Black Lion Audio Revolution EXP: Adding Outboard Preamps to Your Interface

[@DMV-SaxTv]

I'm so loving this unit Black Lion crew! Saw this vid when it dropped and said ... "I need one of those". It's so sweet, may grab another for a second system config.

[@blacklionaudio5271]

Love to hear it! Thank you for choosing us!

[@barbierash2137]

solid addition to the BLA sonic arsenal of amazingness!! I'll be grabbing one ASAP

[@blacklionaudio5271]

Love to hear it!

[@uriel-heavensguardian8949]

awesome!

[@blacklionaudio5271]

You know it!

[@gtk_NO]

What am I missing with this? Its half the channels of a Ferrofish Pulse 16 at a similar price.

[@blacklionaudio5271]

The Revolution EXP is $400 less than the Pulse16! :)

[@gtk_NO]

@@blacklionaudio5271 Tell that to Thomann in Europe, They lost the plot. There the difference is $48.

[@jonhaber8523]

And has a $1000 clock and the highest quality components available built in.

[@matthewJ142]

Why only the 1/4 inch jacks?

[@blacklionaudio5271]

We figured most folks would use an expander like this with a patchbay, where 1/4" TRS is more commonplace than XLR. Also, we wouldn't be able to fit 16 XLR jacks onto the back of a 1U rack unit.

[@Russplight]

When and why would switch the dial to the adat setting? Shoul the adat setting be used for Ad/da on the EXP?

[@blacklionaudio5271]

When using multiple digital audio devices together such as when using the EXP with another audio interface it is necessary to have both units clocked by one common source. In most cases we recommend using the EXP as the primary clock and having your other devices receive clocking information from it, however we give you multiple options. Pressing in the encoder changes the clock source of the unit. Selecting ADAT will have the EXP use the ADAT connection as an external clock source as opposed to it's own internal clock.

[@Russplight]

How the process works with regards to the AD/DA? Would the upgraded quality of the Expander's AD/DA only be heard through its I/O?

[@alexbreyer6921]

Yes

[@user-ki4is1sw8r]

So do you press the termination switch in or leave it out.

[@blacklionaudio5271]

Yes, press in the termination switch if the Apollo is the last interface in your clocking chain.

[@user-ki4is1sw8r]

@@blacklionaudio5271 thanks.. I'm doing my entire studio black Lion.. dare to be daring difference

[@blacklionaudio5271]

Amazing! Thanks so much!

[@egretboy]

What Brand Adat and Thunderbolt cables are you using? The look very hi quality. Thanks

[@blacklionaudio5271]

Amazon basics ADAT cable to connect the EXP to the Apollo and an Apple TB4 cable to connect the Apollo to the Macbook.

[@gabet3754]

Can you use two exp’s to double the in’s and outs?

[@blacklionaudio5271]

Yes, but you'll need an interface that can also handle 16 channels of ADAT inputs and outputs - keep in mind that the chosen sample rate you choose will affect your possible channel count. More on that here: www.blacklionaudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Black-Lion-Audio-Revolution-EXP-Manual-10-04-23.pdf

[@CallMeGreatScott]

Thankz Last question. How do I connect the word clocks so that one of the EXP8’s will master the other EXP8 and my Apollo? Would I need a BNC splitter or do I daisy chain the word clock?

[@blacklionaudio5271]

Better to use a T-connector than to daisy chain. BNC T-connectors are cheap, too! amzn.to/3WSSSrD

[@CallMeGreatScott]

@@blacklionaudio5271 Wow!! Thankz Sir!!

[@blacklionaudio5271]

Glad to be of service. :)

[@bobo_sound]

We need a atmos 16ch aes output super pure digital audio interface hahaha

[@blacklionaudio5271]

We're listening! Thanks!

[@bobo_sound]

If it can install digilink card for hdx, you will be invincible!! hahaha many film and television productions actually only need external clocks and AES input/outputs to link their Genelec speakers.Because even if digital or analog input enters the Genelec speaker, it will be converted again through its internal DSP, so the first choice for the speaker is the AES input. There is no need to perform an analog conversion in the sound card. The sound card only needs to have spdif coaxial or aes input, and the rest is aes output. The simplest version of Atmos, 7.1.4, only requires 12 digital channels. And there are still a large number of hdx users in professional production, so digilink cannot be given up in the short term unless there is a better FPGA chip that can replace the 64-bit internal matrix mixer. After all, today’s film and television production often involves large-scale mixing of 5 or 600 tracks.@@blacklionaudio5271