Cranborne Audio 500ADAT - ADAT Expander & 8-slot 500 Series Rack
Cranborne Audio 500ADAT - ADAT Expander & 8-slot 500 Series Rack
Cranborne Audio

Cranborne Audio 500ADAT - ADAT Expander & 8-slot 500 Series Rack

Sale price$ 1,499.00
SKU: 500AT001
Call us at 1-877-223-8858 or Ask a Question below

Cranborne Audio 500ADAT - ADAT Expander & 8-slot 500 Series Rack

Model

Cranborne Audio 500ADAT - ADAT Expander & 8-slot 500 Series Rack

Expand your studio. Expand your sound.

500ADAT is home to 8 of your favourite 500 series modules. It's also an 8in/8out ADAT expander, analogue summing mixer, and artist mixer. It expands the I/O of any ADAT-equipped audio interface.

ADAT Simplicity
Connect 500ADAT to any ADAT Equipped audio interface and expand your available inputs and outputs by 8. Get more out of your current audio interface by using tried, tested, and reliable ADAT.

500 Series Possibilities
500ADAT combines a high-current 8-slot 500 series chassis with digital conversion and ADAT - a powerful and accessible way to get your favourite 500 series modules into your tracking and mixing digital workflow.

Unlock Your Audio Interface's Untapped Potential With 500ADAT.

Your audio interface could have 8 extra recording and playback channels waiting to be used! It's called ADAT and it's the perfect way to expand your current audio interface.

Audio interfaces from major manufactures such as Universal Audio®, Focusrite®, and Apogee® feature ADAT/Optical connectivity on their rear panel connections.

Simply connect 500ADAT to those unused ADAT ports and unlock the full potential of your audio interface.

ADAT And Beyond

500ADAT features analogue essentials that unite digital and analogue production workflows such as an 8-into-2 analogue summing mixer, Zero-latency artist mixer with 2 reference-quality headphone outputs, and true ADAT & SMUXII/IV transmission to enable operation at sample rates up to 192kHz

ADAT, SMUX II/IV Expander

Transform your ADAT-equipped audio interface into an analogue powerhouse by adding  8 channels of expansion at up to 96kHz or 4 channels of expansion at 192kHz.

Zero-Latency Artist Mixer

Get your hands back onto the mix by using 500ADAT's two aux busses to create pristine-sounding analogue artist mixes that can be blended with DAW playback, and sent to your musicians with zero-latency.

Seriously High-Powered Headphone Amps

Drive your headphones with 500ADAT's reference-quality headphone amplifier with enough power to drive low-impedance headphones with plenty of headroom and a linear frequency response to below 1Hz.   

Discrete Summing Mixer

Give your mix the final bit of analogue character and send instrument groups and stems back-through your 500 series modules and into the discrete analogue summing mixer to be sent back into your DAW.

World-Class Conversion & Clocking

To make your 500 series modules shine on your digital recordings, our conversion had to be best-in-class. We squeezed every possible .1dB of performance out of 500ADAT's converters to ensure that the only thing colouring your recordings are your mic placements, mixing decisions, and choice of 500 series modules.

Dynamic Range:
121dB A-weighted, AES17 method, 20Hz - 20kHz

Frequency Response:
-1dB, 2.2Hz to >80kHz

THD+N:
<0.00032% (-110dB) @ -4dBFS, 20Hz - 40kHz, 1kHz, A-weighted

Clock Jitter:
<0.5 Picoseconds

Deep 500 Series Integration

Configurable Front End
Mix and match your 500 series modules to find the best combinations during recording, and mixing to help create your own signature, analogue sound.

Source Select
Re-patch your 500ADAT at a flick of a switch. Dedicated source select switches for each 500 series slot adjusts the signal routing to send Analogue, C.A.S.T. or USB sources through each your modules.

Enough I/O For Any Hardware
500ADAT to integrates with all of your analogue/digital hardware. Patch in 500ADAT with your own converter or integrate your 19" rack gear with dedicated TRS insert jacks per slot.

No Modules? No Problem
Bypass unused 500 series slots using 500ADAT's dedicated slot-bypass switch and you can use all of the available analogue paths for recording whilst you continue to build your 500 series collection.

Expandable With 500R8

When you want more 500 series connectivity, you can use up to two 500ADATs with some interfaces or pair 500ADAT with our 500R8. Connect 500R8 and 500ADAT together via ADAT and now you have 16 channels of 500 series modules to work with. during recording and mixing. Whilst 500ADAT offers the same performance as 500R8, any 3rd party ADAT expander is also compatible.

More Recording Channels
Record up to 16 channels directly through independent 500 series modules and directly into your DAW for processing. 

More Summing Channels
Play back instrument groups/stems into all 16 available 500 series slots for summing using our C.A.S.T. link connector.

Expandable Via C.A.S.T. 

Fitted with our C.A.S.T. system, 500R8 is compatible with our N22 and N22H C.A.S.T. breakout boxes that cast-away excess cabling spaghetti and offers a cost-effective, low-maintenance, plug-and-play solution to rewire your studio. C.A.S.T. transports 4 channels of balanced, analogue audio over shielded Cat 5e, Cat 6, and Cat 7 cable directly to the location where it is needed in your studio. Create vocal booths, isolation booth, or run our a microphone to the hallway for ambience, C.A.S.T. is the best way to expand your 500R8 and get the most out of your studio space.

Send/Receive Audio From C.A.S.T.
Connect N22 or N22H to 500R8 using shielded Cat 5e, Cat 6, or Cat 7 cable and they are fully-patched into 500R8.
Mics/sources connected to the breakout are patched directly to the slot inputs of 500R8 and the monitor mix created on 500R8 (including talkback) is sent through the same cable, directly to the outputs of the connected breakout.

CAST_Diagram_R8+N22H

Fully Compatible With Microphones and 48v
If you have preamps installed into 500R8, C.A.S.T. can transport their 48v phantom through the C.A.S.T. connection via Cat 5e, Cat 6, and Cat 7 and directly to condenser/active microphones connected at the end. C.A.S.T. is completely plug-and-play and works at distances up to 100m for maximum flexibility and convenience.

500R8_48v_Interface

Home Grown

Housed in a 4U, 19" rack mountable steel frame, 500ADAT lends it self perfectly to mobile recording setups. We tried to think of everything, even the rack ears support three unique mounting methods. You can recess 500R8 into the rack to protect the front panel controls during travel; you can also take those same rack ears and re-orientate them to become a carry handle.

Home Grown
500ADAT is designed and engineered in the UK and every unit that leaves our factory is thoroughly tested to provide years of trouble-free and dependable service.

Built And Designed With Passion
We don’t take shortcuts. We don’t compromise. We don’t accept “good enough.” We’re just like you. We’re musicians. We’re audio engineers. 500ADAT is a product we're very proud of, and we hope you will be too.

Key Features

  • 8 Channel A/D-D/A converter
    • 8-in/8-out @ 44.1kHz - 48kHz
    • 8-in/8-out @ 88.2kHz - 96kHz
    • 4-in/4-out @ 176.4 - 192kHZ
  • High-performance A/D-D/A conversion
    • Dynamic Range: 121dB A-weighted, AES17 method, 20Hz - 20kHz
    • Frequency Response: -1dB, 2.2Hz to >80kHz
    • THD+N: <0.00032% (-110dB) @ -4dBFS, 20Hz - 40kHz, 1kHz, A-weighted
    • Max I/O Level: +24dBu
  • Master reference-quality internal clock
    • Capable of 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, and 192kHz operation
    • <0.5ps of jitter
    • Dedicated Word Clock Input and Output via BNC
    • External sync options using Word Clock BNC or ADAT
  • Analogue summing mixer
    • 8-into-2 analogue summing mixer with +26.5dBu of headroom and balanced 1/4" jack outputs
    • C.A.S.T. link port for increasing summing mixer to 16-into-2 using Cranborne Audio 500ADAT
  • Zero-latency artist mixer 
    • Zero-latency analogue artist mixer with physical level/pan controls per channel and aux input blend controls
    • 2 high-power headphone outputs with independent blend and level controls
  • Reference-Quality Headphone Outputs
    • THD+N: <0.0006% (-104.4dB) @ 20dBu, 1kHz, A-weighted, 300ohm load
    • Output Wattage (1kHz): 250mW x 2 @ 600 ohms, 650mW x 2 @ 220 ohms, 1.21W x 2 @ 100 ohms, 500mW x 2 @ 32 ohms
    • Frequency Response: 1dB, <1Hz to >70kHz
  • High-current 8-slot 500 series rack
    • 250mA current per-slot with 2A total for all slots
    • XLR inputs, XLR line outputs, and TRS Inserts (pre-ADC) per 500 series slot
    • Module source switching options to send Analogue, USB or external C.A.S.T. signals through your favourite 500 series modules
    • Module bypass switches per-slot allowing 500ADAT to be used without 500 series modules inserted. 
  • C.A.S.T. Compatible
    • C.A.S.T. ports per channel for relocating analogue I/O around studio using passive or active C.A.S.T. breakout boxes via standard shielded Cat 5
  • 24v, 5a external locking power supply
    • External power supply for improved analogue audio performance and heat dissipation.
  • Designed and Engineered in the UK
    • Each and every 500ADAT is extensively tested by a team of dedicated engineers to ensure reliability and consistency.

Check out our featured projects

SVG Background
View our Project gallery
Tell Us About your Project
View our Project gallery Tell Us About your Project

Related Products

GET THE FULL
PAD EXPERIENCE
GEAR
MONITORING
DAW
INTEGRATION
ACOUSTICS
ROOM DESIGN
SERVICE
Monitors Monitors Studio Design Studio Design Isolation Isolation Acoustic Modeling Acoustic Modeling Mics TAD Labs - U.S. Distribution TAD Labs - U.S. Distribution HiFi HiFi Dealer Sales Dealer Sales
Meet the PAD Group

FAQS

Have a question?

Our Customer support is available Monday to Friday, 8 - 10 est. Contact us with your questions or to get a quote request.

Talk to our Experts
Financing Options

Financing Options

Financing available for studio projects or large sum purchases. Contact us.

Shipping

Shipping International

We ship worldwide. Contact us for your personalized delivery quote.

PAD

Get the PADvantage

New/Used equipment, vintage, acoustics, and studio design.

Distribution Icon

Distribution

Dealers contact us to feature our products in your store.