Midas XL48 microphone preamp

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Midas XL48 microphone preamp
Product no: 9000-0015-2492 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 10-year warranty.

General

Midas are known for their high-quality, professional mixers and the legendary Midas XL4 microphone preamp. This XL48 boasts eight superior preamps, and each of the eight channels has its own phantom power, high-pass and low-pass filters, a -20 dB pad switch, polarity change, and an LED indicator. All inputs are equipped with Neutrik XLR connectors which double as D-sub connections. What's more, the Midas XL48 has both analogue and digital outputs. You'll be giving your mix the Midas touch when you use the XL48 as the standard input for your DAW!

Specifications

Product features

19-inch rack size	1U
Number of channels	8
Digital output	yes
Sustainable product	not specified
Energy source	AC
Phantom power	yes
Phase reverse	yes
Headphone output	no
Built-in compressor	no
Built-in equaliser	no
Built-in limiter	no
Connection sockets	none
Analogue audio input type	balanced line in (DB25), microphone input (XLR)
Analogue audio output type	balanced line out (DB25)
Equipped with tube	no

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	6,7 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	57,0 x 44,0 x 19,0 cm

Product specifications

8-channel microphone preamplifier
preamps: 8x Midas XL4
19-inch: 1U
fully analogue high-pass and low-pass filters
individual 48V phantom power per channel
individual -20 dB pad per channel
8-segment LED meter per channel
Midas XL8 low-latency 96 kHz 24-bit A/D converters
supports: 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz and 96 kHz sampling frequencies
ultra-low jitter (1ppm) clock oscillator with external wordclock options
parallel, balanced XLR inputs and 25 W D-sub inputs
fully-buffered 25 W D-sub outputs
double AES3 25 W D-sub output connectors
double TOSLINK optical outputs
maximum input capacity: mic/line + 11 dBu (+ pad, +31 dBu)
CMR @ 1kHz: mic (gain + 40 dB)>80 dB, mic + pad (gain + 40 dB)>70 dB
noise: mic EIN @ 60 dB gain -128 dBu, mic EIN @ 40 dB gain -125 dBu
output noise @ minimum gain: -95 dBu
frequency response: 20 Hz - 20 kHz, +0 to -1 dB
distortion @ 1kHz to output (0dB) 0.03%
crosstalk @ 1kHz channel to channel < -90 dB
maximum output capacity:
line outputs +21 dBu
digital output: sampling frequency 96, 88.2, 48 or 44.1 kHz, bit-rate 24-bit >110 dB