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USB Audio Interface & 8-Slot 500 Series Rack

Build Your Own Audio Interface

500R8 is a 28in/30out USB audio interface with a difference... It's a complete hybrid-mixing studio-in-a-box that you can customise with any 500 series module on the market to create your very own audio interface.

The Best Of Analogue
Configure 500R8 to suit your desired analogue flavour. Fill it full of vintage-style 500 series preamps when you're recording drums, clean and detailed preamps when you're recording classical, or EQ, Compressor, and saturation modules when it's time for mixing. With 1000s of modules out there to choose from, the choices are unlimited! 
The Best Of Digital
500R8 effortlessly connects to your PC/Mac as a 28in/30out USB audio interface ready for recording and playback. With reference-class AD/DA conversion and superior internal clocking, 500R8 effortlessly passes audio between analogue and digital worlds with precise details and without digital artefacts that colour and degrade your recordings. 

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An Audio Interface Customised by you

Using the 500 series format, you can fully-customise the sound of 500R8 to match your needs. 500 series modules are a standard used and adopted by the biggest names in audio including API, Neve, and SSL - so you have literally thousands of different analogue preamps, EQ's, compressors, tape saturators and more that you can purchase and install into any 500R8!

There are 8 slots on 500R8 that you can fill with a collection of your signature sounds! 8 preamps? 8 EQ's? A mixture of everything? - it's up to you!

Learn more about the 500 series format from our friends at Sweetwater!

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A Complete Hybrid Studio - In One box

Record Through Your Choice Of Preamp

Load 500R8 with your favourite selection of mic preamps and you are ready to record! Chose preamps based on what you like the sound of. Love that classic 'console' vibe? 500R8 helps you achieve it - simply load-in the modules you want and hit record!

Insert Analogue Hardware Directly Into Your Mix

When it's time to mix, you can send audio out from your DAW and into your modules for processing and to impart that unmistakable analogue sound straight into your mix session as Hardware Inserts. Send vocals out to your favourite compressor, send Drums out to an analogue bus comp - use your modules directly in your DAW!

Sum Your Mix In Analogue

Consoles have a sound - theres no doubt about it! With 500R8 you have your very own mini-console on your desktop! Send out audio from your DAW, into the 500 series slots, apply the processing you want for your stems, mix and sum the stems together using the built-in summing mixer, and record the summed, stereo mix back into your DAW all in one move - just like a big studio console!

Integrate 500 Series and More

Get creative with guitar pedals, external reverb, guitar amps, and more. 500R8 has an abundance of connectivity including insert points, Aux busses, and Aux inputs enabling you to integrate any piece of hardware in your studio directly onto your DAW session. Try saturating that Bass guitar with a guitar overdrive using 500R8's insert points - it can lead to amazing sounds and a lot of fun!

Reviews

"...500R8 measures extremely well... easily on a par with the best standard USB interfaces currently on the market."

"it’s a top-notch audio interface, a capable 500-series host chassis, an expandable analogue summing mixer, and more besides”

"...they have a right to be very proud of this flagship product."

"The bottom line is that this melting-pot of an interface is a genuine triumph"

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Sound On Sound

"...it truly is a very well thought out mini-studio that packs a ton of punch has loads of versatility and expandability"

"Every "studio-head" friend that comes by and sees the unit is immediately intrigued and impressed by its sonic, form factor, and capabilities"

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Tape Op

"...this is one impressive piece of kit"

"Despite such broad functionality it's surprisingly user-friendly and intuitive, not to mention reasonably priced."

"...the sound quality is stellar...Cranborne Audio did a great job of designing its feature set that's both practical and comprehensive"

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Why 500R8?

Plug-ins sound great, there is no denying it. But why do most major recording studios have an abundance of analogue gear alongside their Pro Tools rig??

These studio are what we call hybrid studios and they feature a mixture of both analogue AND digital processing. They use plug-ins for precise and surgical mixing moves, and they use analogue gear for the vibe, soul, and core tone of the mix.

Hybrid studios are complex beasts. They have complicated wiring, they take up space, they require different gear from different manufacturers, and they cost a lot of money!

With 500R8, you can get all of the essentials of a hybrid studio with just one box without the complexity. 

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Learn More About 500R8

Theres a lot to take in with 500R8! A world of analogue/digital hybrid mixing awaits - clock below to find out more!

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