James Ivey puts the Ferrofish A32 Dante through its paces for Pro Tools Expert
Pro Tools Expert’s James Ivey has given us his thoughts on the Ferrofish A32 Dante, the 32-in / 32-out AD/DA converter with MADI and Dante from German manufacturer Ferrofish.
As opposed to the usual bench-test review, James took the A32 Dante out on a recording job for his company Location Recordings, which specialises in location sound and video recordings of live music, putting the Ferrofish to task on recording, monitoring and signal routing for a recording of the Nation Children’s Choir of Great Britain at the Town Hall in Birmingham.
“I can see hundreds of uses for the A32 both live and in the studio.”
Along with the sound quality, of which James found that “the audio that went in came back out sounding just as good”, he was also particularly impressed with how easy the A32 Dante is to operate. The A32 Dante’s front panel is intuitive and simple to operate, and the 4x TFT displays show level metering for all 64 channels simultaneously.
And like many other reviewers, James found the menu system very easy to get to grips with, writing “With any piece of kit, there can be a learning curve to its menus and file structure, but I was very quickly able to navigate the menus and sub-menus to get the unit configured and clocked correctly.”
“If you need audio conversion and signal spitting,
this unit is worth a serious look.”
James also found the on-board headphone output came in handy, which is useful for problem-solving as it allows for monitoring of all incoming and outgoing audio signals individually, making it super-easy to troubleshoot even when working with a high number of channels.
“I have used many different analogue splitters and converters with differing results,
but the Ferrofish A32 Dante is a unit I will call on again.”
Read the Pro Tools Expert review of the Ferrofish A32 Dante here
Ferrofish A32 Dante – 64 channel converter with ADAT, MADI & Dante
The Ferrofish A32 Dante is a 64-channel analogue and digital audio converter from Ferrofish Gmbh, with support for 64 channels of MADI and Dante I/O; 32 channels of ADAT optical I/O; and 32 channels of analogue I/O.
The four on-board TFT screens provide complete control of all levels and adjustments, including the device’s extensive routing capabilities. Any input signal (in groups of 8) can be routed to any output signal, and the dual-redundant power supplies provide an additional level of failsafe. The on-board headphone amplifier adds monitoring capabilities direct from the device.
The A32 Dante also features impressive remote control operation via Dante, MIDI, and USB. Remote operation via MIDI over MADI is also possible, providing remote control of the A32 Dante via the same MADI cable that carries the audio signal.
Read the Pro Tools Expert review of the Ferrofish A32 Dante here
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