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METRIC HALO SHIPS MOBILE I/O 2882 EXPANDED WITH INTEGRATED
2d PROCESSING AND CHARACTER
August 28, 2008
Source: Metric Halo
Metric Halo announces the immediate availability
of the new "future proof" 24-bit/96kHz Mobile I/O
2882 Expanded multi-channel processor and FireWire interface
for recording and mixing in the studio or on the road. The
portable 18-input/20-output 2882 Expanded incorporates the
new 2d Card, which provides a nearly six-fold increase in
the DSP power available for processing, routing and mixing
in Metric Halo's world-renowned FireWire audio interfaces.
The 2882 Expanded features eight Mic/Line/Instrument analog
inputs, eight mic preamps with individually switchable phantom
power, eight analog outputs on balanced TRS connectors, 24-bit/96kHz
converters on all channels, eight channels of ADAT I/O (switchable
to TOSLINK), and AES-S/PDIF Digital I/O with selectable SRC.
It also includes a headphone amp with front panel mute/dim,
front panel metering, and remote level control on all channels.
Newly added ADAT implementation includes optical S/PDIF support
(independently switchable on both input and output) with asynchronous
SRC for the optical S/PDIF input.
Version 5 of the MIO Driver and MIO Console software, included
with the 2882 Expanded, provides direct access to the power
of Mobile I/O and the 2d Processing Architecture. It features
a brand-new customizable mixer, as well as unified control
of all the mixing and processing resources of all connected
Mobile I/O Expanded hardware. Metric Halo's exclusive Character
processing, included in the v.5 software, selectively adds
fifteen different flavors of euphonic low-order distortions,
found in classic analog devices to the inputs and mix busses
of the system.
The 2882 Expanded also includes a bundle of basic production
plug-ins, including MIOStrip (a full featured channel strip
with Gate, Compressor and six-band EQ), HaloVerb, Mid-Side
Decoder, Sample Delay and Dither. The v.5 mixer also provides
inserts that greatly simplify and accelerate the process of
adding exceptional +DSP plug-ins to the signal path.
The integrated 2d Processing, based upon new, next-generation
DSP, offers 5.5 times the available processing power of the
original Metric Halo +DSP implementation, while a SIMD engine
enables an additional doubling in power for certain operations,
such as mixing. The 2882 Expanded is the only unit in its
class with an on-board processing engine that supports fully
instantiable processing, providing full access to Metric Halo's
world-renowned signal processing effects without sacrificing
the computer's processing power or introducing any additional
latency in the monitor path.
This one-rack space audio interface, weighing only five pounds
and about the size of a laptop, has the ability to run entirely
from any DC power source (9V-30V), making it truly and completely
mobile. Three 2882s may be chained
together for 24 analog tracks of recording with processing
on all channels in just three rack spaces.
MSRP of the 2882 Expanded is $1,895. A +DSP bundle software
license, which adds literally hundreds of plug-ins and processors
to the zero-latency 2d Processing environment, is $699.
Based New York's Hudson Valley, Metric Halo provides the world
with high-resolution metering, analysis, recording and processing
solutions with award-winning software and hardware. www.mhlabs.com
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