Digital Audio Denmark's AX Center was born to sit in a rack right next to you in the studio, in your portable rig - or maybe even on your desktop. It's the audio interface that dreams are made of, as it unites the legendary audio quality of pristine Digital Audio Denmark AD & DA conversion with the renowned transparency and musicality of DAD's mic preamps.
It's all about capturing the source truthfully and get it into any DAW you may use exactly as it is - and to get your production out exactly as you intended, envisioned and simply heard it.
Even without utilising the expansion options, you will get access to that uber-musical and finger-licking delicious audio quality that our converters and preamps have been loved for by many of the world's most acclaimed audio engineers and producers.
Easily accessible right in the front plate, you get two XLR / 1/4" Jack combo inputs for connecting microphones and instruments. This is your right-out-of-the-box A/D conversion stage that is already coupled with the preamps that have only been available as part of DAD's Analog In expansion card (with preamp license) until now.
On the rear, you'll find one of two out-of-the-box D/A conversion stages, as you get two stereo outputs for connecting two sets of studio monitors on balanced jack connectors. They support that most studios - regardless of size - would like to have an alternative pair of studio speakers connected.
On the front, you get another D/A conversion stage via two independent headphones outputs - perfect for co-producing.
In total, AX Center provides you with 2 channels of A/D conversion (with preamps) and 8 channels of D/A conversion right out of the box.
Optional Analog Expansion
Staying within the analog realm, you can add even more AD/DA converters to the table via the two available and optional expansion slots.
In this example, two Analogue In expansion cards with 8 channels each have been installed.
These cards can be either balanced line signals or with preamp stages activated, which is available as a separate license that you can apply at any time in case you want to upgrade one or both cards according to your needs. Yes, that's correct - you can have up to 18 input channels with DAD preamps and A/D conversion in a single AX Center unit!
In this configuration, AX Center would be the perfect center piece in smaller studios, or for super high-quality location multitrack recording in the field.
Optional Digital Expansion
You can also utilise one or both of the optional expansion slots for our digital expansion cards, including Dante, AES, Dual MADI, and Dual SDI cards.
For example, the AES card could deliver digital outputs for studio monitors with digital input options, or you could use it for inserting digital outboard gear without additional AD/DA conversion stages.
Or you may want to add Dante channels with onboard SRC.
A Wealth of Channels. A World of Flexibility.
Included on the rear panel are a host of connectivity, covering Thunderbolt, Dante AoIP, MADI, ADAT, S/PDIF and Word Clock. In total - and fully expanded - you can max out AX Center with a staggering 984 input and output channels.
AX Center is the world's first compact audio interface with a staggering 256 Dante IP Audio channels on board by default. The expansion capability is unlimited, as you can add any Dante device of your liking to your setup, whether that should be additional A/D-D/A converters, microphone preamps, headphone amps, mixing consoles, speakers or whatever you'd imagine.
Key Applications:
- Music Production
- Location Recording
- Immersive Audio
- Post & Film
- Mastering
- Live Sound
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