Avid HD I/O 8x8x8

The Avid HD I/O 8x8x8 has 9 inputs and 5 outputs: 4 × Word Clock, 2 × ADAT, 2 × Balanced Audio, 2 × S/PDIF.

Inputs and outputs

Word Clock (4)

PortDirectionConnector
Word Clock InInBNC
Loop Sync InInBNC
Word Clock OutOutBNC
Loop Sync OutOutBNC

ADAT (2)

PortDirectionConnector
ADAT InInTOSLINK
ADAT OutOutTOSLINK

Balanced Audio (2)

PortDirectionConnector
Analog In 1-8 (DB25)InD-Sub 25
Analog Out 1-8 (DB25)OutD-Sub 25

S/PDIF (2)

PortDirectionConnector
S/PDIF InInRCA
S/PDIF OutOutRCA

AES3 (1)

PortDirectionConnector
AES In/Out 1-8 (DB25)In/outD-Sub 25

Power (1)

PortDirectionConnector
MainsInIEC C13/C14

Other (2)

PortDirectionConnector
DigiLink Mini 1In/out–
DigiLink Mini 2In/out–

Specs

Category
Audio
Rack units
2U

What it connects to

  • Balanced Audio in: 1,158 devices in the library can feed it.
  • Balanced Audio out: 1,152 devices in the library take it as an input.
  • AES3 in: 106 devices in the library can feed it.
  • Power in: 86 devices in the library can feed it.
  • Word Clock out: 75 devices in the library take it as an input.
  • Word Clock in: 65 devices in the library can feed it.

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