The Antelope Isochrone OCX emerges as the new quality standard in professional master clocks. A master clock is the heart of the digital studio, essential to maintaining stability and preserving sonic integrity. It is crucial that a master clock be flawless, and the Isochrone OCX exists to meet this need. Uncompromised design has created the most stable, best sounding master clock available.
Features
Oven Controlled Discrete Transistor Crystal
Oscillator for lowest jitter
Atomic clock input resolves to Rubidium clock for perfect stability
Jitter Management Module improves sonic performance
Sample Rates 32-192 kHz
Factory calibrated to better than +/- 0.02PPM accuracy via Atomic Clock
Can be recalibrated in the field to an Atomic Clock for
better than +/- 0.02PPM accuracy
W/Cx256 "Superclock" output for Digidesign Pro-Tools systems
Outputs multiple, divisible sample rates
8 Word Clock outputs
2 AES/EBU outputs
2 S/PDIF output
Oven Control Oscillator accuracy is compromised when exposed to temperature fluctuations. The Isochrone OCX addresses this completely with oven control. The oven's temperature controlled environment allows unparalleled oscillator stability.
Antelopes Jitter Management Module Jitter free operation is critical in the modern studio. Antelope's Jitter Management Module makes jitter essentially nonexistent. Adaptive Loop Filtering is taken to the next level with a sophisticated DSP Based Multistage IIR filter, ensuring a jitter free, great sounding studio.
Atomic Clock The Isochrone OCX can be locked to the most accurate clock on Earth: the Atomic clock. A studio can truly achieve perfect stability with the power of Atomic Clock. The OCX, OCX-V and Trinity are the only Master Clocks capable of locking to this unprecedented technology.
Intuitive Design No nested menus to scroll through, control positions are plainly visible on front panel of the unit.
Antelope Clocking. Driven by the Highest Quality Oscillator in Existence. The core of any master clock is the Crystal Oscillator, and clock performance is impacted greatly by the type of Oscillator used. While other master clocks cut corners with their Oscillators, Antelope chose the best. The Oven Controlled Discrete Transistor Crystal Oscillator is without question the most stable, jitter free in existence. Before the OCX, these oscillators were found only in aerospace and telecommunication hardware designed for critical operations. The OCX is the only master clock to address jitter at the source. Its Oven Controlled Discrete Transistor Oscillator provides 4X-6X less jitter and 100X greater stability than its closest competitor.
Acoustically Focused Clocking, The Next Generation of DDS Technology Connecting a device to the OCX will make it sound noticeably better. This is achieved with Antelope's exclusive Acoustically Focused Clocking technology (AFC). AFC is the 3rd generation of DDS, a technology introduced over ten years ago by Isochrone engineer Igor Levin with his ground breaking Aardsync master clock. The AardSync was immediately recognized as the industry's best sounding clock. It's successor, the AardSyncII, provided even greater sonic benefits with its 2nd generation DDS technology. This legacy of amazing sound continues to evolve with AFC. AFC was designed to provide far more than impressive specs, Advanced engineering combined with exhaustive listening tests culminated in AFC's extraordinary sound.
Peace of Mind Clocking is a critical task, and should never be complex. With straightforward controls dedicated to specific tasks, warning lights for critical errors, and a highly visible, accurate frequency display, the OCX's operating status is apparent with a momentary glance.
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User Testimonials
"With the Atomic, I'd say there was a 20% improvement which for me is mind-blowing. The image was wider, more solid and the vocal appeared to project towards me!" Michael Brauer
Michael Brauer has mixed such records as the Rolling Stone's "Steel Wheels", Tony Bennett's Grammy Album of the Year "Unplugged", and ColdPlay's Grammy Alternative Album of the year "Parachutes". Recent projects include Paul McCartney's "Live Back in the USA", Bob Dylan's "Rolling Thunder Revue" and Grandaddy. www.mbrauer.com
"Antelope 10M and the their Trinity and OCX clocks are the biggest change in Digital Audio since Digital Audio was invented!" Ron Saint Germain
In Ron's 34+ years in the business he has mixed and/or produced and mixed on 18 Grammy nominated projects with 12 winners. He has worked with such artists as 311, Muse, Bad Brains, Tool, Sound Garden, U2, DMC, Mos Def, Breed 77, Sonic Youth, Alien Ant Farm, Living Color, Jimi Hendrix, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Cure, Killing Joke, Creed, Kraftwerk, Whitney Houston, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Ashford & Simpson, Ornette Coleman, McCoy Tyner, Dexter Gordon and The Last Poets to mention a few.
"The Rubidium Atomic Clock makes a bigger difference to the sound of my DAW than any clock or converter that I've ever heard." Kevin Augunas
Kevin Augunas has been producing/engineering for more than ten years. His eclectic list of work includes Jon Brion, Sinead O'Connor, Smashmouth, Lost Prophets, Melissa Auf der Maur, Andy Dick, Persephone's Bees, Mandy Moore, The Vandals and most recently, Cold War Kids. His credits also include soundtrack work on "Serendipity," "Spy Kids," and "Spider-Man 2."
Read more about Kevin's and other industry professionals favorite gear in Vintage King's "Producer's Corner".
"I noticed an immediate change in my soundspace the minute I heard the 10M plugged into my OCX-V. The stereo spread out, the edges were more clear, and the center seemed to come forward." David Kahne
Along with McCartney's "Memory Almost Full" Kahne has worked on previous McCartney outings "Driving Rain," "Back in the U.S.," "From a Lover to a Friend," "In Red Square," and "Freedom." As a top pop-music producer and engineer Kahne's work spans a huge list of artists including the brand-new Kelly Clarkson album "My December", Imogen Heap, The Strokes, Sublime, Sean Lennon, Sugar Ray, Wilco, Tony Bennett, Fishbone, The Bangles, Shawn Colvin, Stevie Nicks, Matthew Sweet, K.D. Lang, 311, and many others
"You don't know what you're missing until you hear it...Your entire studio sounds different. Your monitors just got an extended range. Your room all of a sudden reads low frequency bass response better. And your midrange sounds free and floating. Superior clocking makes your starting point entirely different, which affects every decision you make afterwards. " Jeremy Harding
Jeremy Harding is an engineer, producer, musician, DJ and manager whose 2 Hard recording studio (and label of the same name) has a prominent hold on the music scene in his native Kingston, Jamaica. Learn more about Jeremy and his favorite gear in our Producers Corner.
