DAD’s Immersive Audio Mighty Mite
The Digital Audio Denmark Core 256 is a Thunderbolt 3 digital audio interface that packs boatloads of functionality into its compact chassis. Rocking pristine sonics, 720 input and output channels, generous digital connectivity, 1500 x 1500 internal routing, onboard SPQ processing, Eucon control compatibility, an internal summing engine, Pro | Mon monitor control, and more, the Core 256 can handle the demands of exceedingly complex projects. With its masterful Dante and MADI implementation, the Core 256 is the ideal interface for a powerful Dolby RMU (Rendering and Mastering Unit), the rendering engine for the mix stage of the Atmos platform. Lastly, this Core 256 includes a preinstalled DADlink module, enabling you to establish a lightning-fast connection between DADlink-compatible hardware units.
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The core of your Atmos RMU
Thanks to its diminutive size and shape, the Digital Audio Denmark Core 256 fits tidily on a 1U rack shelf alongside a Mac mini running Dolby Atmos Renderer, Dolby Atmos Production Suite, or Dolby Atmos Mastering Suite. Windows 10 drivers are also available for PC users. To audio post production facilities engaged in immersive-format re-recording for film and television and music studios specializing in immersive audiophile recordings, the Core 256 presents a flexible, all-in-one solution that seamlessly streamlines and optimizes intensive multichannel workflows.
Powerful, versatile digital bridge
Aside from its immersive audio capabilities, the Core 256 is primed for a bevy of other duties in post production, music, and installed audio. With its built-in Dante, MADI, and ADAT ports and available DADman routing control, it’s also a capable D/D converter that can convert any digital audio channel and route it anywhere. It’s also an excellent audio interface for your DAW. Whether you run Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Nuendo, Cubase, Ableton Live, Digital Performer, or any other DAW, the Digital Audio Denmark Core 256 makes a superb ultra-low-latency front end to which you can add analog I/O, mic preamps, and insert points, courtesy of its ADAT, MADI, and Dante connectivity.
IPreinstalled DADlink module onboard
This Core 256 includes a preinstalled DADlink module, unlocking Digital Audio Denmark's proprietary audio and data transfer format, enabling you to establish a lightning-fast connection between DADlink-compatible hardware units. We're incredibly impressed by DADlink's performance here at Sweetwater — depending on which sample rate you employ, you'll be able to transfer up to 128 bidirectional channels with near-zero latency. To top it off, DADlink leverages 28-bit, floating-point resolution, arming you with a staggering 237dB of dynamic range. Engineers who demand the fastest connections possible between their DAD and DAD-compatible hardware units will meet their match given the super-fast data highway unleashed by DADlink.
Digital Audio Denmark: audiophile gear for the digital age
If there’s one word to describe Digital Audio Denmark microphone preamps and AD/DA converters, it’s “pristine.” That’s why DAD components are often found in the processing chains of engineers who specialize in audiophile classical recordings. Of course, flexibility is just as important as sound quality. The modular I/O architecture of the company’s AX32 converter/matrix, for instance, can be configured to handle almost any input and output format as well as astoundingly large channel counts. Add in comprehensive monitor control and IP Audio, and DAD can offer studio owners and facility managers a scalable solution with the versatility to accommodate the varied requirements of today’s most complex projects. Residing firmly at the nexus of analog and digital, Digital Audio Denmark continually advances the state of the art with products that sound incredible and intelligently address the challenges of the digital age. Sweetwater is delighted to offer you this distinguished line of outstanding pro audio gear.
Digital Audio Denmark Core 256 Features:
- Comprehensive digital routing and monitoring
- Pristine audio quality
- Preinstalled DADlink module establishes a lightning-fast connection between DADlink-compatible hardware units
- 720 input and output channels
- Thunderbolt 3 I/O (256 channels)
- Dante AoIP I/O (256 channels)
- MADI BNC I/O (64 channels)
- MADI SFP I/O module option available (128 channels, SFP not included)
- ADAT dual TOSlink I/O (16 channels)
- 512 × 64 channels Pro | Mon summing and speaker EQ processing
- 2 Thunderbolt 3 ports (15W each)
- 256 bidirectional channels at 48kHz and 96kHz
- ASIO / Core Audio Thunderbolt PCIe drivers
- MADI/BNC (Optional 2 x SFP — LC fiber or HD/BNC coax)
- ADAT Lightpipe (16 channels)
- DANTE: 256 channels at 48kHz, 128 channels at 96kHz, 64 channels at 192kHz (IP Core)
- Word clock I/O
- SPQ: 64 channels with 16 filters
- Pro | Mon monitor control
- 64-output summing processor with 512 input buses
- 1500 x 1500 internal router
- 32-bit floating-point processing
- Support for Avid Eucon-enabled devices via DADman
- APPLE Silicon M1 and Intel-compatible software
- Control via Ethernet or Thunderbolt connection
- 12V DC external power supply
- Robust 1U, half-rack-width chassis
