Behringer Ultragain ADA8000

[Ben Marshall]

Has anybody had chance to test one of these units. I wanna use it to
add 8 analogue ins to my RME Multiface. Anyone?

Regards
BEN

[Ben Marshall]

Anyone?

[Aaron A]

I've got one... it's not bad. Certainly worth the $200, though I haven't put
this one through the paces yet. Build seems consistent from channel to
channel. Since it's sitting in the `utility inputs` position I've not had a
chance to really do much with it. Is it worth $200? Sure. Is it going to be
a Neve or API? No way.

Aaron Allen


"Ben Marshall" > wrote in message
om...
> Anyone?

[Paul van der Heu]

(Ben Marshall) wrote :

> Anyone?

Got one, use it, am happy with it. Extremely good value for money, but
still a $200 piece of equipment. It does not compare to the 'big boys' but
does real well for the money you spend.

I bought it to get going, allready payed for itself twice, I will get a
better unit sometime early next year..

In fact my whole DDX3216/ADA8000 setup payed for itself in four gigs..;)

1 DDX3216, 1 DAT1616, 1 ADA8000 cost about 1700 euros

--
Bill Gates can't guarantee Windows,
how are you gonna guarantee my safety..
--John Crichton - Farscape pilot

[Xoreth]

Ben Marshall wrote:

> Has anybody had chance to test one of these units. I wanna use it to
> add 8 analogue ins to my RME Multiface. Anyone?
>
> Regards
> BEN

I've just read a favourable review on it in "Audio Technology" magazine
(Issue 28 - Australia).

What I found interesting was that it is full of Alesis chips, with
"possibly" the same converters as those of an ADAT XT.

Sincerely,

Xor

[jazzman]

"Xoreth" > wrote in message
...
> Ben Marshall wrote:
>
> > Has anybody had chance to test one of these units. I wanna use it to
> > add 8 analogue ins to my RME Multiface. Anyone?
> >
> > Regards
> > BEN
>
> I've just read a favourable review on it in "Audio Technology" magazine
> (Issue 28 - Australia).
>
> What I found interesting was that it is full of Alesis chips, with
> "possibly" the same converters as those of an ADAT XT.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Xor
>

Wasn't the XT 20-bit? The ADA8000 is 24-bit, according to the specs. I
don't know who OEM'd the chipset, but it's not the same as the XT based on
this point.

[Sugarite]

> > > Has anybody had chance to test one of these units. I wanna use it to
> > > add 8 analogue ins to my RME Multiface. Anyone?
> > >
> > I've just read a favourable review on it in "Audio Technology" magazine
> > (Issue 28 - Australia).
> >
> > What I found interesting was that it is full of Alesis chips, with
> > "possibly" the same converters as those of an ADAT XT.
>
> Wasn't the XT 20-bit? The ADA8000 is 24-bit, according to the specs. I
> don't know who OEM'd the chipset, but it's not the same as the XT based on
> this point.

They're probably the same converters as in the Alesis AI-3, which is 24/48.
If that's the case, they're easily on par with an XT and 24-bit, as good as
the a/d in any 24/48 computer interface. You could probably modify the mic
pre's to something decent too.

[Petri Halonen]

"Sugarite" > wrote in message
...

> They're probably the same converters as in the Alesis AI-3, which is
24/48.
> If that's the case, they're easily on par with an XT and 24-bit, as good
as
> the a/d in any 24/48 computer interface. You could probably modify the
mic
> pre's to something decent too.
>

I'm looking at the AI-3 manual
(http://www.alesis.com/downloads/manuals/AI3_Manual.pdf) right now an it
says the ADCs and DACs in AI-3 are only 20-bit.

Opening up one of my two ADA8000s reveals the following Alesis chips:
(Quotes from www. alesis-semi.com)

AL1101
"Featuring a 64x oversampling delta-sigma modulator, the AL1101 24-bit ADC
provides a dynamic range of 107dB (A-wt) and a THD of 0.002%. Features also
include an internal PLL to generate all necessary clock signals from
wordclock, digital highpass filter to eliminate D.C. offsets, wide sampling
range of 24kHz to 55kHz and a low power consumption of 110mW (Fs=48kHz)."

AL1201
"Consuming only 170mW of power, the AL1201 24-bit stereo DAC features a 128x
oversampling delta-sigma converter providing a dynamic range of 107dB
(A-wt). The AL1201 also includes an internal PLL to generate all needed
clocks from wordclock, a wide sampling range of 24KHz - 55KHz, a THD of <
0.003% and selectable serial bit rates of 32 or 24 bits/channel with
selectable de-emphasis."

AL1402
"With integrated PLL's, Alesis Semiconductor's AL1402 ADAT optical protocol
decoder (OptoRec) provides a simple, effective and low cost solution to
manufacturers looking to implement the Alesis ADAT optical protocol in their
systems. Along with decoding the eight channels of data to many different
ADC/DAC formats, the AL1402 also decodes the four user bits and can generate
the recovered word clock."

AL1401A
"Alesis Semiconductor's AL1401A ADAT optical protocol generator (OptoGen)
provides a simple, effective and low cost solution to manufacturers looking
to implement the Alesis ADAT optical protocol in their systems. Along with
encoding the eight channels of data into the proper format for the ADAT
protocol, the AL1401A can also encode the four user bits and accept the data
in many different ADC/DAC formats."



PeteH

[Petri Halonen]

"Sugarite" > wrote in message
...

> They're probably the same converters as in the Alesis AI-3, which is
24/48.
> If that's the case, they're easily on par with an XT and 24-bit, as good
as
> the a/d in any 24/48 computer interface. You could probably modify the
mic
> pre's to something decent too.
>

I'm looking at the AI-3 manual
(http://www.alesis.com/downloads/manuals/AI3_Manual.pdf) right now an it
says the ADCs and DACs in AI-3 are only 20-bit.

Opening up one of my two ADA8000s reveals the following Alesis chips:
(Quotes from www. alesis-semi.com)

AL1101
"Featuring a 64x oversampling delta-sigma modulator, the AL1101 24-bit ADC
provides a dynamic range of 107dB (A-wt) and a THD of 0.002%. Features also
include an internal PLL to generate all necessary clock signals from
wordclock, digital highpass filter to eliminate D.C. offsets, wide sampling
range of 24kHz to 55kHz and a low power consumption of 110mW (Fs=48kHz)."

AL1201
"Consuming only 170mW of power, the AL1201 24-bit stereo DAC features a 128x
oversampling delta-sigma converter providing a dynamic range of 107dB
(A-wt). The AL1201 also includes an internal PLL to generate all needed
clocks from wordclock, a wide sampling range of 24KHz - 55KHz, a THD of <
0.003% and selectable serial bit rates of 32 or 24 bits/channel with
selectable de-emphasis."

AL1402
"With integrated PLL's, Alesis Semiconductor's AL1402 ADAT optical protocol
decoder (OptoRec) provides a simple, effective and low cost solution to
manufacturers looking to implement the Alesis ADAT optical protocol in their
systems. Along with decoding the eight channels of data to many different
ADC/DAC formats, the AL1402 also decodes the four user bits and can generate
the recovered word clock."

AL1401A
"Alesis Semiconductor's AL1401A ADAT optical protocol generator (OptoGen)
provides a simple, effective and low cost solution to manufacturers looking
to implement the Alesis ADAT optical protocol in their systems. Along with
encoding the eight channels of data into the proper format for the ADAT
protocol, the AL1401A can also encode the four user bits and accept the data
in many different ADC/DAC formats."



PeteH