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Antelope MP8d Owner's Manual

8-channel mic preamp and a/d
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  • Page 2 Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    5. Front Panel Explained 6. Rear Panel Explained 7. Software Control Panel 7.1. Routing Tab and Main View Options 7.2. Mixer Tab 7.3. AFX Tab 7.4. Meters Tab 8. Additional Information 9. In The Box 10. Technical Specifications 11. Antelope Audio Support Resources...

  • Page 4: Safety Notes

    1. Safety Notes To reduce the risk of electrical shocks, fire, and related hazards: ● Do not remove screws, cover, or cabinet. There are no user serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel. ● Do not expose this device to rain, moisture or spillover of liquid of any kind. ●...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    HP monitoring capability. With digital connectivity, including MADI and AES, MP8d offers extended flexibility. Two WC outputs combined with Antelope’s renowned clocking and a 10 MHz input for atomic clock, ensure that MP8d is ideally suited at the center of any project or high-end studio.

  • Page 6: Features

    ● Palette of digital outputs – MADI, ADAT, AES/EBU, S/PDIF, TOSLINK ● Flexible routing and mixing with extremely low latency custom DSP effects ● Antelope’s renowned 64-bit Acoustically Focused Clocking with Atomic input ● Antelope’s proprietary Oven Controlled Oscillator for supreme clocking stability ●...

  • Page 7: Installation Guide

    USB port on your computer. The guest operating system will recognize the new HID compliant device (MP8d). 2. Download and install the MP8d software control panel from www.antelopeaudio.com/en/ support/downloads This will enable you to control your device from your computer and select all necessary settings.

  • Page 8: Front Panel Explained

    5. Front Panel Explained 1. Power button Toggles standby/operation state. 2. Instrument Inputs (Hi-Z Inputs) Two Instrument Inputs allow you to connect instruments with high output impedance via TRS (¼ ”) connector. Hi-Z inputs are optimized for musical instruments eg. guitar and bass.

  • Page 9: Rear Panel Explained

    Two Word Clock Outputs with BNC connectors. 9. 10M Input This BNC Input Connector allows the MP8d to receive timing reference from an Atomic Clock such as the Antelope 10M, to increase the Oscillator accuracy. The atomic device becomes the primary timing reference, thus providing better sample accuracy, more detailed sound and greater stability.
  • Page 10 15. AES/EBU One AES/EBU for use with compatible equipment. (Use DE-9 connector / DB-9 – breaks down to 4 x XLR connectors. Note: cable not included). 16. D-SUB 25pin TASCAM Analog Output One connector enables you to attach a breakout cable, 8 lines. 17.

  • Page 11: Software Control Panel

    7. Software Control Panel The MP8d software control panel allows you to control all the functionality of its hardware. The universal panel view sits constantly on the upper half of the control panel, allowing for quick access to the most important features.
  • Page 12 7. Options Panel 7.1. Filter control (selects the frequency of the high-pass filter for each individual channel) 7.2. & 7.4. Oscillator 1 and Mute 7.3. & 7.5. Oscillator 2 and Mute 7.6. Oscillator output level 7.7. MADI In S-Mux / MADI Out S-Mux 8.

  • Page 13: Mixer Tab

    Mp8d comes with a software mixer which provides near zero latency mix and monitoring that can be distributed using the control panel. The new Mp8d allows a low latency mix to be distributed to any output. The low latency mixer provides the basic functions of a real mixer such as: Solo, Mute, Pan, Stereo...
  • Page 14 1. Fader (double-click to reset to zero) 2. Fader Level indicator 3. Pan 4. Solo 5. Mute 6. Stereo Link 7. Master Mix Fader 8. Mute Master...

  • Page 15: Afx Tab

    7.3. AFX Tab 1. Frequency Adjust Dials (double-click to return to default) 2. Gain Adjust Dials (double-click to return to default) 3. Q Adjust Dials (double-click to return to default) 4. Frequency Band Analysis Screen 5. Save / Load / Bypass 6.

  • Page 16: Meters Tab

    Compressor 11. Detector 12. Ratio 13. Knee 14. Threshold 15. Release 16. Attack 17. Makeup Gain 18. Compression Meter 19. Compression Curve 7.4. Meters Tab 1. Peak meters display (use the dropdown menu to select the source that you wish to be represented on the display).

  • Page 17: Additional Information

    8. Additional Information Additional information regarding operating systems, audio software and media players will be updated through the support area at www.antelopeaudio.com 9. In the box ● Mp8d Mic Preamp and A/D ● Printed documentation ● Warranty Card ● 1 USB Cable ●...

  • Page 18: Antelope Audio Support Resources

    Hours of Operation: 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (EST) Help Desk A ticketing system ensures a 24-hour response time: www.antelopeaudio.com/en/support/help-desk Please note that the device registration you did for MP8d currently does not automatically transfer to our ticketing system and you have to register again on this webpage.
  • Page 19 Live Chat Connect with a customer support agent directly via the website: http://www.antelopeaudio.com/en/support Click on Antelope Tab on the right-hand side of the webpage Hours of Operation: 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (EST) Support Documents and Software A web resource with all device manuals, datasheets and software: http://www.antelopeaudio.com/en/support/downloads...
  • Page 21 Version 1.0 / 01.07.2015...

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