Powerful Converter Solution for Dante
Combining the Mothership's modular configurability and the flexibility of Dante, Burl Audio’s B80 Mothership converter chassis with Dante is an innovative way of approaching digital conversion, letting you easily add the power of Dante to your system for extremely low-latency audio processing, networking, and real-time monitoring. Preconfigured with Burl's BMB3 Dante module, the B80 offers up to 32 channels of I/O (up to 64 channels with the addition of an optional second BKII daughterboard card).
The B80 Mothership is a 4U, 10-slot empty chassis in which you can install any combination of Burl A/D and D/A converter cards, letting you create a custom, modular converter system with up to 80 channels of D/A conversion, or up to 40 channels of A/D conversion. A 1U power supply is included, providing ample power for the high-headroom, low-noise converters. Burl Audio converters are renowned for their tape-machine-like response to signal level, giving you control over your signal's tone through gain staging. Burl digital converters give you a world-class analog front end with amazingly deep and detailed conversion, and the B80 Mothership — now with the power of Dante — makes it possible!
Note: The Burl Audio B80 is an empty chassis specifically for use with Burl Audio converter modules and does not support 500 Series modules.
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The BMB3 Dante module
Dante is a robust and proven low-latency technology for audio-over-IP networking. The BMB3 Dante motherboard installed in the B80 Mothership features two Ethernet ports for use with Dante enabled DAWs and any Dante enabled device, such as a digital mixing console. The BMB3 Dante motherboard is factory preconfigured with one BKII Dante daughterboard card, which gives you access to one of the two Ethernet ports and a maximum of 32 channels of I/O. The addition of an optional second BKII card will access the second Ethernet port. With both Dante ports, 64-in/64-out at 44.1k, 48k, 88.2k, 96k; and 32-in/32-out at 176.4k, and 192kHz are supported.
Innovative converter design, outstanding audio performance
Burl Audio's series of A/D and D/A converters sound strikingly close to an analog tape machine's front end, with the ability to shape your tone based on how hot your signals hit the converters. At Sweetwater, we think they sound more like a world-class analog front end, while providing digital conversation that's as precise, rich, and detailed as possible. Each A/D converter channel is transformer balanced, and the hotter the signal level the more saturated the signal becomes. You'll find you can shape your sounds the way you used to do with analog equipment, with the benefit of an ultra-precise converter to capture the tone.
Modular flexibility
Once you hear the analog goodness of Burl's converters, you'll want to run every channel of your mixes through them! Thanks to the B80's modular design, you can install any combination of 2-, 4-, or 8-channel converter modules for a seriously high I/O count. But even if you don't need 80 channels of conversion, Burl promises new modules will be available in the future to further enhance the functionality of the Burl B80 Mothership in the recording studio.
Robust power supply
When a power supply takes up its own rack space, Sweetwater knows that some thought went into the design. The B80 Mothership's power supply provides ample power for the high-headroom operation of the converter modules and leads to virtually noise-free signal quality. Burl Audio knows that optimum performance depends on ample, stable power, and that's exactly what you get with the B80 Mothership.
BMB3 Dante module
- Connects your Mothership to Dante for low-latency audio networking and plug-in processing
- Mix, record, and play back Dante-compatible plug-ins in real time
- Up to 32 channels of I/O (up to 64 channels with optional second BK BKII daughterboard card)
- 2 Dante Ethernet ports (only 1 supported with included BKII daughterboard card)
- Supported sample rates: 44.1kHz–96kHz
- 2 BNC word clock outputs
- 1 BNC word clock input
Burl Audio B80 Mothership Features:
- 10-slot empty chassis for Burl Audio converter modules, Dante format
- Create your own custom converter configuration
- Supports up to 80 channels of D/A conversion, or 40 channels of A/D
- USB port for remote computer control
- 1RU external power supply
