Octane - 8-channel Preamp and A/D Converter with ADAT Lightpipe
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award-winning M-Audio preamp technology
8 channels, each including:
• microphone input (XLR)
• line input (1/4” TRS)*
• preamp out (1/4” TRS)*
• 3-segment LEDs
• 20dB pad
• phantom power with indicator (groups 1-4, 5-8)
2 channels are mic/instr preamps (front-panel 1/4” TS)
ADAT Lightpipe output (TOSlink)
24-bit audio resolution throughout
selectable sample rate (44.1k and 48k) and external sync
word clock I/O (75-ohm BNC) for synchronization to other digital devices
line inputs are half-normalled as insert ins or standalone A/D
M-S matrix encoding on channels 7 & 8 with width control
phase reverse switches on even channels
low-cut filter on channel 1 (-12dB/oct @ 80Hz)
* balanced/unbalanced operation

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“With such a wealth of features and excellent sound, it should be no surprise that the Octane took the award for best preamp this year.”
- Electronic Musician - January 2005
“The Octane’s preamps are impressively quiet, even when cranked right up, and as such allow you to really make use of the full amount of available gain; particularly useful when capturing very quiet sound sources.”
- FutureMusic/September 2004
“Octane is a solid product with a good collection of features and a good value. Anyone with a vacant ADAT digital input would do well to try it out.”
- MIX/September 2004
“M-Audio’s product designers seem to have an uncanny knack for recognizing what musicians and project studio owners want, and giving it to us at a price that’s hard to beat. Octane is a perfect example. If your studio is lightpipe-equipped, Octane will be one of those Swiss Army knife-like tools for which you’ll find numerous uses.”
- EQ/July 2004
"I recently signed a deal with Triloka Records. There isn't a single track on my new record that wasn't run through my pair of TAMPAs or through my new Octane. I knew M-Audio was onto something when analog guys started telling me how warm and rich my stuff sounded."
Michael Ramos