Elevate Your Sonics

Want to drastically improve the sonic quality of your recordings? We've got a recommendation for you: the Audient ASP800. An ideal addition to your audio interface, the ASP800 mic preamp/ADC gives you eight channels fitted with Audient's acclaimed console-grade mic preamps. The ASP800 features world-class Burr-Brown converter technology, two JFET DIs, and two Retro channels with Audient's proprietary, cutting-edge tone control circuitry. Just plug in your mics, guitars, keyboards, and drum machines and you're ready to rock. Elevate your studio sonics with the Audient ASP800.

At A Glance

• 8 x Class-A Audient Console Mic Pres
• 2 x Retro Channels with Dual Stage COLOUR Saturation Controls - HMX & IRON
• 2 x Discrete JFET Instrument Inputs
• Pristine 118-dB Burr-Brown A-D Converters
• Balanced Analogue Line Outputs
• ADAT Output for Expandability
• Word Clock Input
• All-Metal Enclosure
• Over £500 worth of plugins and software with ARC

Upgrade Your Sound

The first step to audio excellence

Whether you’re recording drums or simply need more channels, ASP800 is the perfect tool for expanding your existing interface via ADAT. Its flexible and intuitive feature set will transform your current setup into the complete recording rig, perfectly at home recording both acoustic and electronic instruments.

World Class Mic Pres

The professional sound you deserve

We are the only company that use the same Class-A mic pre design throughout our entire product range, whether you’re in the studio with an Audient ASP8024 console or on the road with ASP800, you’re always guaranteed the same world class Audient sound.

Pristine Converter Technology

Brilliance on the inside enables brilliance on the outside

ASP800 provides you with high performance 118-dB AD converters from Burr Brown, the leaders in converter technology. Quality in the analogue stages of our design comes from years of experience as analogue console designers, and when coupled with outstanding converter technology it enables you to hear audio as it’s supposed to sound. The importance of converters should never be underestimated. Experience audio the Audient way.

Retro Channels 1 & 2 feature two unique variable harmonic COLOUR controls per channel - HMX & IRON. Designed to emulate tones often associated with 1960’s tube designs and thoveted transformer zing of British audio in the 1970’s, HMX & IRON will add new dimension to your audio by providing warm, sparkly tones. Better still, you can combine them to get anywhere in between!

 

Plug And Play

Plug in and be inspired

As well as offering you 8 channels of mic pre, ASP800 has two harmonically rich JFET D.I inputs. Designed to replicate the input stage of a classic valve amplifier, you can plug your guitar, bass, keyboard or drum machine and start recording instantly.

Built To Last

Quality deserves protection

The result of years of experience in analogue design combined with a focus on precision and detail, ASP800 packs a powerful feature set in a ergonomic 1RU rack mount. From it’s beautifully crafted hand milled aluminium knobs to its all-metal construction, ASP800 will stand up to countless late nights in the studio and days on the road.

SPECIFICATIONS

MICROPHONE PREAMPLIFIER:

(measured to balanced DB25 analogue outputs)

MIC GAIN:	0 to 70 dB (extra gain stage for more!)
SWITCHABLE PAD:	-15 dB (all channels front panel switchable)
LINE GAIN:	-10 to 60 dB (-25 to 45 dB inc. PAD)
PHANTOM POWER:	48V ±4V @ 10mA / channel
MIC EIN:	< -127.0 dBu
CMRR:	>80 dB @ 100Hz to 2kHz
MAXIMUM INPUT LEVEL:	+20 dBu (+35 dBu with PAD)
INPUT IMPEDANCE (Mic):	>2k Ω balanced (approx. 2.2k Ω)
INPUT IMPEDANCE (Line):	>8k Ω balanced (approx. 8.6k Ω)
FREQUENCY RESPONSE:	±0.5 dB 10Hz to 100kHz @ min. gain
CROSSTALK:	< -90 dBu 10Hz to 10kHz
THD+N @ 0dBu (1kHz):	<0.003% (-90.5 dBu) mostly 3rd harmonic
SNR: >90 dB @ min. gain	>90 dB @ min. gain
XLR COMBI FEMALE:	Pin 2 (Hot), Pin 3 (Cold) & Pin 1 (Shield)
1/4” TRS JACK:	Tip (Hot), Ring (Cold) & Sleeve (Shield)

DISCRETE JFET D.I:

(measured via microphone preamplifier circuitry)

D.I GAIN:	0 dB unity gain (0 to 70 dB)
MAXIMUM INPUT LEVEL:	+17 dBu
INPUT IMPEDANCE (D.I):	1Meg Ω unbalanced
FREQUENCY RESPONSE:	±0.5 dB 10Hz to 50kHz
THD+N @ 0dBu (1kHz):	<0.01% (-80 dBu) mostly 2nd & 3rd
SNR:	>85 dB @ min. gain
1/4” TS JACK:	Tip (Hot) & Sleeve (Shield)

BALANCED ANALOGUE LINE OUTPUTS:

(ground sensing compensation scheme)

8-CHANNEL DB25:25-Pin Tascam Format

MAXIMUM OUTPUT LEVEL:	+22 dBu
OUTPUT IMPEDANCE:	<200Ω ground sensing <100Ω unbalanced

A-D CONVERTER:

(measured under AES-17 sans microphone preamplifiers)

CHIPSET:	Burr-Brown PCM4204 24-bit PCM
DIGITAL REFERENCE LEVEL:	Selectable via Rear Panel 0 dBFS = +18 dBu (iD22 Professional) 0 dBFS = +12 dBu (iD14 Prosumer)
FREQUENCY RESPONSE:	±0.1 dB 20Hz to Fs/2 (Nyquist)
CROSSTALK:
THD+N @ -1 dBFS (1kHz):	0.0015% (-96.5 dB)
THD+N @ -6 dBFS (1kHz):	0.0009% (-101 dB)
DYNAMIC RANGE:	113.5 dB un-weighted 116.0 dB A-weighted
PEAK LED LINEUP:	-2 dBFS (moves with reference level)
SIGNAL LED LINEUP:	-38 dBFS (moves with reference level)

DIGITAL OUTPUT:

ADAT 8 CHANNEL SMUX:	44.1 to 96.0 kHz
CLOCK:	Internal Crystal or External Source
WORDCLOCK INPUT:	75Ω BNC - switchable 75Ω termination

POWER SUPPLY:

LOW NOISE SHIELDED LINEAR PSU FANLESS, QUIET OPERATION:	CUSTOM TRANSFORMERS 35W Maximum Consumption
INTERNAL D.C POWER RAILS:	±15V, +48, +30V & +9V
SWITCHABLE MAINS VOLTAGE:	100, 120, 220 or 230Va.c
FUSE:	200mA (UK) or 315mA (US) Time Delay (T) Slow-Blow Type

WEIGHT:

4.5 kg

DIMENSIONS:

1RU
482mm x 286.5mm x 44mm