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Burl Audio B80 Mothership 3 Chassis with BP300 PSU, BMB4 SoundGrid Motherboard

Name: Burl Audio B80 Mothership 3 Chassis with BP300 PSU, BMB4 SoundGrid Motherboard
SKU: BUR-B80-BMB4
Price: 4998.00 AUD

$4,998.00

Vertical 10-slot 4U modular converter chassis that supports up to 80 channels of D/A or 40 channels of A/D conversion. It includes a dedicated 1U power supply for high-headroom, low-noise performance and offers tape-machine-like tone control through gain staging. Designed for custom configurations and featuring a BMB4 Waves SoundGrid Motherboard, the B80 delivers Burl’s renowned analog sound with precise digital conversion.

*Note: The Burl Audio B80 is an empty chassis specifically for use with Burl Audio converter modules, and does not support 500 Series modules.

SKU: BUR-B80-BMB4 Categories: A/D + D/A Converters, ACCESSORIES, COMPUTER MUSIC, OUTBOARD, Outboard Accessories & Options

Description

Burl Audio B80 Mothership 3 Chassis with BP300 PSU, BMB4 SoundGrid Motherboard

OVERVIEW

The Burl Audio B80 Mothership empty vertical converter chassis offers a modular approach to digital conversion, allowing you to create a customized converter system with up to 80 channels of D/A or 40 channels of A/D conversion. This 4U, 10-slot chassis accepts a variety of Burl A/D and D/A converter cards, making it versatile for different studio configurations. It includes a 1U power supply, delivering robust power for high-headroom, low-noise operation. Burl Audio converters are celebrated for their tape-machine-like response to signal levels, enabling tone control through precise gain staging. The B80 Mothership provides a top-tier analog front end with detailed and dynamic digital conversion, embodying Burl’s signature sound quality.

The B80 MOTHERSHIP revolutionizes pro audio, bridging the gap between analog warmth and digital precision, making it the perfect solution for music, live sound, broadcast, or film production.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

Modular Flexibility

The Burl Audio B80 Mothership allows you to experience analog warmth on every channel. Thanks to its modular design, you can configure the chassis with any combination of 2-, 4-, or 8-channel converter modules, offering a wide range of I/O options. Even if 80 channels of conversion aren’t currently needed, the B80 provides room for future expansion with new module options, further enhancing its functionality in the studio.

Robust Power Supply

The B80 Mothership features a dedicated 1U power supply, essential for high-headroom performance and virtually noise-free signal quality. This robust power supply ensures stable, ample power, a key factor in achieving optimal audio quality and performance from the converter modules.

Innovative Converter Design, Outstanding Audio Performance

Burl Audio’s A/D and D/A converters deliver a sound reminiscent of an analog tape machine’s front end, allowing you to shape tone by adjusting signal levels. These converters combine world-class analog warmth with precise, detailed digital conversion. Each A/D channel is transformer-balanced, creating richer, more saturated tones as signal levels increase. Burl converters capture the nuances of analog gear while offering the precision of modern digital technology.

BMB4 SoundGrid Motherboard for Adaptable Configuration

The BMB4 Motherboard provides an Ethernet port supporting 64 I/O channels of Waves SoundGrid connectivity, an advanced Audio-over-Ethernet networking and processing technology developed by Waves. SoundGrid enables extremely low-latency, high-channel-count audio processing over 1 Gbps Ethernet networks, utilizing standard Intel CPUs. This versatile system is ideal for studio, live sound, and other real-time professional audio applications, as it performs real-time processing on Intel-based plugin servers running a customized Waves real-time Linux OS.

Waves SoundGrid is a robust and proven technology within the audio-over-IP domain, known for its remarkably low latency. With the BMB4 installed, you can configure various I/O setups. For instance, a configuration with six BAD8s and four BDA8s offers 48×32 I/O, while a setup with two BAD8s and eight BDA8s provides 16×64 I/O. Thanks to the flexibility of the Mothership, I/O possibilities are virtually limitless, allowing you to tailor your system to meet specific project needs.

Connectivity

1 x SoundGrid Ethernet port
64-channel IO at 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz
1 x BNC Word Clock input
2 x BNC Word Clock outputs

FEATURES

10-slot chassis for Burl Audio converter modules
BMB4 (Waves SoundGrid) motherboard included
Robust 4U main chassis with additional 1U for its dedicated BP300 power supply
Modular format with a host of analog and digital cards allows you to create your own custom converter configuration
All slots accept AD/DA, AES and BCLK