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Grace Design m908 Surround Monitor Controller

Surround/Multichannel Monitor Controller with 2.1 through 22.2 Channels
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Your Monitor Controller for Immersive Formats

If you’re delivering your audio in immersive formats, Sweetwater has a monitoring controller that will streamline and supercharge your workflow — and improve your bottom line. The Grace Design m908 handles all your projects, from stereo and surround to immersive formats up to 22.2 channels. Freshly designed from the ground up, the m908 incorporates a bevy of cutting-edge Grace technologies. With its powerful DSP functionality, Grace’s latest generation of A/D and D/A converters, and a highly intuitive control set, the m908 delivers a comprehensive, all-in-one monitoring solution for a multitude of delivery formats and workflows.

High-quality monitoring, invaluable mix-checking features

The Grace Design m908 monitor controller ensures that you record what you hear. Nothing more or less. This is the cornerstone of great recordings. Designed for professional recording facilities that work in today’s most intensive immersive formats, the m908 gives you the transparency of an audiophile-grade monitoring circuit with a high-resolution volume control and Graces’s fourth-generation s-Lock PLL clocking system for vanishingly low jitter, plus a comprehensive set of invaluable mix-checking features, downmix control, channel level and delay calibration, powerful room correction equalization, comprehensive onboard bass management, a reference-grade headphone amplifier, and much more.

Exhaustive connectivity for any studio configuration

With 24-channel AES3 digital I/O, 16-channel analog output, 16-channel ADAT Lightpipe in, 24-channel USB input, AES3, S/PDIF, and TOSlink stereo inputs, the m908 offers exhaustive connectivity for even the most elaborate studio configurations. The m908 is also expandable, making it a particularly wise investment for audio professionals who plan to grow their studio business. It’s network-ready with the addition of an optional Dante or DigiLink module (sold separately) that each provides an additional 32 channels of I/O. Need analog inputs? Pop in the optional 8-channel ADC module (sold separately), which gives you eight or 16 channels of analog input.

Why do I need a monitor controller?

We hear this a lot. If you’re already working on high-level projects, you already know this. If not — but you aspire to — we offer this sage Sweetwater advice: Whether you’re involved in music production or film/video post, you’ve likely spent months designing the ideal studio environment, plus a fortune on active monitors, dynamics processors, mics and preamps, and a whole roomful of other gear. Don’t blow it now! A monitor controller is central to every recording setup and is perhaps the most important element of your entire signal chain — providing the reference that lets you achieve optimal mic placements, EQ, and mix balances. This is one thing that should always be guaranteed: that you can rely on the absolute accuracy of your monitor controller. With the Grace Design m908, you can.

Grace Design m908 Surround/Multichannel Monitor Controller Features:

  • Formats supported: 2.1 through 22.2 channels
  • 24-channel AES3 digital I/O; 16-channel analog output
  • 16-channel ADAT Lightpipe in; 24-channel USB input
  • AES3, S/PDIF, and TOSlink stereo inputs
  • Latest-generation Grace Design A/D and D/A converters
  • 4th-generation s-Lock PLL clocking system for vanishingly low jitter
  • High-resolution volume control
  • Powerful room correction equalization
  • Comprehensive onboard bass management
  • Channel level and delay calibration
  • Comprehensive downmix control
  • Built-in SPL meter and pink noise source
  • Intuitive remote control unit for access to all system and calibration controls
  • Dual-redundant external power supply
  • Reference-grade headphone amplifier with cross-feed
  • Flexible talkback system with built-in mic on remote control
  • Mic input for external talkback mics
  • Up to 8 stereo CUE paths
  • 4 general-purpose input and output pins for interfacing with external systems

Note: The Dante or DigiLink module for an additional 32 channels of I/O and the 8-channel ADC module for 8 or 16 channels of analog input are sold separately.

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Tech Specs

  • Type: Multi-channel Monitor Controller
  • Output Channels: 2.1 through 22.2 Formats
  • Analog Outputs: 2 x DB-25 (CR 1/2 out), 2 x XLR (CR3 out), 1 x DB-25 (cue out)
  • Digital Inputs: 1 x XLR (AES3), 3 x DB-25 (AES3), 2 x Optical (ADAT), 1 x Coax (S/PDIF)
  • Digital Outputs: 3 x DB-25 (AES3)
  • Headphones: 1 x 1/4"
  • USB: 1 x Type A, 1 x Type B
  • Other I/O: 1 x DB-15 (remote), 1 x RJ45 Ethernet (future use), 1 x 1/4" (talkback switch)
  • Word Clock: In/Out
  • Talkback: 1 x XLR (in), 1 x XLR (out)
  • Compatibility: OS X 10.9 or later, Windows 7 SP1 or later (m908 USB ASIO driver download)
  • Form Factor: Rackmount
  • Power Supply: 8-pin DIN power supply (included)
  • Height: 3.5" (unit), 1.75" (remote)
  • Width: 19" (unit), 10.5" (remote)
  • Depth: 10.25" (unit), 5.12" (remote)
  • Weight: 7 lbs. (unit), 2.4 lbs. (remote)
  • Manufacturer Part Number: m908

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I must've read this page 40 times before purchasing. This thing is INCREDIBLE. Unlimited patching options and works like a dream. Using mine with the Dante card and it just works. Seriously worth the money.
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