MADI to anything. Anything to MADI.
The FLX-MADI is a compact MADI-to-anything converter. It features one MADI SFP and one MADI coaxial port. The unit can be used to translate between the built-in ports, or can be used to convert to any protocol installed into the AUX slot. For larger systems, the built-in channels plus everything which the AUX card provides are also available on the FlexLink port, making it possible to use it as extension to the MVR-64 or another Flexiverter.
Overview
Features
- One MADI-SFP port with pre-installed 1310nm multimode SFP. Not vendor-locked, accepts any SFP module.
Supports Ferrofish SFP Coax - One MADI-coaxial port
- AUX port accepting any of the AUX Cards as conversion source/destination
- Supports sample rates from 44.1 to 192kHz
- FlexLink port for lowest latency, bi-directional transfer of 192 channels audio, clock and power
- Remote control via USB: web remote (no software required), or UART command line
- Triple-redundant power supply
Additional features when connected to the MVR-64
- True channel-wise routing of all available channels (built-in plus AUX card)
- Sample-rate conversion using the SRC-64
Documentation
| Title | Language | Format |
|---|---|---|
| FLX-MADI User's manual | english |
Firmware
Do I need the _256 or _484 version?
If your device has an USB-C port, or if the last three digits of the serial number are "100" or higher, you need _484, otherwise choose _256.Flashing the wrong version does not destroy anything but your device doesn't boot. Just re-flash the correct version and it should be running again.
The updater fails - it cannot find a COM port (Windows 11)
Some Windows 11 installations do not automatically/correctly install the required FTDI drivers. Please download and install the FTDI driver package and try again.| Version | Date | Major changes | Firmware package | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 2025-06-03 | Added optional AUX card channel offset (i.e. for daisy-chaining multiple devices with AUX-MADI cards) New option "clock always from line 1" for AUX-ADAT*, AUX-AES3 Fixed interface status not always been displayed properly in web remote |
FLX-MADI-Firmware_3.0_256.zip FLX-MADI-Firmware_3.0_484.zip |
Change log Readme |
| 2.7 | 2024-10-04 | Support for AUX-MADI-TP card Fixed occasional AUX-DANTE receive distorted/channels shifted after powerup CAUTION: You might need to set the routing mode again after upgrading! |
FLX-MADI-Firmware_2.7_256.zip FLX-MADI-Firmware_2.7_484.zip |
Change log Readme |
| 2.5 | 2024-07-09 | Removed alien receive channels on AUX-ADAT, AUX-AES3 | FLX-MADI-Firmware_2.5_256.zip FLX-MADI-Firmware_2.5_484.zip |
Change
log Readme |
| 2.4 | 2024-06-03 | Improved clock init/lock behaviour | FLX-MADI-Firmware_2.4_256.zip FLX-MADI-Firmware_2.4_484.zip |
Change
log Readme |
| 2.3 | 2024-05-11 | Added browser-based Remote control over USB Support for AUX-TDM card Fixed certain combinations of FLX and AUX only passing uni-directional audio |
FLX-MADI-Firmware_2.3_256.zip FLX-MADI-Firmware_2.3_484.zip |
Change
log Readme |
| 2.2 | 2024-03-24 | Fixed AUX-MADI-* cards occasionally not detected on power-up | FLX-MADI-Firmware_2.2_256.zip FLX-MADI-Firmware_2.2_484.zip |
Change
log Readme |
| 2.1 | 2024-01-25 | Support for new AUX-ADAT-64 card Support for new UBGA484 board Various other fixes |
FLX-MADI-Firmware_2.1_256.zip FLX-MADI-Firmware_2.1_484.zip |
Change
log Readme |
| 2.0 | 2023-01-13 | Remote control via command line over USB (serial port, 57600 8N1) FlexLink: Fixed link negotiation with FLX devices running on own clock |
FLX-MADI-Firmware_2.0.zip | Change
log Readme |
| 1.3 | 2022-09-07 | FlexLink connection fixes Improved reception of jittery ADAT/AES3 streams in AUX cards |
FLX-MADI-Firmware_1.3.zip | Change
log Readme |
| 1.2 | 2022-06-15 | Fix for sporadic FlexLink and AUX-MADI sync fails |
FLX-MADI-Firmware_1.2.zip | Change
log Readme |
| 1.0 | 2021-11-26 | Initial Release | FLX-MADI-Firmware_1.0.zip | Change
log Readme |