Description
THE LATEST GENERATION MULTI-CHANNEL LOW PROFILE PCIE SOUND CARD
ALP442e
Universally acclaimed, unchanged Digigram features are still up to meet your challenges. Your favorite trusted PCX and VX cards essentials still fuel the new Digigram ALP-X range.
Same quality, same high standards. A new technology core for this new cards range will push back the limits, offer enhanced performances, and simplify users’ daily routines with ALP-X sound cards.
ALP442e is a versatile multichannel PCIe sound card for professional PC-based audio systems running under Windows and Linux environments. With its reliability, stability, and compact low-profile design, ALP442e is ideally suited for mission-critical applications in the broadcast, industrial, and military markets. This card is ready for any challenge. It offers four balanced analog line inputs plus two stereo AES3 inputs, four balanced analog outputs plus two AES3 outputs, and 8 GPIs / 8 GPOs.
The onboard zero latency mixer features 16 I/O channels (4 analogs, 4 AES3, 8 software play/record). Each of the 16 output channels has its own mix from the 16 inputs.
- For Windows and Linux
- Iconic Rock-solid & life-long
- Pristine Digigram sound quality
- Multi-applications
- Hiccup free reliability
Benefits
- Outstanding audio quality and performance
- Made for regular application or custom design with help of Digigram control API
- Rock-solid, life-long, hiccup free reliability
- Fits in any type of PC / workstation / server with a PCIe slot
- Drivers evolve with Windows and Linux updates
Specifications
FORMAT
- Dimensions
- L: 168 mm x H: 69 mm x l: 20 mm L: 6.6 inch; H: 2.7 inch; l: 0.8 inch
- Form Factor
- Low profile (standard and low profile brackets included)
- Expansion Bus
- PCI Express TM (PCIe TM) x1 (x2, x4, x8, x16 compatible)
DRIVERS
- Supported OS
- Windows 10 (from version 20H2)
- Linux (from Linux Kernel 4.9)
- Drivers
- Windows: Asio, Wasapi/DirectSound
- Linux: Alsa, Libgpiod
- One Driver Package
- Multi-application and multi-card API available
HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS
INPUTS
- Analog
- 4 Balanced line inputs
- A/D Converter: 24 bits / 192 kHz
- Max level / Impedance: +24 dBu / >10 kOhms
- Adjustable analog gain: from -88 dB to +39 dB, in 0.5 dB steps
- Adjustable digital gain: from -90 dB to +12 dB in 0.1 dB steps
- Digital
- 1 stereo AES3 input
- Adjustable digital gain: from -90 dB to +12 dB, in 0.1 dB steps
- Sample rate (kHz): 32, 44.1, 48, 64, 88.2, 96, 128, 176.4, 192
- Hardware Sample Rate Converter frequency ratio: from 1:8 to 7,5:1
- Other
- 1 AES11 synchronization input
- 1 Word Clock synchronization input
- 8 dry contact GPIs
OUTPUTS
- Analog
- 4 servo-balanced line outputs
- D/A Converter: 24 bits / 192 kHz
- Max level / Impedance: +24 dBu / <100 Ohms
- Adjustable digital gain: from -90 dB to +12 dB, in 0.1 dB steps
- Digital
- 2 stereo AES3 output
- Adjustable output gain: from -90 dB to +12 dB, in 0.1 dB steps
- Sample rate (kHz): 32, 44.1, 48, 64, 88.2, 96, 128, 176.4, 192
- Other
- 8 relay GPOs (0.5 A, 48 VCC)
- 1 Word Clock output
ANALOG AUDIO PERFORMANCES
- Frequency response
- @48 kHz: 20 Hz – 20 kHz
- Inputs : +/- 0.83 dB
- Outputs : +/- 0.57 dB
- SNR
- Inputs
- A-Weighted: >115 dBA
- Unweighted: >112 dB
- Outputs
- A-Weighted: >109 dBA
- Unweighted: >106 dB
- THD + Noise (@22 dBu/1 kHz)
- Inputs: <-96 dB @24 dBu (1 kHz)
- Outputs: <-96 dB @24 dBu (1 kHz)
- Crosstalk
- Inputs
- 128 dB @1 kHz / -107 dB @15 kHz
- Outputs
- -127 dB @1 kHz / -112 dB @15 kHz
- Channel phase
- Inputs: < 0.01° @1 kHz
- Outputs: < 0,02° @ 1kHz
SAMPLE FORMAT
- PCM (8, 16, 24, 32 and 32 float bits), Float IEEE754
CABLE & CONNECTORS SPECIFICATIONS
- Breakout cable for analog I/Os
- Length 1 m, XLR connectors
- Breakout cables for digital I/Os
- Length: 1 m
- XLR for I/Os and AES11 sync input
- BNCs for Word clock I/O
- 2 x D-Sub 25 for GPIs and GPO
SYNCHRONIZATION SOURCES
- Internal clock (kHz)
- 11.025, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48, 64, 88.2, 96, 128, 176.4, 192
- AES11 (kHz)
- 32, 44.1, 48, 64, 88.2, 96, 128, 176.4, 192
- Word Clock input (kHz)
- 32, 44.1, 48, 64, 88.2, 96, 128, 176.4, 192
- Intercard clock* (possibility to connect up to 8 ALP-X cards
- linked with an inter-board sync cable)
