Antelope Audio Announces availability of Goliath HD | Gen 3 Audio Interface with Edge Duo Modelling Mic Pro audio manufacturer Antelope Audio announces availability of Goliath HD | Gen 3 -- advancing its formidable flagship offering as the world's most powerful audio interface with brand-new, state-of-the-art AD/DA converters to achieve a stunning 136dB DNR (dynamic range) on its mastering-grade monitor outputs, offering the most comprehensive connectivity available anywhere, and also including a complimentary Edge Duo microphone with switchable polar patterns and realtime mic modelling via its impressive studio partner's onboard FPGA-powered emulations and Accusonic mic preamps - as of July 23. As implied by the ThunderboltTM|USB 3.0|HDX Port|MADI wording boldly blazoned across a facelifted front panel that is sure to stand out in the most demanding studio setups that the top-tier audio interface itself is duly designed to handle, Goliath HD | Gen 3 works with any DAW (digital audio workstation), connecting to Mac and Windows computers with 192kHz audio over Thunderbolt, USB 3.0, HDX (available as a separately-purchasable, optional upgrade), and MADI (to Dante bridge). As an Antelope Audio innovation, Goliath HD | Gen 3's proprietary HDX Compensation Delay technology ensures that any analogue or digital input entering Pro Tools arrives as a fully-sample-accurate signal source, while the company's custom-created, ultra-fast Thunderbolt driver delivers 64 channels of simultaneous playback and recording at up to sub-millisecond (imperceptible) latency. Additionally, a latency-free direct monitoring environment encompassing four independent internal mixers, each with 32 assignable inputs, is always at hand. Having said that, Goliath HD | Gen 3's digital and networking connectivity is established by industry-standard AES, MADI, ADAT, S/PDIF, Thunderbolt, USB, and HDX connections combining to total an astronomical 346 digital I/O channels, certainly living up to its name. Goliath HD | Gen 3 also excels in the analog domain. I/O includes 16 Accusonic mic preamps (M/L 1 through to M/L 16) with mic modelling support for the included Edge Duo microphone's 11 emulations -- namely, Berlin 47, Berlin 49T, Berlin 57, Berlin 87, Berlin 67, Berlin M103, Tokyo 800T, Vienna 12, Vienna 414, Oxford 4038, and Sacramento 121R (en.antelopeaudio.com/products/edge-duo/#description); two analog inserts; and four instrument inputs (G1 through to G4) alongside an additional 16 analog inputs (analog in) via two D-SUB 25 connectors (with 124dB DNR), while 32 analog outputs (analog out) over four D-SUB 25 connectors (with 129dB DNR), two transformer re- amp outputs (R1 and R2), and two independently-assignable headphone outputs (HP 1 and HP 2) bring the total to 38 analogue outputs. Of course, no studio production project is complete without audio effects; again, as implied by the ZERØ-latency FPGA Engine and AFC Clocking Technology wording also boldly blazoned across its control feature-laden front panel, Goliath HD | Gen 3 does not disappoint. Indeed, it includes 36 realtime FPGA (field programmable gate array) hardware-based effects (en.antelopeaudio.com/products/goliath-hd-gen3-real-time-fx/#fx) valued at over $3,000 USD, taken from Antelope Audio's AFX library -- namely, AuraVerb (reverb); BA-31 (mic preamp model); ClearQ (linear EQ); FET-A76 (FET-based compressor); Gyraf Gyratec X (true tube stereo compressor); PowerEx (in-house expander); PowerFFC (feedforward compressor); PowerGate (noise gate); VCA-160 (VCA-style compressor); VEQ-1A (vintage tube EQ); VEQ-HLF (Pultec-style high- and low-pass filter); VMEQ-5 (midrange EQ); Stay-Levin (American tube compressor); and x903 (natural-sounding compressor), plus 11 guitar amps and 11 guitar cabinets. Coupled with Antelope Audio's latest 64-bit acoustically focused clocking jitter management system, those Class-A mic preamps and audiophile-grade AD/DA conversion combine to deliver top-tier, studio-quality sound. Saying that, the acclaimed clocking can be distributed to suitably-equipped external studio equipment via Goliath HD | Gen 3's twin WC OUT (Word Clock outputs) on BNC (Bayonet Neill-Concelman) connectors. Additionally, Antelope Audio's 10M Rubidium Atomic Clock can be used for reference (connected on BNC via the dedicated 10M IN input). Thanks to those brand-new AD/DA converters achieving a stunning 136dB DNR on its mastering-grade monitor outputs while retaining the centerpiece 3.5" high-resolution TFT (thin-film transistor) display with 262,000-colour capacitive touchscreen panel enabling immediate access to metering, preferences, gain adjustment, and mission-critical functionality, the world's most powerful audio interface has become even more powerful, as Antelope Audio's improved and refreshed Goliath HD | Gen 3 clearly demonstrates. Designed to handle working with the most demanding studio setups, it offers the most comprehensive connectivity the pro audio industry has yet seen... and heard. Goliath HD | Gen 3 is available for purchase through Antelope Audio's growing global network of authorized dealers (en,antelopeaudio.com/dealers/). Or order online directly from Antelope Audio via the dedicated Goliath HD | Gen 3 webpage at the URL below, which also includes more in-depth information. Explore Goliath HD | Gen 3's full FPGA FX library here: en.antelopeaudio.com/products/goliath-hd-gen3-real-time-fx/#fx 
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