pin 3 (Cold) & Pin 1 (Shield) |
1/4” TRS JACK: | Tip (Hot), Ring (Cold) & Sleeve (Shield) |
DISCRETE JFET D.I:
(measured via microphone preamplifier circuitry)
D.I GAIN: | 0 dB unity gain (0 to 70 dB) |
MAXIMUM INPUT LEVEL: | +17 dBu |
INPUT IMPEDANCE (D.I): | 1Meg Ω unbalanced |
FREQUENCY RESPONSE: | ±0.5 dB 10Hz to 50kHz |
THD+N @ 0dBu (1kHz): | <0.01% (-80 dBu) mostly 2nd & 3rd |
SNR: | >85 dB @ min. gain |
1/4” TS JACK: | Tip (Hot) & Sleeve (Shield) |
BALANCED ANALOGUE LINE OUTPUTS:
(ground sensing compensation scheme)
8-CHANNEL DB25:25-Pin Tascam Format
MAXIMUM OUTPUT LEVEL: | +22 dBu |
OUTPUT IMPEDANCE: | <200Ω ground sensing <100Ω unbalanced |
A-D CONVERTER:
(measured under AES-17 sans microphone preamplifiers)
CHIPSET: | Burr-Brown PCM4204 24-bit PCM |
DIGITAL REFERENCE LEVEL: | Selectable via Rear Panel 0 dBFS = +18 dBu (iD22 Professional) 0 dBFS = +12 dBu (iD14 Prosumer) |
FREQUENCY RESPONSE: | ±0.1 dB 20Hz to Fs/2 (Nyquist) |
CROSSTALK: | <-110 dBFS @ 1kHz & <-90 dBFS @ 10kHz |
THD+N @ -1 dBFS (1kHz): | 0.0015% (-96.5 dB) |
THD+N @ -6 dBFS (1kHz): | 0.0009% (-101 dB) |
DYNAMIC RANGE: | 113.5 dB un-weighted 116.0 dB A-weighted |
PEAK LED LINEUP: | -2 dBFS (moves with reference level) |
SIGNAL LED LINEUP: | -38 dBFS (moves with reference level) |
DIGITAL OUTPUT:
ADAT 8 CHANNEL SMUX: | 44.1 to 96.0 kHz |
CLOCK: | Internal Crystal or External Source |
WORDCLOCK INPUT: | 75Ω BNC - switchable 75Ω termination |
POWER SUPPLY:
LOW NOISE SHIELDED LINEAR PSU FANLESS, QUIET OPERATION: | CUSTOM TRANSFORMERS 35W Maximum Consumption |
INTERNAL D.C POWER RAILS: | ±15V, +48, +30V & +9V |
SWITCHABLE MAINS VOLTAGE: | 100, 120, 220 or 230Va.c |
FUSE: | 200mA (UK) or 315mA (US) Time Delay (T) Slow-Blow Type |
WEIGHT:
4.5 kg
DIMENSIONS:
1RU
482mm x 286.5mm x 44mm