The PURE DRIVE OCTO harnesses Solid State Logic's renowned SuperAnalogue PureDrive™ microphone preamp technology, originally featured in the ORIGIN console. This advanced unit introduces a new DRIVE mode, comprehensive connectivity, and state-of-the-art digital conversion, all within a compact 8-channel 2U rackmount format. The ORIGIN recording console, a contemporary-classic from SSL, first introduced the groundbreaking PureDrive™ microphone preamplifier. This innovative preamp maintains the clarity and punch of SSL's previous designs while also offering the flexibility to switch its character to a warm, harmonically rich, and driven tone that varies with gain.

• 8 channel high-performance PureDrive™ mic preamps 
• +48V phantom power, polarity invert and 3rd order hi-pass filter
• Stepped Gain control up to +65 dB Gain 
• 31-step Trim control, with precise 1 dB increments – overdrive the signal with the Gain control and then reduce to a suitable level using Trim. 
• 3 modes for each preamp – Clean, Classic Drive and Asymmetric Drive 
• Mic/Line Input Switching 
  • Mic via XLR  
  • Line via choice of TRS Jack or dedicated D-Sub connectivity 

• 4 x front panel Hi-Z/DI Instrument unbalanced inputs with automatic input detection 
• 4 mic preamp input impedance options – explore new tonal possibilities from your dynamic and ribbon microphones

• Balanced analogue outputs/insert sends for external processing 
• +24 dBu professional line level insert returns/ADC inputs 
• Analogue to digital connectivity via ADAT, AES and USB
• Ability to switch ADAT and AES connections to source audio from DAW outputs (USB) instead of the A/D converter 
• USB soundcard mode: OCTO – 8 in / 24 out (@44.1/48 kHz) ; 8 x analogue / 8 AES + 16 ADAT outs
• Stepped pots and digitally controlled analogue electronics for precision, stereo matching and ease of recall 
• Up to 192 kHz and 32-bit conversion, professional I/O levels (+24 dBu = 0 dBFS). 
• Selectable Auto-Sleep mode 
• Auto-ranging Wordclock In and Out