The m908 from Grace Design is a powerful and flexible digital audio converter and reference monitor controller engineered to deliver impeccable clarity and detail for professional multichannel immersive audio applications. The system is capable of handling a wide variety of formats ranging from mono up to SONY 360RA and Dolby Atmos 22.2 system and includes an intuitive remote controller.
Built to handle a wide range of broadcast, gaming, and film applications, the self-contained, plug-and-play system provides a full complement of monitoring features including cue channels, a built-in talkback mic, and mono, mute, and dim controls. Scaled up from the m905 to handle more channels, the m908 consists of a mainframe unit that serves as the connection hub, a remote control unit, and a power supply with dual-redundant universal input power modules.
An Artix-7 FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) is responsible for the digital conversions, with a 1 GHz 32-bit floating-point DSP handling audio signal processing. The Linux-based operating system and user interface run on an ARM-Cortex A-15 processor. The system clock uses Grace's 4th generation s-Lock PLL technology to provide incredibly low jitter PLL that provides exceptional sample clocking accuracy.
- 24-channel AES3 digital I/O / 16-channel analog outputs
- 16-channel ADAT Lightpipe in / USB 24-channel inputs
- AES3, S/PDIF, and TOSLINK stereo inputs
- Optional Dante or DigiLink module for an additional 32 channels of I/O
- Optional 8 channel ADC module for 8- or 16-channel analog inputs
- 4th generation s-Lock pll clocking system for vanishingly low jitter
- High-resolution volume control
- Complete bass management capability
- 12 bands of parametric room correction EQ on every channel / variable numbers of bands per channel totaling up to 85
- 64-bit fixed-point filters for room correction and bass management
- Channel level and delay calibration
- Comprehensive downmix control
- Built-in real time SPL meter
- Powerful and intuitive remote control unit for access to all system controls and calibration
- Dual redundant external power supply
- Reference quality headphone amplifier with crossfeed
- Flexible talkback system with built-in mic on remote control and mic input for external talkback mics
- Up to 8 stereo CUE paths
- 4 General Purpose Input and Output pins for interfacing to external systems
