SSL MADI Extreme 64 Description

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Alpha Link MADI AX / MADI Extreme 64 / Cable Bundle w/ ADAT

Alpha Link MADI SX / MADI Extreme 64 / Cable Bundle w/ AES/EBU

The heart of our studio at ZenPro Audio is an SSL Alpha Link MADI system, Duende PCIe and SSL MADI PCIe card in our Rain Recording Element PC. We understand this stuff and use it daily. Contact us to configure the ultimate SSL DAW studio, sounds fantastic and the pricing is right too!

High-speed MADI I/O

MadiXtreme is a new family of multichannel PCIe audio cards for Mac and PC from Solid State Logic. Featuring our revolutionary PCIe-Core Audio Pipeline technology, MadiXtreme is one of the first audio devices to take full advantage of the high speeds and incredible bandwidth offered by the PCIe bus on modern computers.

MadiXtreme 64

With one optical MADI connector for 64 simultaneous I/Os, the MADI Xtreme 64 is the ideal interface for the SSL Alpha-Link MADI AX or SSL Alpha-Link MADI SX. MADI Xtreme 64 is also the perfect partner for MADI equipped consoles, live recording, installations and broadcast servers.

• PCIe half-length card, single-lane PCIe v1.1-3.0
• 1x MADI I/O (optical)
• Channel count: 56/64 Ch@44.1/48k, 28/32 Ch@88.2/96k, 14/16 Ch@176.4/192k
• 1x Wordclock Connector (Software controlled as Input or Output)

MadiXtreme 128

With two optical MADI connectors for 128 simultaneous I/Os, the MadiXtreme 128 can be connected to two SSL Alpha-Link MADI AX or SSL Alpha-Link MADI SX at the same time. Both MADI ports can also be used as redundant multichannel feeds and in applications that need a high number of I/Os in recording, mixing or playout.

• PCIe half-length card, single-lane PCIe v1.1-3.0
• 2x MADI I/O (optical)
• Channel count: 112/128Ch@44.1/48k, 56/64Ch@88.2/96k, 28/32 Ch@176.4/192k
• 1x Wordclock Connector (Software controlled as Input or Output)

Support for virtually any application

MadiXtreme supports a huge variety of applications through its legendary SSL Soundscape Family Drivers. The drivers are fully multi-client capable (allowing several applications to simultaneously access the device) and allow seamless multi-card configurations (up to 6 Cards per System if enough PCIe Slots are available).

Minimum System Requirements

Visit SSL Product Page For Current Info: Driver and System Requirements

Want to use MadiXtreme with your laptop?

If you are looking for a high channel count professional I/O solution for your laptop you can use our MadiXtreme card with a PCI Express expansion chassis. There are several available, and we are not offering any kind of certification here... but a good example is this one from Magma;

http://www.magma.com/products/pciexpress/expressbox1/index.html

Solid State Logic MADI Extreme Review / See All ZenPro Audio Reviews Here: Review Page   The PCIe MADIExtreme cards are extremely simple and powerful in use. Compatible with PC and MAC systems, they can be used with SSL Alpha Link MADI converters or other brands as well. The card is sturdy physically, and small in size. You can run 6 if needed in one system according to SSL (I run one), and it has all popular driver interface formats on board. The 64 handles 64 channels of MADI audio, the 128 handles 128 of course.   The card is seemingly very fast. Round trip latency even at 44.1 in my XP Rain Recording PC and Nuendo rig = 2.04ms including conversion on my Alpha Link MADI AX. Once the card was installed I simply configured the clock and other settings and away I went. There is no slick interface, there is no internal digital mixer to handle routing. The MADIExtreme is an efficient in and out device that provides 64 “streams” of audio to and from your DAW. Once setup and the correct driver is installed, you’re done and off to make music. I have never had a glitch with my SSL system, not one, and the latency isn’t noticeable by anyone (me or the artists I record). Installation was slightly tricky, but again once settled it just works.   Conclusion: The MADI Extreme cards are simple and effective, I can think of no better and easier way to route my I/O from the Alpha Link system to my PC rig. The newer MX4 card has built in DSP, routing and effects that is incredible, but I chose the “keep my I/O on one card, and effects on another” by adding Duende PCIe separately.