GearCast Video - Orion32

The Antelope Audio Orion 32 is a 32-channelDefinition:
1. In radio, television, citizen's band radio, and other wireless communications modes, a specific frequency for communication. 2. In mixers and video, an input or output signal path with controls. 3. In MIDI, one of 16 data paths. A/D & D/A converterDefinition:
Digital to Analog Converter. This circuit accepts digital data at its input, and produces a corresponding analog voltage at its output. and audio master clock, supporting both MADIDefinition:
MADI (Multichannel Audio Digital Interface): Originally called AES10. A unidirectional (sender to receiver), digital audio interface that has common features with the AES3 stereo digital audio interface. MADI transmits up to 64 channels serially over fiber-optic or coaxial lines. and USBDefinition:
(Universal Serial Bus) A standard, bi-directional serial connection between computers and peripheral devices. interfaces, clocked by Antelope’s renowned 64-bit Acoustically Focused ClockingDefinition:
The process of generating a master or common clock to which digital audio systems can synchronize. (AFC) technology.

Orion32 allows 192 kHzDefinition:
kHz (Kilohertz): 1,000 Hertz, or one thousand cycles per second. I/ODefinition:
(Input/Output): 1. A pair of connections that provide input(s) and output(s). 2. The connections that link a computer to devices outside the computer. streamingDefinition:
A method of sending a continuous flow of digital content over IP (Internet Protocol) networks, and often, tailors itself to the user's receiving capability. of 32-channel digitalDefinition:
A signal or data expressed as series of the digits 0 and 1, typically represented by values of a physical quantity such as voltage or magnetic polarization. audio via USB, providing seamless connectivity to any USB-enabled DAWDefinition:
DAW (Digital Audio Workstation): A computer program or stand-alone device that provides digital audio recording, editing, and mixing., computer or iPad. The converter also provides 32 channels of 96 kHz audio through its Fiber Optic MADI I/O connections, which can be used to connect with any suitably equipped MADI device.

Orion32 also supports ADATDefinition:
ADAT (Alesis Digital Audio Tape): An S-VHS-based, 8-track digital audio recording format, syncable with additional units to add tracks in groups of 8. protocol by offering 16 I/O channels, for even greater compatibility with a large number of audio devices. The multi-channel converter inputs and outputs pass the analogDefinition:
A signal that is continuous in nature, as opposed to being defined as a series of discrete numbers (or elements) as found in digital signals; electrically "analogous" to an acoustical signal in the air. signal through 8 D-SUB 25 I/O connectors.