Ferrofish is a German pro audio manufacturer specializing in high-channel-count AD/DA conversion and digital format bridging — a focused, technically demanding category where the brand has built a strong reputation for delivering serious engineering at prices that make large-scale analog and digital integration accessible to a much wider range of studios and live production setups than would otherwise be possible.
The brand's core proposition is straightforward but genuinely difficult to execute well: take 16, 32, or more channels of analog signal and convert them with precision while simultaneously handling the connectivity complexity of multiple digital formats — ADAT, MADI, Dante, AES67, word clock — in a single compact 1U unit. The A32 and its successor the A32pro have become the flagship expressions of this approach, combining 32 channels of balanced analog I/O with comprehensive digital connectivity options including ADAT, MADI, and Dante, all powered by ESS Technology converter chipsets and a temperature-compensated, low-jitter clock circuit. The Pulse 16 series offers the same philosophy in a 16-channel format with individual TRS connections, making it particularly practical for hybrid studio setups where outboard gear, DAWs, and digital consoles all need to share audio efficiently.
The real-world adoption of Ferrofish converters speaks clearly to where they fit in the industry. The A32 was used at the 60th Grammy Awards ceremony, and Ferrofish converters have been part of major live touring rigs for artists including Björk, Ellie Goulding, and Disclosure — environments where reliability, channel density, and format flexibility are non-negotiable. The brand also manufactures the Verto series of pure format converters for setups that need to bridge Dante, ADAT, and MADI without adding analog I/O, and has expanded into niche applications including CV output versions of the Pulse 16 for integration with modular synthesizer systems.
At Wired Tunes, we carry Ferrofish converters for engineers and studio owners who need to move large numbers of channels between analog and digital domains reliably — whether expanding an existing interface, integrating outboard gear into a networked setup, or building out a hybrid live or studio system that needs to speak multiple digital formats simultaneously.
