ALP881e
Versatile Multichannel Digital Audio for Mission-Critical Systems
ALP881e
The ALP881e is a low-profile, multichannel PCI Express sound card engineered for professional PC-based audio systems on Windows and Linux
Drivers for Windows and Linux
8 playback channels
8 recording channels
On-board 16×16 mixer
Benefits
One size fits all
Low profile PCI Express Fanless design
High quality sample rate converter
Switchable hardware sample rate converters on inputs
Seamless routing and mixing
On-board zero-latency 16×16 mixer
One product, 2 possible formats
Low profile bracket and full-height bracket included as standard in the package.
Low Profile
Full-height Profile
Specifications
Format
Dimensions and Format
Full-height bracket included as standard in the package.
Low profile PCI Express
L: 168 mm x H: 69 mm x l: 20 mm
L: 6.6 inch; H: 2.7 inch; l: 0.8 inch
Full-height profile PCI Express
L: 168 mm x H: 99 mm x l: 20 mm
L: 6.6 inch; H: 3.9 inch; l: 0.8 inch
Expansion Bus
PCI Express TM (PCIe TM) x1 (x2, x4, x8, x16 compatible)
Control panel
Digigram ALP-X ASIO Settings (Windows)
Asio Control Panel: up to 8 ALP-X cards
Select I/Os used through Asio
(others can be used through Wasapi)
Digigram ALP-X Manager (Windows)
One unified control panel for the whole ALP-X range
Manages up to 8 ALP-X cards
Drivers and OS
Supported OS
Windows: as of Windows 10 20H2,Server 2019 Linux: Ubuntu as of ver. 20, Debian as of ver.11, Rhel as of ver.9
Drivers
Windows: Asio, Wasapi/DirectSound
Linux: Alsa
One Driver Package
Multi-application and multi-card API available to access the parameters
Sample format
PCM 16, 24, 32 bits
Digital Inputs
- 4 stereo AES3 inputs
- 4 Hardware Sample Rate Converters (ratio from 1:8
to 7,5:1) - Adjustable digital gain: from -90 dB to +12 dB in 0.1
dB steps - Sample rate (kHz): 32, 44.1, 48, 64, 88.2, 96, 128, 176.4, 192
Other Inputs
- 1 AES11 synchronization input
- 1 Word Clock synchronization input
- 8 dry contact GPIs
Digital Outputs
- 4 stereo AES3 outputs
- Adjustable output gain: from -90 dB to +12 dB in 0.1 dB steps
- Sample rate (kHz): 32, 44.1, 48, 64, 88.2, 96, 128, 176.4, 192
Other Outputs
- 8 relay GPOs (0.5A, 48 VCC)
- 1 Word Clock output
Synchronization sources
- Internal clock (kHz) 32, 44.1, 48, 64, 88.2, 96, 128, 176.4, 192
- AES11 (kHz) 32, 44.1, 48, 64, 88.2, 96, 128, 176.4, 192
- World Clock input (kHz) 32, 44.1, 48, 64, 88.2, 96, 128, 176.4, 192
