The 8D provides four channels of professional AES3 (AES/EBU) digital I/O, plus four channels of standard S/PDIF digital audio I/O, with sample rate conversion on all inputs.

The 8D provides universal connectivity to your Mac or PC through USB or AVB/TSN. Renowned drivers deliver industry-leading ultra-low latency and proven, rock solid performance.

High-performance computer connectivity
New, optimized drivers for both Mac and PC deliver ultra-low latency performance. With a high-performance DAW such as Digital Performer, the 8D delivers an astonishing round trip latency (RTL) of 1.70 ms (milliseconds) on OS X and 1.71 ms on Windows over USB (at 96 kHz with a 32-sample host buffer).

A flexible digital converter, router, and splitter
Send any input to any output, or split to multiple output channels. Convert any format to any other (AES3, S/PDIF, AVB-TSN and USB). Includes routing to and from the computer, plus any devices on the AVB-TSN network.

DSP mixing and effects processing
The 8D's 48-input digital mixer delivers 7 stereo aux busses, 3 groups, access to 64 network inputs, and DSP effects, including classic reverb, EQ modeled after British analog console EQs and compression modeled after the legendary LA-2A compressor. If you know your way around a large-format mixing console, you'll feel right at home. With 32-bit floating point processing, the 8D's DSP engine delivers virtually unlimited headroom and the utmost in sound quality.

Stand-alone operation with wireless control
Connect an Apple® Airport™ or other Wi-Fi router with a standard Ethernet cable for wireless control of device settings, powerful 48-channel mixing and DSP effects.

Web app control
The software that you use to control the 8D doesn't reside on your hard drive. It's a web app served from the hardware itself. This means you can control the 8D's on-board DSP, mixing, and device settings from the web app software running in your favorite web browser on the computer, or even a tablet or smartphone on the same Wi-Fi network as your computer.

MPN: 8D

• Eight channels of digital audio I/O and conversion with SRC: Four channels of professional AES3 (AES/EBU) digital I/O, plus four channels of standard S/PDIF digital audio I/O, with sample rate conversion on all inputs.
  
• Flexible, router, converter and splitter: Send any input to any output, or split to multiple output channels. Convert any format to any other (AES3, S/PDIF, AVB-TSN and USB). Includes routing to and from the computer, plus any devices on the AVB-TSN network.
  
• Stand-alone operation with wireless control: Connect a standard Wi-Fi router with a standard Ethernet cable for wireless control of device settings, routing/splitting, powerful 48-channel mixing and DSP effects.
  
• DSP mixing and effects processing: Flexible 48-input digital mixer with 7 stereo aux busses, 3 stereo groups, access to 32 network inputs, and DSP effects, including reverb, 4-band EQ, gate and compression.
  
• Ultra-low latency and proven, high-performance MOTU drivers: Universal connectivity over high-speed USB 2.0 (3.0 and iOS compatible) and AVB. Renowned drivers deliver industry-leading low latency and rock solid performance.
  
• Comprehensive metering: The full-color LCD lets you view all signal activity at a glance with detailed metering for all I/O. Access hardware settings from a simple and convenient menu.
  
• Convenient headphone monitoring: Assignable front-panel headphone output with volume control allows for monitoring of any stereo channel pair.
  
• Word clock I/O: Standard word clock input and output for resolving to other digital audio gear or house sync.
  
• 32-bit floating point processing: The 8D's mixing and effects DSP engine delivers virtually unlimited headroom and the utmost in sound quality.
  
• Modeled vintage effects processing: Classic reverb. Compression modeled after the legendary LA-2A compressor. EQ modeled after British analog console EQs.
  
• Web app control from any device: Control everything from your favorite web browser on a laptop, tablet and smartphone connected to your local Wi-Fi network.
  
• System expansion: Add a 2nd MOTU AVB-equipped interface with a simple CAT-5e ethernet cable. Connect up to five MOTU interfaces using a MOTU AVB Switch (sold separately).
  
• AVB-TSN audio networking: Build a network with multiple interfaces and computers using standard AVB-TSN switches and network cabling, with ultra-low network latency, even over long cable runs (100 meters point to point). Stream hundreds of audio channels among devices and computers on the network.
  
• Audio analysis tools: includes a full-screen real-time FFT display, spectrogram “waterfall” display, full-featured oscilloscope, X-Y plot and phase analyzer.
  
• AudioDesk: Includes AudioDesk workstation software for Mac and Windows with 24-bit recording, sample-accurate editing and 32-bit mixing and mastering.
  
  Mac System Requirements
  
• 1 GHz Intel-based Mac or faster
  
• 2 GB RAM; 4 GB or more recommended
  
• Mac OS X version 10.8 or later
  
• Available USB 2.0 or 3.0 port
  
• A large hard drive (at least 500 GB for recording)
  
  Windows System Requirements
  
• 1 GHz Pentium-based PC compatible or faster
  
• 2 GB RAM; 4 GB or more recommended
  
• Windows 7, 8 or 10
  
• Available USB 2.0 or 3.0 port
  
• A large hard drive (at least 500 GB for recording)
  
  Web App Support
  
• Any web client platform: Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android
  
• Any web browser: Safari, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Explorer, etc.
  
  Included Software
  
• MOTU Discovery App for Mac & Windows (finds connected MOTU interfaces)
  
• MOTU Discovery App for iOS (available from Apple App Store)
  
• MOTU Control web app (served from the hardware itself)
  
• AudioDesk 4.0 for Mac & Windows (separate download)
  
  Operating Systems
  
• For computer audio I/O: Mac OS X 10.8 or later; Windows 7 or later
  
• For web app control: Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android