Grace Design m908 Monitor Controller

Product Description

The Grace Design m908 is a reference-grade monitor controller designed for surround and immersive speaker systems up to 22.2 channels. The m908 pairs Grace Design's latest A/D and D/A converters and 4th-generation s-Lock PLL clocking with powerful DSP for bass management, room correction, and level and delay calibration. Built for mixing and post-production facilities that work in stereo, surround, and Dolby Atmos, this professional-grade monitor controller delivers impeccable clarity and detail. Dive into the features below to learn why the Grace Design m908 monitor controller belongs at the center of your studio environment.

ALL-IN-ONE SOLUTION FOR STEREO AND IMMERSIVE SETUPS

The Grace Design m908 adapts to stereo and immersive setups of nearly any size, from a humble 2.1 system to a 9.1.6 Dolby Atmos room or a theatrical 22.2 array. You can program multiple speaker systems on the Grace Design m908 monitor controller and switch between them instantly, making it easy to reference your mix on a stereo pair, a typical 5.1 setup, or a 7.1.4 layout in seconds. Comprehensive downmix control on the monitor controller folds multi-channel content into smaller formats to confirm that it translates, and the m908 remote control unit (derived from the Grace Design m905 monitor controller) puts source selection, volume, mute, dim, and mono at your fingertips. The m908's remote control unit also houses a reference-grade headphone amplifier with cross-feed and a flexible talkback system with a built-in mic, plus an input for external talkback mics.

NEXT-GENERATION CONVERTERS

Featuring Grace Design's latest-generation A/D and D/A converters and 4th generation s-Lock phase-locked loop (PLL) technology, the m908 delivers vanishingly low jitter for stable, detailed stereo and immersive imaging you can trust every time. A high-resolution volume control, adjusted from the remote control unit, provides precise level changes so you can return to the same listening level session after session, and the m908 monitor controller operates at sample rates up to 192 kHz at 24-bit, covering every common delivery format. Because the Grace Design m908 adds no coloration of its own, you can trust what you hear from this monitor controller at any of its supported sample rates.

POWERFUL DSP FOR ROOM CALIBRATION

The powerful DSP processor inside the Grace Design m908 lets you calibrate your speaker response directly within the monitor controller. Powerful room correction offers up to 12 bands of parametric EQ on each of the 24 output channels, for 288 bands in total. Comprehensive bass management routes low frequencies to your subwoofers, while channel level and delay calibration align every speaker to the listening position. The m908's built-in SPL meter and pink noise source make level and delay calibration fast and repeatable without extra gear. Room correction settings can be copied between speakers and imported or exported as .csv files through the m908's browser-based setup software. Because bass management and room correction run inside the m908 monitor controller, they do not depend on a computer or the Dolby Atmos Renderer.

EXTENSIVE ANALOG AND DIGITAL I/O

Standard I/O on the Grace Design m908 includes 24-channel AES3 digital I/O, a 16-channel analog output, 16-channel ADAT Lightpipe input, and 24-channel USB input; plus AES3, S/PDIF, and TOSlink stereo inputs. You can select any configured source from the remote control unit, and the m908 can route up to 8 stereo cue paths for customizable headphone mixes.

SONARWORKS NATIVE SOUNDID REFERENCE INTEGRATION

The Grace Design m908 features native integration with Sonarworks SoundID Reference, a widely used speaker calibration platform. After measuring your room in SoundID Reference, export the calibration profile and import it into the m908 through the Grace Design web UI. The correction then runs on the m908's onboard DSP rather than on your computer, so there is no background software to manage and no risk of bouncing a mix with calibration still active. The integration supports stereo and immersive setups up to 9.1.6 channels on the m908 monitor controller. For SoundID Reference users, this makes the Grace Design m908 a self-contained monitor controller with calibration built in. Existing Grace Design m908 owners need firmware v2.2.2 or later to use it.