SSL Pure Drive Octo

PURE DRIVE OCTO is a testament to SSL's commitment to progressive analogue circuit design. No electro-mechanical components (potentiometers, mechanical switches, relays etc) are used in the critical audio signal path of PURE DRIVE OCTO, increasing product longevity, and allowing impeccable ‘matching’ between all channels – not just a stereo pair. The use of digitally controlled analogue circuits, controlled by detented pots and electronic switches simplifies recall and precision of settings. Each of PURE DRIVE OCTO’s mic pre’s can be independently switched between three distinct DRIVE modes: Clean, Classic Drive, and Asymmetric Drive.

Key Features

• 8 channel high-performance PureDrive™ mic preamps 
• +48V phantom power, polarity invert and 3rd order hi-pass filter
• Stepped Gain control up to +65 dB Gain 
• 31-step Trim control, with precise 1 dB increments – overdrive the signal with the Gain control and then reduce to a suitable level using Trim. 
• 3 modes for each preamp – Clean, Classic Drive and Asymmetric Drive 
• Mic/Line Input Switching 
  • Mic via XLR  
  • Line via choice of TRS Jack or dedicated D-Sub connectivity 

• 4 x front panel Hi-Z/DI Instrument unbalanced inputs with automatic input detection 
• 4 mic preamp input impedance options – explore new tonal possibilities from your dynamic and ribbon microphones

• Balanced analogue outputs/insert sends for external processing 
• +24 dBu professional line level insert returns/ADC inputs 
• Analogue to digital connectivity via ADAT, AES and USB
• Ability to switch ADAT and AES connections to source audio from DAW outputs (USB) instead of the A/D converter 
• USB soundcard mode: OCTO – 8 in / 24 out (@44.1/48 kHz) ; 8 x analogue / 8 AES + 16 ADAT outs
• Stepped pots and digitally controlled analogue electronics for precision, stereo matching and ease of recall 
• Up to 192 kHz and 32-bit conversion, professional I/O levels (+24 dBu = 0 dBFS). 
• Selectable Auto-Sleep mode 
• Auto-ranging Wordclock In and Out