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SSL MadiXtreme MADI PCIe Soundcard

MadiXtreme

Handy 64 or 128 Channel MADI I/O Interface for PC’s or Macs

Designed primarily for use in Music and Audio Post production, MadiXtreme offers a simple elegant solution to Integrators with a requirement to deliver high channel count digital audio from a MADI based routing infrastructure or console to a DAW recorder. MadiXtreme is a PCIe audio card for Mac and PC and is available in 64 Channel (single head) or 128 Channel (dual head) versions. Featuring our revolutionary PCIe-Core Audio Pipeline technology, MadiXtreme is one of the first audio devices to take full advantage of the high speeds and incredible bandwidth offered by the PCIe bus on modern computers. MadiXtreme features true multi client drivers which are compatible with all leading DAW applications and can be connected to any MADI equipped device including Consoles, Routers and SSL’s Alpha-Link audio converters.

MadiXtreme 64

  • PCIe half-length card, single-lane PCIe v1.1-3.0
  • 1x MADI I/O (optical)
  • Channel count: 56/64 Ch@44.1/48k, 28/32 Ch@88.2/96k, 14/16 Ch@176.4/192k
  • 1x Wordclock Connector (Software controlled as Input or Output)

MadiXtreme 128

  • PCIe half-length card, single-lane PCIe v1.1-3.0
  • 2x MADI I/O (optical)
  • Channel count: 112/128Ch@44.1/48k, 56/64Ch@88.2/96k, 28/32 Ch@176.4/192k
  • 1x Wordclock Connector (Software controlled as Input or Output)

Support for virtually any application

MadiXtreme supports a huge variety of applications through its legendary SSL Soundscape Family Drivers. The drivers are fully multi-client capable (allowing several applications to simultaneously access the device) and allow seamless multi-card configurations (up to 6 Cards per System if enough PCIe Slots are available).

Windows 32 Bit (XP, Vista 32 Bit and Windows 7 32-Bit): ASIO 2, WDM, MME, GSIF2, DWave)
Windows 64-Bit (Vista 64 Bit and Windows 7 64 Bit): ASIO 32, ASIO 64, SS V6 (currently no WDM64 support)
Mac OS: OS X (10.4): Core Audio. Please use V.1 Drivers
Mac OS: OS X (10.5): Core Audio
Mac OS: OS X (10.6): Core Audio in 32 and 64 Bit Kernel Mode
Mac OS: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard): G5 or Intel Mac with one free PCIe Slot


Minimum System Requirements

Windows: Windows XP (SP2) or Vista (32 or 64 Bit) or Windows 7 (32 or 64 Bit): Intel or AMD Configuration with one free PCIe Slot
Mac OS: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) G5/Intel with V1.1, Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Intel Mac with one free PCIe Slot

Note: PCIe (PCI Express) is not compatible with PCI or PCI-X


Want to use MadiXtreme with your laptop?

If you are looking for a high channel count professional I/O solution for your laptop you can use our MadiXtreme card with a PCI Express expansion chassis. There are several available, and we are not offering any kind of certification here... but a good example is this one from Magma;

http://www.magma.com/expressbox1.asp