Octane - 8-channel Preamp and A/D Converter with ADAT Lightpipe
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award-winning M-Audio preamp technology
8 mic preamp channels, 2 with instrument ins
8 line inputs
ADAT Lightpipe output (TOSlink)
24-bit audio resolution throughout
The 8-channel Octane preamp is specifically designed to enhance the front end of any multitrack digital recording system. Its award-winning M-Audio preamp technology delivers pristine digital signals to any Lightpipe-compatible devices such as hard disk recorders and digital mixers. Octane is ideal for miking drum kits or bands—and the two mic/instrument channels are great for guitar, bass and other instruments. M-S matrix encoding lets you employ stereo miking techniques previously available only in pro studios. Octane even has analog preamp (direct) outs for each channel, making it the perfect upgrade for any digital audio interface or mixer. Word clock also means that you can sync multiple Octanes for as many channels as you need as your studio grows.

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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