The AXYS Octadrive DSP is designed as multi channel line driver, with on-board DSP and RISC processor, that is intended for use in professional audio installations. All the signal processing functions, necessary to properly control and monitor each output channel are implemented on-board. The unit has 2 analogue audio inputs, 8 digital audio inputs via CobraNet®, Digital Signal Processor with 10 inputs and eight transformer balanced analogue outputs. Additional functionality is provided to allow specific audio paths to be broadcast from the Octadrive via CobraNet. The analogue audio inputs are transformer balanced & all necessary signal processing is implemented in the digital domain by means of 32 bits floating point DSP. The DSP allows provides users with control of the output channel gain, equalization filters and delays. Besides the aforementioned, the DSP also provides EQ, pre-delay, volume and auto gain, and compression as required. The output section is equipped with eight independent low impedance drive channels. Each output is transformer balanced and be equipped with circuitry to compensate for the distortion created by the transformers. Hardware bypass functionality from analogue input 1 to all analogue outputs is also provided. A headphone amplifier is also provided to allow local monitoring of all analogue inputs and outputs.