SSL Workstation I/O Alchemy... Mixpander and Alpha-Link

SSL Mixpander 5 Details

FOR A LIMITED TIME: BUY A MIXPANDER5 FOR $999 AND RECEIVE THE SSL EQ & FILTERS PLUG IN (SAME AS DUENDE) TO RUN ON THE MIXPANDER5 DSP...FREE OF CHARGE! IT'S THE VIRTUALLY NO LATENCY SSL EQ THAT CAN EVEN BE USED DURING TRACKING, AND 20 INSTANCES AT THAT!

THAT'S A $375 ADDITIONAL VALUE. ADD EITHER THE ALPHA LINK AX OR SX CONVERTERS, AND YOU'VE GOT 24 ANALOG I/O + MADI + AES OR ADAT...WITH CONVERSION THAT WILL SATISFY THE MOST CRITICAL OF EARS. YOU ALSO GET THE MOST FLEXIBLE "MATRIX MIXER" AROUND THAT ROUTES IT ALL FLAWLESSLY TO YOUR LIKING.

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Together Mixpander and our XLogic Alpha-Link Audio Converter series deliver a cost effective, simple and versatile multi channel I/O solution for PC based Workstation users.

SSL Mixpander 5  Features

• Scalable multi-channel hardware I/O for all popular PC Digital Audio Workstations
• System based on Mixpander PCI cards connected to Alpha-Link I/O hardware with software mixer control
• Each PCI card offers 64 channels of audio I/O accessible by multiple audio applications simultaneously
• Three different Alpha-Link I/O units with options including Analogue A/D D/A, Digital MADI, AES/EBU & ADAT
• Ultra Low Latency monitoring with processing in place via host PC powered VST or DSP powered plug-ins
• Each PCI card features DSP to drive either the bundled ‘Audio Toolbox’ or special release popular plug-ins
• Use up to 4 Mixpander PCI cards in a single PC or connect two Alpha Link I/O in series
• Three different Alpha-Link I/O units with options including Analogue A/D D/A, Digital MADI, AES/EBU & ADAT
• *Caution: Mixpander5 only works with supplied 3' (1m) cable, consider placement with Alpha Link!

The Mixpander Card

Mixpander is a new 64 channel PCI audio interface for PCs designed to be used in conjunction with the XLogic Alpha-Link Audio Converter range. The combination of Mixpander and Alpha-Link makes a versatile, scalable system that enables users to configure their ideal combination of audio input and output connections for PC DAW platforms. Mixpander ships with a stand alone software based mixer that works with host PC powered VST or DSP powered plugins. Combined with the Alpha-Link converter range Mixpander offers ultra low latency audio monitoring with plug-in processing in place. Mixpander & Alpha-Link work with all standard PC audio applications and DAW platforms like Cubase, Nuendo & Sonar and enable use of multiple audio applications simultaneously.

Each Mixpander PCI card gives you 64 channels of I/O and you can use up to four Mixpander cards in a single PC. Each Alpha-Link rack I/O unit offers 24 channels of analogue A/D input & D/A output and up to 64 channels of digital I/O and you can connect up to two Alpha Link I/O to a single Mixpander. The 64 Mixpander channels are freely assignable to any available I/O connections, giving for example; 48 analogue I/O from a single PCI card.

Each Mixpander PCI card is loaded with DSP to drive processing plug-ins without placing any load on your host PCs CPU. Mixpander comes with the 'Audio Toolbox' plug-in pack (with 4 Band Parametric EQ, Filter, Dynamics, Chorus/Flange, MS Decoder & Dither) and can be used with special release versions of a wide range of popular plug-ins from; Acuma Labs, Aphex, Arboretum, Cedar, Dolby Laboratories, Drawmer, Solid State Logic, Sonic Timeworks, Algorithmix, Synchro Arts, Spinaudio, TC Electronic, Wave Mechanics.