Installation manual

Euphonix MADI Converters Operation Manual

Chapter1:Introduction

1.1 MI715/MO705

TheMI715andMO705converte rs provideMADIconversiontointerfaceto/from

analogandAESequipmentsuchasconsoles,tapedecks,microphonepreamplifiers

andotherdevices.Bothconvertersaretworackspaceshighandarehousedinastain‐

lesssteelchassiswithmachined,heavyaluminumfrontpanels.

TheMI715converts incominganalogsignalsto24‐bitMADIdigitalsignalsthatcapture

theinput’scompletedynamicrange. EachmainAES/EBUinputisautomaticallyevaluat‐

edforsample‐rateconversion.Theincomingsamplerateiscomparedwiththeinternal

rate.Iftheyarethesame,noconversionoccurs.Iftheratesdiffer,sample‐ratecon‐

versionisactivatedandpersistsuntilanewinputis appliedortheinternalsamplerate

changes.Thesample‐rateconversionrangeis32–56kHz.Inadditiontothe8XLR con‐

nectorsforanaloginputsand8XLRconnectors/2D‐SubconnectorsforAESinputs.The

MO705convertsincomingMADIsignalsto8analogchannelsand8AESstereopairs.

The 16 digital outputs (8 pair) can be bit-depth converted from 24 to 20 or 16 bits.