The MARC X is a fully featured DSP powered multi format - multi I/O 24-bit/96kHz PCI audio card giving a great solution for a wide variety of music and audio applications including: SONAR, Project5, Cubase, Nuendo, Logic Audio, Cool Edit Pro, Cool Edit Pro 2, Sound Forge, Wavelab, Samplitude, GigaStudio, Reason, Live and many more.

Plug into the future of Desktop Music and Sound. Now, recording digital audio with 24-bit/96kHz resolution is no longer the exclusive domain of high-end pro studios. The MARC family of Pro Audio cards set a new standard for digital audio performance at these amazingly affordable prices. All of the MARC range of Pro Audio Cards give the sonic clarity and audio headroom required for the most demanding recording sessions so don't limit yourself to transitional, 20-bit technology -- get ready today for the future of high-resolution audio and DVD with 24-bit recording.

All the MARC cards have multi-client drivers with extremely low latencies (down to 2 ms at 96kHz) with ASIO, GSIF and DirectSound, making them especially suitable for time critical applications, such as soft synths (virtual instruments) and samplers like GigaStudio, Project5, Reason, Halion etc.

The MARC X comes with an extensive audio interfaces, including

• 2 channels analogue I/O - expandable to 6 channels with the optional ANX, the Marc X Analog Extender
• 2 channels digital I/O S/PDIF
• 8 channels ADAT I/O
• 2 MIDI I/O

All audio interfaces can be used simultaneously. Additional you can connect analogue and digital audio CD drives internally.

For synchronization purposes the Marc X provides you with these interfaces:

• 1 WordClock/SuperClock Input
• 1 WordClock/SuperClock Output
• MARIAN SyncBus for Clock/Start/Stop synchronization with other MARIAN Sound Systems

The Marc X also has a 32 channel digital mixer - This Mixer, has a software interface but is implemented in the Marc X hardware using a DSP giving fast and flexible operation including: latency free mixing of all input and output channels to three stereo sums This way you can create perfect monitor mixes very quickly and may route this mix to any available output. But of course you can also monitor an input directly at an output - latency free.

Features

• Stereo analogue I/O, 24-bit/96kHz via TRS jacks
• Stereo digital I/O S/PDIF, 24-bit/96kHz via RCA and TOSLINK
• 8-channel digital I/O ADAT, 24-bit/48kHz switchable for TOSLINK
• Internal digital audio CD input
• Internal analogue audio CD input
• 2 MIDI I/O via break out cable
• Hardware based digital mixer, latency free
• Latency free signal monitoring
• WordClock I/O or SuperClock I/O
• SyncBus for synchronization with other MARIAN cards
• Connector optional extension board with 4 analogue I/O’s
• Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, DirectSound, ASIO 2 and GSIF (GigaSampler/Studio (not 2000 or XP)) driver
• Lowest ASIO latencies down to 2ms 

System Requirements

• Windows 95, 98, NT4.0, 2000, ME, or XP
• Pentium III 500Mhz - (96kHz operation), Pentium II 400 - (48kHz operation)
• 128 MB of PC100 RAM - (96kHz operation), 64 MB of SDRAM - (48kHz operation)
• UDMA EIDE or ATA 33/66 HDD
• Other requirements are dependant upon the software you are using. Please refer to the respective manual.
  

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