Ferrofish A32 – AD/DA Converter with ADAT and MADI Interfaces (Single Mode)

Using Cirrus Logic converters, the single-mode Ferrofish A32 is an AD/DA converter with ADAT and MADI interfaces featuring dedicated analog input and output switches for selecting between +4 dBu, +13 dBu, and +20 dBu on each channel. The levels between can be set by the unit’s SHARC DSP to accommodate a wide variety of professional and consumer equipment with optimized analog performance.

• Single-mode configuration for broadcast applications
• In single-mode, SC signals can be transmitted over distances up to 6.2 miles/10 km
• 32 x balanced analog I/O via D-Sub25 connectors, 32 to 192 kHz
• 64 x 64 MADI channels—optical and coaxial
• 32 x 32 ADAT channels—Toslink connectors
• ADAT connectors can alternately be used as an optical S/PDIF or AES/EBU interface
• Redundant MADI for backup—connect to both MADI optical and coaxial and the input automatically switches to the other source, if sync is lost
• Thermally stabilized oscillator with very low jitter and high stability
• MIDI over MADI—unit can be remote-controlled using MIDI data embedded in the same MADI cable
• Zero-latency audio transfer between MADI input and MADI output—daisy-chain multiple A32 without any added latency or delay compensation
• Cirrus Logic converters
• 400 MHz SHARC DSP processes all 258 audio channels
• 4 x TFT screens show all analog input and output levels at the same time and allow visualization of all settings—peak and level display
• Intuitive one-knob operation and integrated help system, for ease of use
• Extensive routing/mixing—route internally between all I/O channels and create sub-mixes