Audio professionals looking for a mixing console with large-frame capabilities in a small form factor will be thrilled with the Audient ASP4816-SE, a standard-edition, in-line, full-analog, recording, and mixing console that provides everything you'd expect from a large-format recording console, but in a space-friendly footprint. Built from the ground up, the console was designed by David Dearden and features his legendary analog circuitry. The ASP4816-SE is the perfect centerpiece of any production studio.
- 16 Audient mic preamps
- 40 faders
- 48 inputs at mix
- 16 record buses
- 8 subgroups
- 42 inputs
- 6 aux bus, 2 cue sends
- In-line architecture—twin inputs on each channel
- 4 stereo monitor outputs
- Advanced monitor control
- 4-band splitable EQ
- Stereo VCA mix bus compressor
- Footswitch for talkback control
- Designed to deliver ultralow noise and low distortion with a touch of classic analog warmth, ASP4816-SE’s 16 discrete hybrid Class-A preamps are ready to handle any microphone, instrument, or source you can throw at it.
- With a flexible topology, offering up to 60 dB of gain and an incredibly wide bandwidth, ensuring your transient detail is accurately preserved in stunning resolution, the Audient preamp gives you a versatile and flexible solution ready for any session.
- Character: clean, punchy with a touch of warmth
- Wide bandwidth: preserves your audios transient detail
- Flexible topology: optimized gain range 0 to 70 dB gain
- Low noise floor: 30,000 times quieter than the signal level
- Circuitry: discrete Class-A high-grade op-amp design
- Transformerless: RF immune input stage for detailed resolution
- Often likened to classic analog boards from the 80s, the Audient mix bus compressor does far more than just control levels, it adds weight, depth, and warmth to your mix as well as helping to glue your production together for a more polished result.
- Featuring adjustable ratio and threshold controls, auto-release settings, and a gain reduction meter, the Audient mix bus compressor is more than equipped for adding those final touches to any production.
- The massively flexible Dearden designed EQ offers two fully parametric bands that span from 40 Hz to 20 kHz, are adjustable from -15 dB to 15 dB and offer an adjustable Q control. These are flanked by low- and high-shelving EQ bands with the ability to engage the ‘Air’ button for that often-needed finishing sheen.
Splitable
- The EQ can also be split across both the short and long faders, meaning you can EQ both your mic inputs and DAW returns at the same time, making it incredibly easy to start building your mix from the moment you start recording.
- The ASP4816-SE features an astounding amount of connectivity for such a compact frame size. With 48 channels, over 40 insert points, 8 sends, and 8 groups available on mixdown, the ASP4816-SE will handle the most comprehensive of mixing and tracking tasks.
- And with so many sends, buses, and inserts available, when partnered with a suitable patchbay, the ASP4816-SE offers an incredible number of routing options for creative bouncing, summing, and parallel processing all with none of the problematic phase and latency issues that digital systems can have.
- The ASP4816-SE makes signal flow a breeze with flexible routing, one knob per function, no menus or hidden features, and no need to worry about latency—making working on the console fast, intuitive, and most importantly, fun.
- The console’s in-line architecture will let you start building your mix as you’re tracking. By using the long and short faders, you can create separate record and monitor paths on one channel strip, all while being able access the consoles splitable EQ and aux sends, ideal for getting it right from the start.
- 4 stereo monitor outputs
- Main mix 3 stereo sources
- 2 foldback outputs
- Mono summing
- Talkback functionality
Audient ASP4816 Specs
Number of Analog Input Channels | 42 |
Number of Mic Preamps | 16 |
Analog Output Channels | 16 x Mono Tape/Record Output 8 x Mono Bus/Subgroup Output 4 x Stereo Control Room/Monitor Output |
Max I/O Capacity | 42 x Input / 32 x Output |
Mix Routing | 8 x Mono Aux Send per Aux Bus/Subgroup 4 x Stereo Aux Return |
Faders | 32 x Channel Fader 8 x Bus/Subgroup Fader 1 x Master Fader |
Meters | Channel Meter: 16 x 20-Segment LED Main Meter: 2 x Multi-Segment LED |
Meter Range | -30 dB to 18 dB Peak/Clip |
Meter Calibration | 0 VU on Meter = 4 dBu at Main Output |
Gain/Trim Range | Mic: 6 dB to 60 dB Line: -14 dB to 40 dB |
Input Polarity | Normal/Reverse |
Dynamic Processing | None |
Compressor Parameters | Bus: Threshold: -20 to 20 dB Ratio: 1:1 to 10:1 Attack: .1 ms to 30 ms Release: .1 ms to 2.4 sec Makeup Gain: 0 to 40 dB |
EQ | Input Channels: 4-Band EQ (Mono Channels) |
EQ Parameters | Mono Channels: High: ±15 dB at 10 kHz to 18 kHz (Shelving) Low: ±15 dB at 50 Hz to 100 Hz (Shelving) Hi-Mid: ±15 dB at 450 Hz to 20 kHz, 3.8 to 0.65 Q (Parametric) Lo-Mid: ±15 dB at 50 Hz to 1.5 kHz, 3.8 to 0.65 Q (Parametric) |
Graphic EQ | None |
Filters | Input Channels: 16 x High-Pass |
Solo/Mute | Solo-in-Place/AFL, Mute, PFL per Input Channel, Bus |
Built-In Effects | None |
Headroom | 14 dB |
Frequency Response | 20 Hz to 20 kHz 0/-3 dB |
Max Input Level | Mic Input: 21 dBu at Min Gain (Balanced) Line Input: 30 dBu at Min Gain (Balanced) Insert Return: 21 dBu (Balanced) |
Output Level | Aux/Main/Subgroup Output: 126 dBu at Max Gain (Balanced, 2 Kilohms) Aux/Insert Send: 120 dBu at Max Gain (Balanced, 2 Kilohms) |
Crosstalk | Mix/Bus Assign, Channel Fader Off: > 90 dB at 1 kHz |
CMRR | Mic Input: 70 dB (Minimum Gain) 75 dB at Max Gain |
THD N | Mic/Line Input to Main Output: < 0.005% |
Analog Inputs | 16 x XLR 3-Pin Balanced Mic Input 16 x 1/4" TRS Balanced/Unbalanced Line Input 6 x XLR 3-Pin Balanced Stereo Playback Input (3 Stereo Pairs) 32 x 1/4" TRS Insert Return |
Analog Outputs | 3 x XLR 3-Pin Balanced Stereo Main Output (3 Stereo Pairs) 2 x 1/4" TRS Balanced Stereo Mix Send (2 Stereo Pairs) 32 x 1/4" TRS Insert Send 3 x DB-25 25-Pin Balanced Subgroup Output |
Phantom Power | 48 V, Selectable On/Off |
Digital I/O | None |
Bluetooth | None |
AC Input Power | 90 to 264 VAC, 50 / 60 Hz |
AC Power I/O | 1 x IEC Input |
Power Consumption | 200 VA |
Rack Mountable | No |
Dimensions | 42.9 x 13.2 x 39.2" / 1090 x 335 x 995 mm |
Weight | 198 lb / 89.8 kg |