Apogee's Yamaha Converter Cards Go 96kHz

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The latest Yamaha digital audio products, such as the DM2000 digital production console and the 02R96 digital mixing console and other high-resolution Yamaha systems, now support Apogee's AP8 YGDAI conversion cards at their full sample rate of up to 96 kHz.

Apogee's Yamaha-compatible conversion cards, the AP8-AD A/D card and the AP8-DA D/A card, were built with 96 kHz capability, but until the release of the latest generation of Yamaha digital products, high sample rates were not supported in the host system. Now, Apogee's cards can be used to enhance the conversion performance of the latest Yamaha systems at the sample rates needed for DVD-Audio and other high-density applications.

Existing owners of the Apogee cards can contact Apogee's support department (support@apogeedigital.com) to request a free upgrade EPROM that will provide 96 kHz compatibility with the latest Yamaha systems - products that did not exist when the cards were originally released.

Apogee's AP8 cards are supplied as "full-size" YGDAI cards, suitable for legacy Yamaha equipment such as the 02R. For use in newer systems, which require the smaller "mini-Y" format, the outer rails and built-in extender card are removed and a new front panel (supplied) added, making the cards suitable for products such as the DM2000 and 02R96. The A/D features Apogee's Soft Limit for adding up to 6 dB extra punch to digital signals without distortion. Soft Limit can be selected on a per-channel basis via DIP switches. Operating levels are jumper-selectable, including --14 and --20 dBFS, and --10 dBV.

A special feature is the inclusion on both cards of the patented Apogee Ultra-Low-Jitter Clock, which is used to re-clock all digital clocking signals used by the converters, maximizing the conversion quality and insuring the best possible stereo and surround imaging.

"Apogee's cards mark the convergence of the technologies of two acknowledged leaders in the pro-audio world," noted John Patterson, R&D Specialist at Yamaha.

For more information, visit their web site at www.apogeedigital.com.