Powerful Converter Solution for SoundGrid
Combining the Mothership's modular configurability and the flexibility of SoundGrid, Burl Audio’s B80 Mothership converter chassis with SoundGrid is an innovative way of approaching digital conversion, letting you easily add the power of SoundGrid to your system for extremely low-latency audio processing, networking, and real-time monitoring. Pre-configured with Burl's BMB4 SoundGrid module, the B80 offers up to 64 channels of I/O. The B80 Mothership is a 4U, 10-slot empty chassis in which you can install any combination of Burl A/D and D/A converter cards, letting you create a custom, modular converter system with up to 80 channels of D/A conversion, or up to 40 channels of A/D conversion. A 1U power supply is included, providing ample power for the high-headroom, low-noise converters. Burl Audio converters are renowned for their tape-machine-like response to signal level, giving you control over your signal's tone through gain staging. Burl digital converters give you a world-class analog front end with amazingly deep and detailed conversion, and the B80 Mothership — now with the power of SoundGrid — makes it possible!
The BMB4 SoundGrid module
Waves SoundGrid is a robust and proven low-latency technology for audio-over-IP networking. The BMB4 SoundGrid motherboard installed in the B80 Mothership features an Ethernet port supplying 64 channels of SoundGrid I/O. Waves' audio-over-Ethernet networking and processing technology, SoundGrid delivers high channel counts with extremely low-latency audio processing for stage, studio, and other professional audio applications using standard Intel CPUs and 1Gbps Ethernet networks. Real-time audio processing is performed on Intel-based plug-in servers running a custom Waves real-time Linux OS.
Innovative converter design, outstanding audio performance
Burl Audio's series of A/D and D/A converters sound strikingly close to an analog tape machine's front end, with the ability to shape your tone based on how hot your signals hit the converters. They sound more like a world-class analog front end than anything on the market, as well as providing digital conversation that's as precise, rich, and detailed as possible. Each A/D converter channel is transformer balanced, and the hotter the signal level the more saturated the signal becomes. You'll find you can shape your sounds the way you used to do with analog equipment, with the benefit of an ultra-precise converter to capture the tone.
Modular flexibility
Once you hear the analog goodness of Burl's converters, you'll want to run every channel of your mixes through them! Thanks to the B80's modular design, you can install any combination of 2-, 4-, or 8-channel converter modules for a seriously high I/O count. But even if you don't need 80 channels of conversion, Burl promises new modules will be available in the future to further enhance the functionality of the Burl B80 Mothership in the recording studio.
Robust power supply
The B80 Mothership's power supply provides ample power for the high-headroom operation of the converter modules and leads to virtually noise-free signal quality. Burl Audio knows that optimum performance depends on ample, stable power, and that's exactly what you get with the B80 Mothership.
BMB4 SoundGrid module
- Connects your Mothership to SoundGrid for low-latency audio networking and plug-in processing
- Mix, record, and play back SoundGrid-compatible plugins in real time
- Up to 64 channels of I/O
- Supported sample rates: 44.1–96kHz
- 1 SoundGrid Ethernet port
- 2 BNC word clock outputs
- 1 BNC word clock input
- Burl Audio B80 Mothership Features:
- 10-slot empty chassis for Burl Audio converter modules, SoundGrid format
- Create your own custom converter configuration
- Supports up to 80 channels of D/A conversion, or 40 channels of A/D
- USB port for remote computer control
