Providing up to 16 play streams that are mixed to 4 (ASI6514) or 8 (ASI6518) balanced stereo outputs and up to 2 record streams fed from one balanced stereo input, the ASI6514 and ASI6518 feature AudioScience’s unique “anything to anywhere” mixing and routing.

The ASI6514 and ASI6518 provides both balanced analog and AES/EBU inputs and outputs. The maximum analog input and output level is +24dBu.

A choice of uncompressed PCM, MPEG layer 2 and MP3 is available for both recording and playback. All compression is handled by an on-board floating point DSP, allowing the host computer to focus on other tasks.

ASI6514 and ASI6518 functionality includes MRX™ multi-rate mixing technology which allows streams of different sample-rates and formats to be mixed digitally. TSX™ time scaling allows compression/expansion of any or all playback streams in real time with no change in pitch. For emerging surround sound applications, SSX™ mode allows multichannel streams of up to 8 channels to be played and mixed.

FEATURES

• 4/12 mono/stereo streams of playback into 4 stereo outputs (ASI6514)

• 8/16 mono/stereo streams of playback into 8 stereo outputs (ASI6518)

• 1/2 mono/stereo streams of record from 1 stereo input

• PCM, MPEG-L2 and MP3 formats with sample rates to 96kHz.

• MRX™ technology supports mixing of multiple formats and sample rates

• TSX™ time scaling by up to +/-20%

• SSX™ mode for multichannel playback and mixing

• Balanced stereo analog I/O with levels to +24dBu.

• 24bit ADC and DAC with 110dB SNR and 0.0015% THD+N

• AES/EBU I/O with sample rate converters on all inputs

• Dedicated AES/EBU and Word clock Sync input

• SoundGuard™ transient voltage suppression on all I/O

• Short length PCI card format (6.6 inches/168mm)

• Up to 4 cards in one system

• Windows 2000, XP and Linux software drivers available