Alesis MasterControl Studio Interface and Control System
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Description
Product Description
Kiss goodbye to the need for individual analog and digital audio interfaces, mixing and transport-control surfaces, speaker switching and routing units and a whole lot of instruments, when you have the MasterControl. A 24-bit 192kHz high-res low latency interface, the MasterControl accepts almost all kinds of inputs in its 8 ports (expandable to 24) and outputs via firewire connection to your Mac, PC and DAW.
Product Features
- Firewire port
- DICE II chip with JetPLL tech for stable clock sync
- 192kHz record/playback
- Expandable to 24 simultaneous inputs
- Nine 100mm capacitive, motorized Alps faders
- Eight assignable knobs, three banks each
- Eight assignable buttons in two banks
- DMultifunction jog wheel for transport controls
- Three pairs of independent stereo outputs
- Two independent stereo outputs for headphones
- Direct monitor routing via any/all output pair(s)
- Talkback mic controlled by foot or surface
- Preview button shows button parameters before sending them out to DAW
- HUI+ Control Surface
- Compatible with all popular DAWs, virtual instruments, and other audio software
Specifications
Product Specification
| SOUND | ||
| Stereo Analog-to-Digital Conversion | 114dB, 24-bit, 192 kHz | |
| Multi-Channel Digital-to-Analog Conversion | 114dB, 24-bit, 192 kHz | |
| INPUTS | ||
| Two | XLR (1/4" combo) with preamps, phantom, and channel inserts | |
| Eight | TRS 1/4" line inputs (including the combo jacks) | |
| Optional input expansion | Dual ADAT Lightpipe, Coaxial, and selectable optical S/PDIF | |
| OUTPUTS | ||
| Six | 1/4" TRS | |
| Two | stereo headphone | |
| MIDI | ||
| 16 | channel I/O | |
| CONTROLS | ||
| Nine | Touch-Sensitive, 100mm, motorized, capacitive Alps faders | |
| Eight | assignable knobs (three banks each) | |
| Two | banks of eight assignable buttons (two banks each) | |
| Dedicated transport controls | multifunction jog wheel | |
| MICROPHONE PREAMPLIFIER | ||
| Gain range | +9.1dB to +59.2dB | |
| Impedance | 3.67K @ min gain; 3.33K @ max gain | |
| LINE PREAMPLIFIER | ||
| Gain range | -7dB to +43.1dB | |
| MAX INPUT SIGNAL LEVELS BEFORE CLIPPING | ||
| Mic In to Line Out | At min gain; 9.6dBu in, 18.7dBu out (gain = 9.1dB). At max gain; -40.5dBu in, +18.7dBu out (gain = 59.2dB) | |
| Line In 1-2 Max input signal level before clipping (at midband frequencies) | At unity gain; 18.7 to 18.9dBu. At min gain; 25.7 to 25.9dBu. At max gain; -24.4 to -24.2dBu | |
| Line In 3-6 Max input signal level before clipping | +17.8dBu typical | |
| FREQUENCY RESPONSE | ||
| Line Inputs 1-6 (Measured to Line Output at Unity Gain) | .25dB at 20KHz, otherwise within ±0.1dB | |
| Mic Inputs 1-2 | At min gain; +/- 0.1dB from 20Hz to 20kHz. At gain= 30dB; +0dB, -0.25dB from 20Hz to 20kHz. At max gain; Rolls off to -1.25dB at 20Hz, otherwise flat within 0.1dB | |
| TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION + NOISE, SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO | ||
| Mic Input 1-2 to Line Out (measurement bandwidth 20-22K) | At min gain with +10dBu output; THD+N, 0.0022- 0.0025%; SNR, 103.3dB. At 30dB gain, +10dBu output: THD+N, < 0.004%; SNR, 102.7dB | |
| Line Input 3-6 to Line Out (20 measurement bandwidth 20-22K) | At unity gain, +4 to +10dBu out; THD+N, < 0.004%; SNR, 104.1dB | |
| SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS | ||
| Windows XP (32-bit) or Vista (32-bit) | Pentium 4 3.0GHz or equivalent 512MB RAM (1GB or higher recommended) 5400RPM (or faster) hard drive recommended Firewire 400 (IEEE1394) port | |
| MAC OS X | OS 10.4 or higher G5 or Intel CPU 512MB RAM (1GB or higher recommended) Firewire 400 (IEEE1394) port | |
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