Solid State Logic, a manufacturer of analogue and digital audio consoles and provider of creative tools for film, audio, video and broadcast professionals, is pleased to announce that two XLogic Delta Link MADI HD units and two MADI/OPTI-COAX Converters played a key equipment linkage role for the Clive Davis Grammy party held February 9, 2008 at the Beverly Hilton. Advanced Audio Rentals provided the systems for use by Recording and Broadcast engineer Gustavo Borner, who mixed the show for MSN Music’s live webcast of the party’s performances, which included the Foo Fighters and Alicia Keys.

“The SSL Delta Link system was used with a Digico D-5 Front of House console to provide over 112 channels of Pro Tools playback/recording as well as a live mix feed to the MSN Music webcast of the Clive Davis Grammy party,” says Paul Levy, owner of Advanced Audio Rentals. “The SSL units provided seamless and reliable transfer of digital audio between MADI capable audio components, while significantly reducing the amount of rack gear and cabling needed to make all necessary connections. Reliability and ease of setup and use is critical during a live performance/simulcast such as this."  

Delicate Productions of Camarillo, CA, was the sound company contracted for the Clive Davis event. Borner said, “The whole thing worked flawlessly and was transparent, thanks in large part to the SSL equipment. I understand from MSN Music producer Michael Murphy that the MSN Music website received over 14 million web hits before the Grammy show on Sunday. That’s quite amazing.”

The XLogic Delta Link MADI HD is a professional MADI Converter for Studio, Live and Broadcast Applications. Delta Link MADI HD facilitates direct interconnectivity between Digidesign ProTools|HD systems and MADI enabled audio equipment. With XLogic Delta Link MADI HD Multichannel Audio Digital Interface based audio equipment like routers, digital mixing consoles and converters can now be directly interfaced with ProTools|HD, providing simplified interconnectivity, significant cost reductions and eliminating the need for complicated format conversion workarounds.

The SSL MADI Opti-Coax is a handy format converter box designed to convert up to 64 audio channels bi-directionally (64 IN & 64 OUT) between the MADI Optical and MADI Coaxial formats. Its front panel is equipped with one set of MADI Coaxial input & output connectors and one set of MADI BNC input & output connectors. The rear panel features a two-pin connector for the internal power supply.

Conversion takes place in real time with no latency and no audio degradation. In addition to simple format conversion MADI Opti Coax can be used to extend cable distance coverage from 50m for the MADI Coax format to 2km for the MADI Optical format. MADI Opti-Coax is housed within a rugged all metal case and is extremely simple to use.

MADI (Multi-channel Audio Digital Interface) is an established standardized audio format that can carry up to 64 channels of audio in a single cable connection. MADI is available in two different cable/connection formats: MADI Optical (Optical Fibre cable with SC type connectors) or MADI Coaxial (Coax cable with BNC connectors).