SSL Pure Drive Octo Microphone Preamp

8 channel high-performance PureDrive™ mic preamps 

+48V phantom power, polarity invert and 3rd order hi-pass filter

Stepped Gain control up to +65 dB Gain 

31-step Trim control, with precise 1 dB increments – overdrive the signal with the Gain control and then reduce to a suitable level using Trim. 

3 modes for each preamp – Clean, Classic Drive and Asymmetric Drive 

Mic/Line Input Switching 

Mic via XLR  

Line via choice of TRS Jack or dedicated D-Sub connectivity 

4 x front panel Hi-Z/DI Instrument unbalanced inputs with automatic input detection 

4 mic preamp input impedance options – explore new tonal possibilities from your dynamic and ribbon microphones

Balanced analogue outputs/insert sends for external processing 

+24 dBu professional line level insert returns/ADC inputs 

Analogue to digital connectivity via ADAT, AES and USB

Ability to switch ADAT and AES connections to source audio from DAW outputs (USB) instead of the A/D converter 

USB soundcard mode: OCTO – 8 in / 24 out (@44.1/48 kHz) ; 8 x analogue / 8 AES + 16 ADAT outs

Stepped pots and digitally controlled analogue electronics for precision, stereo matching and ease of recall 

Up to 192 kHz and 32-bit conversion, professional I/O levels (+24 dBu = 0 dBFS). 

Selectable Auto-Sleep mode 

Auto-ranging Wordclock In and Out