Solid State Logic manual MadiXtreme Overview, Hardware, Software Drivers, Macintosh

2. MadiXtreme Overview

Hardware

The MadiXtreme is available in two versions; MadiXtreme 64 and MadiXtreme 128.

•MadiXtreme 64 features one MADI input and one MADI output, providing 56 or 64 simultaneous inputs and outputs at up to 48kHz, 28 or 32 simultaneous inputs and outputs at up to 96kHz, or 14 or 16 simultaneous inputs and outputs at up to 192kHz.

•MadiXtreme 128 features two MADI inputs and two MADI outputs, providing 112 or 128 simultaneous inputs and outputs at up to 48kHz, 56 or 64 simultaneous inputs and outputs at up to 96kHz, or 28 or 32 simultaneous inputs and outputs at up to 192kHz.

Software Drivers

The SSL MadiXtreme PCIe cards and associated software are compatible with the following operating systems and driver protocols:

Platform	Operating System	Driver Protocols
	Windows XP SP2 or later (32bit only)
PC		ASIO 2, WDM, MME, GSIF2, DWave
	Windows Vista SP1 or later (32bit only)
	OS X ‘Tiger’ Version 10.4.11 or greater
Macintosh		Core Audio
	OS X ‘Leopard’ Version 10.5.4 or greater

PC

The SSL MadiXtreme comes with Low-latency MME drivers, WDM drivers, ASIO-2 drivers, DWave drivers and GSIF drivers for Windows XP and Vista. It can be used with any PC based MIDI & Audio sequencer, recording and editing software or other audio applications. The Soundscape drivers are truly multiclient, allowing you to share your SSL audio hardware between several applications that use different driver models.

Macintosh

The MadiXtreme Macintosh driver is compliant with the Core Audio architecture.

MADI

As world leader in large format analogue and digital mixing consoles, it was natural for SSL to be among the companies that initiated the development of MADI (Multichannel Audio Digital Interface).

The MADI standard was finalized by the AES as AES10, first published in 1991 and revised in 1993. A PDF copy of the specification can be obtained from the AES website.

With outstanding digital audio workstation systems and innovative DSP-powered multichannel audio cards, the Soundscape product line has always been at the cutting edge of professional studio technology in terms of sonic performance, processing power and multiple inputs/outputs.

Featuring SSL’s revolutionary PCIe-Core Audio Pipeline technology and supported by the legendary Soundscape drivers, MadiXtreme builds on this heritage as one of the first audio devices to take full advantage of the high speeds and incredible bandwidth offered by the PCIe bus on modern computers.

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