3d Early Access

3d Card Specs



Product3d Card Upgrade
for 2882
3d Card Upgrade
for ULN-2
3d Card Upgrade
for ULN-8/LIO-8
MSRP1$1299$1299$1299
Early Access Price1$1199$1199$1199
Upgrade Legacy to 3d add-on cost2+$50+$50
Power2.1 mm2.1 mm + XLR42.1 mm + XLR4
USBUSB-CUSB-CUSB-C
MH Link2x GigE2x GigE2x GigE
Word Clock75Ω BNC I/O75Ω BNC I/O75Ω BNC I/O
EdgeBus SlotSPDIF/AES preloadedSPDIF/AES preloadedOpen
Optical In8 Chan ADAT In
- or -
2 Chan SPDIF In
8 Chan ADAT In
- or -
2 Chan SPDIF In
Optical Out8 Chan ADAT Out
- or -
2 Chan SPDIF Out
8 Chan ADAT Out
- or -
2 Chan SPDIF Out
SMPTE1/4" TRS I/O
MIDI5-Pin DIN I/O
AES8 Channel I/O
on DB-25

   1 Multi-unit discounts available
   2 Applies to Legacy units (those without 2d Cards) upgraded directly to 3d



What’s in the box

All 3d Upgrades contain:

ULN-8/LIO-8 Upgrades add:

2882 Upgrades add:

ULN-2 Upgrades add:

Legacy 2882/ULN-2 Upgrades add:



3d Card Specifications

All Specs are per unit @ 192k

Supported sample rates 44.1k — 192k
Mono mix busses 64
Mono mix inputs 128
Mix crosspoints 8192 (fully interpolated)
VU meters 1024
PPM meters 1024
Peak meters 1024
Router crosspoints 1024
Point-to-point router latency 3 samples (< 16 µs)
MH Link total system latency 3 samples (< 16 µs)
DSP memory 1 GB
DSP cores 2
Flash memory 32 MB
USB 1x USB-C port (Host & device capable)
MH Link/Ethernet ports 2x Gigabit Ethernet
MH Link Input channels 128 per port (256 total)
MH Link Output channels 128 per port (256 total)
Aggregate MH Link bandwidth 2Gb/s In • 2Gb/s Out
Internal ref clock accuracy 1.5 ppm
EdgeBus aggregate bandwidth 23 Gb/s In • 23 Gb/s Out

Notes:

For 2882 and ULN-2 only: The A/D converters are disabled @ 176.4k and 192k (4x Rates). The D/A converters are functional, but run with reduced fidelity at 4x Rates.



EdgeCard Options

MH EdgeCard Format Channels
SPDIF • AES ADAT/SPDIF 2 I/O on XLR
2 I/O on RCA
SPDIF x2 • ADAT x2 §ADAT/SPDIF 16 I/O on Optical
4 I/O on RCA
SPDIF • ADAT x2 ADAT/SPDIF 16 I/O on Optical
2 I/O on RCA
MADI Copper • Optical MADI 64 I/O on BNC
64 I/O on Optical
MADI Optical x2 MADI 128 I/O on Optical
MADI Copper x4 MADI 256 I/O on BNC
Eight Channel AES AES 8 I/O on DB-25
ADAT x4 ADAT/SPDIF 32 I/O on Optical
SPDIF • MIDI SPDIF/MIDI 2 I/O on RCA
1 I/O on DIN5

    “SPDIF • AES” included by default with ULN-2 / 2882
   § “SPDIF x2 • ADAT x2” only available for ULN-8 / LIO-8

Standards Compliance

Module Applicable Standards
MADI AES10-2008
AES AES3-2009
S/PDIF AES3-2009, IEC-956
TOSLINK AES3-2009, IEC-956
ADAT Alesis ADAT specification
USB USB specifiation, USB-C, UAC2, USB-MIDI
MIDI MIDI 1.0
Control surface Mackie Control protocol, Avid Eucon
MH Link IEEE 802.3, 802.3ab, 802.3q, 802.1p
EdgeBus MH EdgeBus, PCIe, RGMII, SPI, I2C, I2S
SMPTE LTC SMPTE 12M