EVO 8 is a professional, incredibly powerful and totally portable 4 channel audio interface made for recording music at home or on the go. Four award winning EVO Mic preamps alongside our advanced converter technology deliver studio quality results from the get go. Add to that intelligent mic preamps that set their own levels with Smartgain, easy to navigate controls, and a powerful range of professional must-have features – EVO 8 isn’t just another audio interface, it’s an entirely new way of doing things.
The EVO Mic Preamp
An analogue preamp but smarter
Say hello to the preamps your studio needs. Four sonically stunning EVO preamps will effortlessly level up your recordings, delivering professional grade audio performance backed by 25 years of engineering experience. Our analogue mic preamp has been designed to deliver the most accurate, clean and true to source version of your audio, no matter what you’re recording.
High Performance
AD/DA Converters
High performance converters are critical for hearing your audio accurately and boy, does EVO 8 deliver. Providing a massive 113db of dynamic range alongside ridiculously low noise and distortion figures, and with performance that good, you’ll be making music like the pros before you know it.
Smartgain
Meet Smartgain, the ultimate time saver designed to take the guesswork out of setting your levels. Powered by our lightning quick algorithm, Smartgain uses advanced peak analysis to automatically analyse, adjust and set your gainto the perfect levels – all in less than 20 seconds! Giving you perfect recordings every time.
Working solo?
Recording solo can be difficult, especially when you’re the artist AND the engineer – but with Smartgain simply press the magic button, start performing and EVO 8 will take care of the rest.
• 4 x EVO Mic Pres
• Class Leading Converters
• Smartgain
• Smart Touchpoints
• JFET Instrument Input
• 2 x Stereo Speaker Outputs
• 2 x Headphone Outputs
• Low Latency Software Mixer
• Audio Loop-back
• USB2.0 Bus Powered
• Phantom Power
• Free Software + Plugins
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Microphone Preamplifier
Mic Gain Range: | 58dB |
Line Gain Range: | 58dB (-10dB pad) |
Phantom Power: | 48V +/-4V @ 10mA/Channel (only 2 channel available on USB-A host computers |
Mic EIN: | <-128dBu |
CMRR: | >85dB @ 1kHz |
Maximum Input Level: | +16dBu |
Input Impedance (Mic): | >3kΩ Balanced |
Input Impedance (Line): | >10kΩ Balanced |
Frequency Response: | +/-0.5dB 10Hz to 40kHz |
Crosstalk: | <-105dBu @ 1kHz & 10kHz |
THD+N @ 0dBu (1kHz): | <0.0015% |
SNR: | 100dB |
XLR: | Pin 2 (Hot), Pin 3 (Cold) & Pin 1 (Shield) |
1/4” Jack: | TIP (Hot), RING (Cold) & SLEEVE (Shield) |
D.I
D.I Gain Range: | 58 dB |
Maximum Input Level: | +10dBu |
Input Impedance: | 1MegΩ Unbalanced |
Frequency Response | +/-0.5dB 10Hz to 20kHz |
THD+N @ 0dBu (1kHz): | <0.3% |
SNR: | 100dB |
1/4” Jack: | TIP (Hot) & SLEEVE (Shield) |
ADC Inputs
Digital Reference Level: | 0dBFS = +8dBu |
Frequency Response: | +/-0.5dB 10Hz to Fs/2 |
Crosstalk: | -105dBu @ 1kHz & 10kHz |
THD+N @ -1dBFS (1kHz): | <0.001% |
Dynamic Range: | 113dB A-weighted |
DAC Outputs
Maximum Output Level: | +11dBu |
Digital Reference Level: | 0dBFS = +11dBu |
Output Impedance: | <100Ω Balanced |
Frequency Response: | +/-0.5dB 10Hz to Fs/2 |
Crosstalk: | <-110dBu @ 1kHz |
THD+N @ -1dBFS (1kHz): | <0.0015% |
Dynamic Range: | 113dB A-weighted |
1/4” Jack: | TIP (Hot), RING (Cold) & SLEEVE (Shield) |
Headphone Output
Output Impedance: | <50Ω |
Frequency Response: | +/-0.5dB 10Hz to Fs/2 |
Crosstalk: | -110dBu @ 1kHz |
THD+N @ -1dBFS (1kHz): | <0.0015% |
Dynamic Range: | 113dB A-weighted |
Max Level Into 30ohms: | +0.5dBu, 0.0025% THD+N, 1.16Vpk Power: 45mW |
Max Level Into 60ohms: | +4.22dBu, 0.0015% THD+N, 1.78Vpk Power: 52mW |
Max Level Into 600ohms: | +10.1dBu, 0.0018% THD+N, 3.52Vpk Power: 20mW |
1/4” Jack: | TIP (Left), RING (Right) & SLEEVE (Shield) |
DSP Mixer Roundtrip Latency:
(in to out)
44.1 kHz | 0.594ms |
48.0 kHz | 0.552ms |
88.2 kHz | 0.302ms |
96.0 kHz | 0.281ms |
DAW Playback Latency
@ 32 Sample Buffer for Software Instrument Playback
44.1 kHz | ~2.5ms |
96.0 kHz | ~2ms |
DAW Roundtrip Software Monitoring Latency
@ 32 Sample Buffer (in to out)
44.1 kHz | 5ms |
96.0 kHz | 4.1ms |
Latency – performance may vary as stability at these low buffer sizes is dependant on many factors including CPU load, operating system and performance of other drivers.
USB 2.0 High Speed
No. Of Input Channels | 24 Analogue |
No. Of Output Channels | 4 Digital |
Connector: | USB Type-C |
Included Cables: | 1m USB 2.0 Type-C to USB Type-C |
Weight & Dimensions
Weights: | Unit: | 0.475kg |
Packaged: | 0.815kg | |
Dimensions: | Unit: | 190mm (w) x 70mm (h) x 70mm (d) |
Packaged: | 230mm (w) x 105mm (h) x 95mm (d) |