Germany-based manufacturer Marian has announced that the new Clara E Dente card, providing up to 512 bi-directional channels, connection over long distances through network cables and infrastructure, sample rates of up to 192 kHz and auto-configuration, is now shipping.
In addition, Clara E offers the security of redundancy with two separate network ports and stated latencies down to 1 ms in connection with the Marian PCIe interface. The driver includes multi-client support for ASIO 2.2 as well as multi-channel WDM audio/WASAPI with low latency.
Each input signal of a sound system can be adjusted in volume and routed to any output. The BEAST DSP mixer also sums up to 64 signals to 8 different buses and plays them back on any number of outputs without delay.
Further, the mixer adds playback signals from any DAW. All mix sums can be fed back to an application for recording. And, each channel of the mixer offers four parametric EQs for processing.
An optional plug-on module serves as a bridge to classic audio formats and expands the Clara E with AES/EBU, ADAT or analog interfaces. In the routing and in the mixer, the signals of these interfaces are available as well and can thus be integrated into the Dante network.
If several Clara E cards are installed in one computer, they are synchronized via the TDM SyncBus and appear as a combined sound system to an ASIO application. In the mixer, up to 32 audio signals can be exchanged with other Clara systems (e.g., Clara Dmaj) and thus also be integrated for use with ASIO.
The “+” version includes an extension that adds a word clock input and output and two MIDI inputs and outputs to the sound system. This expansion card is connected to the sound card via a ribbon cable and can therefore be freely positioned in one of the slots of the computer housing.
