Grimm Audio UC1v2

There are many USB audio interfaces on the market but few of them are designed with both the sound quality and the specific use case in mind. The Grimm Audio UC1 has a different approach: it is a USB interface and monitor controller in one.

The UC1 is an ideal match with the Grimm Audio LS1 or PMC digital monitoring systems, but it works great with analog (active or passive) loudspeakers too. Add a pair of secondary loudspeakers and headphones, and all your monitoring needs are covered with the flip of a switch.

“The ‘Universal Converter’ UC1 solves all your monitoring needs. It has outputs for analog and digital destinations and offers analog and digital loops with reference quality converters.”

Present day use cases have been the premier focus from the first UC1 sketches onwards. This led to an unusual design with remarkable flexibility.

When mixing and mastering, not all inputs and outputs are equal. The UC1 offers 18 channels of USB I/O of which some are dedicated to monitoring and others to re-recording. With the second USB ‘i-put’ on the front there is no sample rate and word length restriction when using your iPad or iPhone. The i-put also serves as a convenient stereo USB input for laptops.

UC1 Features

• 18 channel back USB & 2 channel front USB
• 4+2 analog outputs, 4 analog inputs
• 4 digital outputs, 4 digital inputs
• Versatile monitoring features
• Ultra-low jitter clock with hybrid PLL
• High performance phones output
• Foldback for latency free monitoring
• Sample rates from 44.1kHz up to 192kHz
• Word clock in- and output