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Cranborne Audio 500ADAT 8-Slot 500 Series Rack & ADAT Expander Kit with Two Camden 500 Preamp/Mojo Modules

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Cranborne Audio 500ADAT 8-Slot 500 Series Rack & ADAT Expander Kit with Two Camden 500 Preamp/Mojo Modules
Key Features
  • Puts 500 Series in Digital Workflow
  • Includes Two Camden 500 Modules
  • 8 Slots for 500 Series Modules
  • Connects to Interface via ADAT Ports
Dive into stereo 500-series recording with the Cranborne Audio 500ADAT 8-Slot 500 Series Rack and ADAT Expander Kit from B&H, which adds two Camden 500 Preamp and Mojo Signal processor modules to get you started.
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500ADAT 8-Slot 500 Series Rack & ADAT Expander Kit with Two Camden 500 Preamp/Mojo Modules Overview

Cranborne Audio 500ADAT 8-Slot 500 Series Rack and ADAT Expander
Expand Your Studio, Expand Your Sound
Connect the 500ADAT from Cranborne Audio to the ADAT expansion ports on your audio interface and incorporate 500 series modules into your studio's tracking and mixing capabilities. The versatile unit functions as an 8-slot 500 series rack, 8-channel ADAT expander, analog summing mixer, and zero-latency artist mixer built into a 4 RU chassis.
ADAT Simplicity, 500 Series Possibilities
  • Transform your ADAT-equipped audio interface into an analog powerhouse by adding 8 channels of expansion at up to 96 kHz or 4 channels of expansion at 192 kHz.
  • The 500ADAT combines a high-current 8-slot 500 series chassis with digital conversion and ADAT, a powerful and accessible way to get your favorite 500 series modules into your tracking and mixing digital workflow.
  • The unit features essential functions that unite digital and analog production workflows, such as an 8-into-2 analog summing mixer, zero-latency artist mixer with 2 reference-quality headphone outputs, and true ADAT & SMUXII/IV transmission.
Beyond ADAT
Seriously High-Powered Headphone Amps
Drive your headphones with 500ADAT's reference-quality headphone amplifier with enough power to drive low-impedance headphones with plenty of headroom and a linear frequency response to below 1 Hz. The two headphone outputs feature independent blend and level controls.
Zero-Latency Artist Mixer
Get your hands back onto the mix by using 500ADAT's two aux busses to create pristine-sounding analog artist mixes that can be blended with DAW playback, and sent to your musicians with zero-latency, physical level/pan controls per channel, and aux input blend controls.
Discrete Summing Mixer
Give your mix the final bit of analog character and send instrument groups and stems back-through your 500 series modules and into the discrete analog summing mixer to be sent back into your DAW.
Deep 500 Series Integration
Configurable Front End
Mix and match your 500 series modules to find the best combinations during recording, and mixing to help create your own signature analog sound.
Enough I/O for Any Hardware
The 500ADAT is designed to integrate with all of your analog and digital hardware. Patch in the 500ADAT with your own converter or integrate your 19" rack gear with dedicated TRS insert jacks per slot.
Source Select
Re-patch your 500ADAT at a flick of a switch. Dedicated source select switches for each 500 series slot adjusts the signal routing to send analog, C.A.S.T. or USB sources through each of your modules.
No Modules? No Problem
Bypass unused 500 series slots using 500ADAT's dedicated slot-bypass switch and you can use all of the available analog paths for recording whilst you continue to build your 500 series collection.
Expandable with 500R8
More Recording Channels
  • When you want more 500 series connectivity, you can use up to two 500ADATs with some interfaces or pair the 500ADAT with the 500R8 (available separately). Connect the 500R8 and 500ADAT together via ADAT, and now you have 16 channels of 500 series modules to work with during recording and mixing. Whilst 500ADAT offers the same performance as 500R8, any third-party ADAT expander is also compatible.
  • Play back instrument groups/stems into all 16 available 500 series slots for summing using the C.A.S.T. link connector.
Tech Details
8 Channel A/D-D/A Converter
  • 8-in/8-out at 44.1 to 48 kHz
  • 8-in/8-out at 88.2 to 96 kHz
  • 4-in/4-out at 176.4 to 192 kHz
High-Performance A/D-D/A Conversion
  • Dynamic range: 121 dB A-weighted, AES17 method, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
  • Frequency response: -1 dB, 2.2 Hz to >80 kHz
  • THD+N: <0.00032% (-110 dB) at -4 dBFS, 20 Hz to 40 kHz, 1 kHz, A-weighted
  • Max I/O level: +24 dBu
Master Reference-Quality Internal Clock
  • <0.5ps of jitter
  • Dedicated word clock input and output via BNC
  • External sync options using word clock BNC or ADAT
Analog Summing Mixer
  • 8-into-2 analog summing mixer with +26.5 dBu of headroom and balanced 1/4" jack outputs
  • C.A.S.T. link port for increasing summing mixer to 16-into-2 using Cranborne Audio 500ADAT
High-Current 8-Slot 500 Series Rack
  • 250mA current per-slot with 2A total for all slots
  • XLR inputs, XLR line outputs, and TRS inserts (pre-ADC) per 500 series slot
  • Module source switching options to send analog, USB, or external C.A.S.T. signals through your favorite 500 series modules
  • Module bypass switches per-slot allowing 500ADAT to be used without 500 series modules inserted.
C.A.S.T. Compatible
C.A.S.T. ports per channel for relocating analogue I/O around studio using passive or active C.A.S.T. breakout boxes via standard shielded Cat 5
24V, 5A External Locking Power Supply
External power supply for improved analog audio performance and heat dissipation
Designed and Engineered in the UK
Each and every 500ADAT is extensively tested by a team of dedicated engineers to ensure reliability and consistency.
Cranborne Audio Camden 500 Microphone Preamp and Mojo Signal Processor

Record a variety of sources with the Cranborne Audio Camden 500, a 500-series microphone preamp with some serious Mojo, thanks to the two innovative color circuits that inject warmth, character, and that gooey, vintage vibe into any signal. Designed to be the cleanest and most transparent preamplifier available, the Camden 500 exhibits the theoretical limits of EIN, THD, phase shift, and frequency roll-off performance, resulting in audio playback that's open, natural, and intimate. Instruments sound like they're in the room next to you and drums sound tight and punchy.

The Mojo circuit features two settings, Thump and Cream. Thump adds harmonics to the signal in the 20 to 100 Hz range resulting in a fuller low-end on smaller speakers. Cream behaves similarly to how valves and tubes impact the sound. It drastically increases harmonics and dynamically smooths-out the low mids for increased HF emphasis. Both circuits are controlled by the Mojo knob, allowing you to dial in the perfect amount of color for just-a-touch or full-on saturation.

Note:
This microphone preamplifier requires a suitable 500-Series enclosure for housing and power.
Key Features
  • Fully discrete, transformerless design, featuring custom ‘Camden’ preamp topology
  • Optimized for and fully compliant with the 500-series format, Camden 500 is not a 19” unit shoe-horned into a 500-series module, it has been designed from the ground-up to perform under the low-voltage power rails and supply current limitations of the 500-series format, whilst delivering groundbreaking performance
  • Performs at the near-theoretical limits of noise, distortion, and phase/frequency linearity at all gain settings
  • Optimized input impedance and input headroom for Mic, Line, and Hi-Z sources
    • Mic preamp, instrument DI, and—thanks to Mojo—line-level analog saturator
    • Custom ‘Mojo’ analog saturation circuit with variable control, true bypass, and 2 discrete styles—Thump and Cream
    • Reamp tracks from your DAW through Mojo to apply analog saturation to your stems, VST, and stereo mixes
    • Thump excites low-end content by boosting lower odd/even harmonics from a range of 160 to 20 Hz and below
    • Cream boosts odd/even harmonics, whilst also reducing the amplitude of the fundamental frequencies and applying typical transformer-style transient taming
  • Gold flashing on backplane contacts for increased conductivity and durability
  • Designed and engineered in the United Kingdom
Precise, Clean, and Natural
Camden 500 provides the utmost clarity and detail when it is most required. Its custom 'Camden' topology achieves stunning low-noise and low-distortion performance. It also sets a new standard for frequency and phase linearity. The sum result is the most natural sounding preamp you've ever heard.
Vintage, Warm, and Colored
Camden 500 features "Mojo", a custom analog saturation circuit that transforms Camden 500 into the fattest, warmest, and most colorful mic preamp in your arsenal. Designed to introduce harmonics and saturation effects that our favorite vintage gear produces, Mojo can be subtle, it can be exaggerated, but best of all, it can be bypassed.
Impeccable Modern Clean Performance
Designed from the ground up by the director of engineering, Edward Holmes, Camden 500 was created to be the ultimate recording front-end for the modern studios and withstand the rigors of modern workflow and production techniques. Designed to excel with any input source, Camden 500 features a completely original, custom-designed preamp topology that achieves stunning low-noise and low-distortion performance and frequency/phase linearity at any gain setting from unity to 68.5 dB.
  • Stepped gain control
    • Camden 500 features a premium, 12-way switch gain control that applies up to 68.5 dB of clean, transparent preamp gain in 5.5 dB steps. This makes it easy to recall gain settings and easy to match the gain of two Camden 500's for stereo applications.
  • Stereo matched
    • With carefully selected modern components, any two Camden preamps are completely stereo matched to within 0.1 dB. Every Camden preamp also passes through a rigorous frequency response test at the factory that ensures it performs the same as the last.
  • Progressive-slope high-pass filter
    • Camden's high-pass filter features a progressive slope where low end is rolled off initially at around 6 dB/octave and then increases to 12 dB for the lowest octave, preserving the low end you want and cutting what you don't.
  • 3-way input type switch
    • Tailored input impedance and headroom for Mic, Line, and Hi-Z sources means punchy and full-range line recording with +26.5 dBu of input headroom as well as alive and natural sounding DI'd instruments with its unique BJT design and 1.5-megohm input impedance.
Vintage Mojo on Tap
For moments when you want that gooey, vintage vibe on your recordings, Cranborne developed Mojo, their own custom analog saturation circuit that adds the familiar tone of transformers, valves, and vintage equipment onto your Camden's preamps for recording or mixing. Record through Mojo to add that vibe on the way into your DAW, or add the Mojo during the mix phase. Mojo adds tons of analog saturation to all audio signals.

Thump

  • Excites low-end content by adding harmonics to the signal in the 20 to 100 Hz range, resulting in fuller low-end on smaller speakers. As Thump is not EQ-based, the additional harmonic content is shaped by the source and its existing low-end frequency content, resulting in a natural addition of extra “Thump”.

Cream

  • Introduces a vintage smoothness and edge that is similar to how valves and tubes impact the sound of a preamp. Cream drastically increases harmonics and dynamically smooths-out the low mids for increased HF emphasis. Like Thump, Cream is completely dynamic and will vary its effect, based on the input level and source material.

Variable

  • Unlike transformer or valve preamps, Mojo is variable and can be dialed in to taste. Transformers and valves are integral parts of certain preamp designs and so cannot be removed from the signal path or altered for different effects. Mojo on the other hand can be dialed in to taste or crucially bypassed when you need a clean and pristine recording.

Vintage vibe without compromise

  • Transformers and valves sound great, but they have a flavor that can't be removed. The phase shift, noise, and THD added by these designs give them their sound, but that sound sometimes isn't always suited to a particular source. Camden gives you 3 discrete tonal flavors that allow it to excel on any source or instrument.
Kit Contains:

Cranborne Audio 500ADAT 8-Slot 500 Series Rack and ADAT Expander

Inputs/Outputs
USB I/O
1 x USB-B Female Input/Output
Audio I/O
8x XLR 3-Pin Input
8x XLR 3-Pin Output
8x 1/4" TRS Input/Output
2x 1/4" TRS Output (Mix Output)
2x 1/4" TRS Output (Aux 1 Output)
2x 1/4" TRS Output (Aux 2 Output)
Headphone Output
Test Signal Path: Aux Input - Headphone Output - APx555 (Line In)
Frequency Response: -1 dB, <1 Hz to >70 kHz
THD: <0.0006% (-104.4 dB) at 20 dBu, 1 kHz, A-Weighted, 300-Ohm Load
THD+N: <0.00085% (-101.4 dB) at 20 dBu, 1 kHz, A-Weighted, 300-Ohm Load
Output Impedance: 0.33 Ohms
Output Wattage: 250 mW x 2 at 600 Ohms, 1 kHz; 650 mW x 2 at 220 Ohms, 1 kHz; 1.21 W x 2 at 100 Ohms, 1 kHz; 1.21 W x 2 at 100 Ohms, 1 kHz
Dynamic Range: 114.5 dB A-Weighted, AES17 Method, 20 Hz to 20 kHz, 300-Ohm Load
Noise Floor: -93.5 dBu A-Weighted, 20 Hz to 20 kHz, 300-Ohm Load
Audio D/A Converter
Test Signal Path: 500 Series D/A Converter - Insert Send - APx555 (ASIO)
Frequency Response: -1 dB, <1 Hz to >61 kHz; -0.05 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
THD+N: <0.0003% (-110.5 dB) at -4 dBFS, 20 Hz to 40 kHz, 1 kHz, A-Weighted; <0.0004% (-108 dB) at -1 dBFS, 20 Hz to 40 kHz, 1 kHz, A-Weighted
THD: <0.00014% (-117.5 dB) at -8 dBFS, 20 Hz to 40 kHz, 1 kHz, A-Weighted; <0.00018% (-115 dB) at -4 dBFS, 20 Hz to 40 kHz, 1 kHz, A-Weighted; <0.00036% (-109 dB) at -1 dBFS, 20 Hz to 40 kHz, 1 kHz, A-Weighted
Dynamic Range: 121 dB A-Weighted, AES17 Method, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
Max Output Level: +24 dBu
500 Series Power
500 Series Slot Current: 250 mA per Rail
Total Available 500 Series Slot Current: 2 A
A/D Conversion
Test Signal Path: XLR Input - 500 Series A/D Converter - APx555 (ASIO)
Frequency Response: -1 dB, 2.2 Hz to >80 kHz; -0.05 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
THD+N: <0.00032% (-110 dB) at -4 dBFS, 20 Hz to 40 kHz, 1 kHz, A-Weighted; <0.00065% (-104 dB) at -1 dBFS, 20 Hz to 40 kHz, 1 kHz, A-Weighted
THD: <0.00014% (-117.5 dB) at -8 dBFS, 20 Hz to 40 kHz, 1 kHz, A-Weighted; <0.00023% (-113 dB) at -4 dBFS, 20 Hz to 40 kHz, 1 kHz, A-Weighted; <0.0006% (-105 dB) at -1 dBFS, 20 Hz to 40 kHz, 1 kHz, A-Weighted
Dynamic Range: 121 dB A-Weighted, AES17 Method, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
Maximum Input Level: +24 dBu
Analog Path Phase Performance
Test Signal Path: XLR Input - Empty 500 Series Slot - Summing Mixer Bus (Unity) - Mix Output - APx555 (Line In)
Phase: <1.5° at 20 Hz, <11° at 20 kHz
Test Signal Path: XLR Input - Camden 500 Preamp (Mic Mode, 6 dB Gain) - Summing Mixer Bus (Unity) - Speaker A Output - APx555 (Line In)
Phase: <3° at 20 Hz, <13.5° at 20 kHz (Preamp Mic Mode, 6 dB Gain)
Digital Round-Trip Performance
Test Signal Path: 500 Series D/A Converter - 500 Series A/D Converter - APx555 (ASIO)
Dynamic Range: 118 dB A-Weighted, AES17 Method, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
THD+N: <0.0004% (-108 dB) at -4 dBFS, 20 Hz to 40 kHz, 1 kHz, A-Weighted
Jitter
<0.5 ps
Line Outputs
(Aux 1+2, Mix)
Test Signal Path: Aux Input - Line Outputs - APx555 (Line In)
Connection Type: 1/4" Jack, Impedance Balanced
Output Impedance: 150 Ohms Balanced, 75 Ohms Unbalanced
Max Output Level: <+22 dBu
Frequency Response:-1 dB, 1.4 Hz to >80 kHz
THD+N: <0.003% at +18 dBu, 1 kHz
Dynamic Range: 105 dB A-Weighted, AES17 Method, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
Noise Floor: <-93 dBu A-Weighted, 20 Hz to 20 kHz, (Unity Gain)
Summing Mixer
Test Signal Path: XLR Input - Summing Mixer Bus (Unity) - Mix Output - APx555 (Line In)
Frequency Response: -1 dB, 2.25 Hz to >80 kHz; -3 dB, 1.2 Hz; -0.5 dB, 3 Hz
THD+N: <0.0007% at +23 dBu (-1 dBFS), 1 kHz
THD: <0.0003% at +14 dBu (-10 dBFS), 1 kHz; <0.0004% at +20 dBu (-4 dBFS), 1 kHz; <0.00055% at +23 dBu (-1 dBFS), 1 kHz
Dynamic Range: 108 dB A-Weighted, AES17 Method, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
Noise Floor (A/D 9-10): -108 dBFS A-Weighted, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
Max Contribution Level: +28 dBu
Pan Law: -4 dB
Noise Floor (Mix Output): -90 dBu, A-Weighted, No Channels Routed; -89.5 dBu, A-Weighted, 1 Channel Routed (Unity)-84 dBu, A-Weighted, 8 Channels Routed (Unity)
Power
Power Source
AC Input (Included)
AC Input Power
100 to 240 VAC, 50 / 60 Hz
DC Input Power
24 VDC at 5 A
Power Consumption
120 W
Operating Current
2 A (Maximum)
Physical
Mounting
Side: 2x Rack Ears
Color
Gray
Operating Conditions
33 to 86°F / 1 to 30°C 
Storage Conditions
-4 to 122°F / -20 to 50°C 
Cable Length
Not Specified by Manufacturer
Dimensions
18.9 x 8.6 x 7.3" / 481 x 219 x 185 mm
Weight
15.4 lb / 7 kg
Packaging Info
Package Weight
18 lb
Box Dimensions (LxWxH)
21.9 x 13.6 x 11"

500ADAT 8-Slot 500 Series Rack & ADAT Expander Kit with Two Camden 500 Preamp/Mojo Modules Reviews

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