For the past 15 years, the converter technology that makes RADAR the best-sounding multi-track in the business had been 

exclusively available to RADAR users. With the introduction of the ADA series, RADAR’s superior converter technology is available 

for the first time in a stand-alone device.

ADA Converters…high-end, multi-channel A/D & D/A converters that bring the rich purity of analogue recording to the world of workstations. 

Featuring pristine iZ conversion, an innovative modular I/O structure, intuitive touchscreen controls, and direct interfacing to native 

DAWS and Pro Tools, ADA is a powerful tool designed to meet the creative and technical needs of true audio professionals.

Ada II Converters Give You Ultimate Control Right at Your Fingertips

• 8 / 16 / 24 channels of conversion
• 8 / 16 / 24 in & out configurations
• Customizable I/O ratios

• Intuitive touch-screen controls
• RADAR 6 tech delivers superior sound
• Connects with DAWs & ProToolsHD

Overview

ADA II converters are the chosen equipment by sound professionals. They deliver superior performance, exceptionally clear audio resolution 

and deliver the finest playback performance. Learn more:

Breathtaking Sound

Professional-quality sound is a choice. Choose to boost audio fidelity with the most transparent, true-to-source conversion available on the market. 

ADA converters use the high-quality Classic 96 or Ultra Nyquist converter technology found in the iZ RADAR 6 recorder to bring you signature iZ sound. 

Read more about ADA II’s Sound Technology.

Connect Directly to Native DAWs & Pro Tools|HD

Workstation audio comes to life through ADA converters. ADA connects to Logic, Nuendo, REAPER, and other native DAWs via low-latency, 

low-jitter MADI digital I/O. For Pro Tools|HD users, add an iZ Dual Pro Tools|HD Option Card to ADA and plug directly into the Pro Tools Core Card.

Fully Modular I/O

Each ADA is made-to-order in 8, 16, or 24 channel configurations with customizable I/O ratios. With its ground-breaking modular design, 

ADA evolves over time as your studio needs change – re-configure I/O ratios and add channel-count to the original ADA unit whenever needed.

Simple Touchscreen Front-Panel Controls

With a single touch, ADA’s Graphic User Interface controls settings and preferences – including the comprehensive A/D & D/A routing options. 

Full screen mode brings all 48 high-resolution meters into view for accurate reference monitoring.

Channels of Conversion

• 8 Channels
• 16 Channels
• 24 Channels
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In & Out Configurations

• 8 In: 8 Out / 16 Out / 24 Out
• 16 In: 8 Out / 16 Out / 24 Out
• 24 In: 8 Out / 16 Out / 24 Out
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THE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND THE FRONT PANEL

Let’s talk about something that’s seldom discussed in today’s digital age of professional audio equipment. Power supplies – where it all starts in audio. 

The best A/D converter on the market will sound noticeably lacking, to put it mildly, if not supplied by voltage rails that meet today’s 

stringent converter performance requirements. Maximizing power supply line regulation, load regulation, time stability, temperature stability, 

and efficiency while minimizing noise, ripple, and operating temperature are all part of the delicate balance that has been the focus of much of 

iZ’s R and D over the years. RADAR and ADA have two power supplies – a digital supply, and an analogue supply. 

The digital power supply handles all of the requirements of all of the digital electronics, while the analog supply handles only the A/D and D/A converter’s 

critical analogue components. Many digital audio devices on the market today use standard off-the-shelf +/- 12 volt computer power supplies 

for their converters due to their low cost. However, iZ has custom designed the analogue supply to provide solid +/- 18 volt, low noise, low ripple, 

high stability voltage rails to all of the analogue front end (A/D) and back end (D/A) analogue sections including ultra high slew rate op amps 

with high common mode rejection, precision anti-aliasing filters, differential amplifiers and converter signal conditioning.

Other high end analogue design techniques include careful analog and digital ground plane management, super high quality (that means expensive) 

coupling capacitors, and most importantly, a hand tuned frequency synthesized digital PLL (Phase Lock Loop) to provide one of the cleanest clocks 

in the industry. How important is clock jitter? Clock jitter translates to sidebands in the audio spectrum, i.e. a 1kHz tone coming out of a D/A with a jittery clock 

will have 3rd, 5th etc. harmonics with exponentially decreasing level as you get away from the fundamental frequency. 

The amplitude of these harmonics will be proportional to the amount of jitter. iZ also pays very close attention to intermodulation distortion resulting 

from the presence of a plethora of ambient “digitally noisy” frequencies present in today’s high tech digital environment.

Differential data and differential clock lines with micro-strip-impedance-matched digital bus-lines, along with multi-channel data re-phasing 

in the custom iZ designed core silicon ensure that all 24 channels are not only actively phase aligned for sample accuracy but also aligned 

for the leading edge of the clock.  The Adrenaline¬Æ DR digital routing engine combines the latest high speed DSP technology with iZ’s proprietary 

large scale integrated TrinityTM chip which enables ADA to maintain near zero low latency to/from DAWs, and which allows RADAR to record 

on a single disk at sample rates from 32 to 192 kHz. All real time digital audio operations are performed by dedicated, hand-optimized high speed logic cells 

that leave host-based, latency-prone systems gasping for clock cycles. The Trinity chip ensures that every precious byte of your audio data is delivered 

with clock-edge accuracy for absolute faithfulness to the original signal. Built on Adrenaline DR technology, RADAR and ADA II transcend the traditional barriers of 

performance and sonic quality while maintaining the simplicity and reliability iZ product users world-wide have come to expect. 

RADAR and ADA II encapsulate over twenty years of professional high end digital audio development. Simply put – they are the ultimate audio recording 

and DAW interface machines available.