Echo Audiofire 8 - 10 in 10 out 24.96 Firewire Audio Interface

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Echo AudioFire 8

10 IN 10 OUT 24-96 FIREWIRE AUDIO RECORDING WITH PREAMPS

The Echo AudioFire 8 offers the same high-quality hardware and software found in Echo's popular Layla3G product, but with a FireWire interface. With the AudioFire 8 you can record 24-bit 96kHz audio with low latency monitoring on any Windows XP or Mac OS X computer (desktop or notebook) with a FireWire port.

Echo AudioFire8 can form the heart of any professional recording studio, whether at home or on the road. It has two universal inputs with mic preamps, phantom power, channel inserts and trim knobs so you can just plug in your microphone or instrument and record whenever or wherever you want. AudioFire8 also comes with 6 balanced analogue inputs (TRS), 8 balanced analogue outputs (TRS), a stereo headphone output, 2 FireWire ports, S/PDIF I/O, MIDI I/O, word clock synchronization, and 10 channels of full duplex 24-bit 96kHz recording and playback.

System Requirements:

• PC System Requirements:
  • Windows XP
  • 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)

Features

• Hardware Features:

• • FireWire (IEEE 1394a) interface with 15' cable
  • 2 auto-sensing universal inputs (mic/guitar/line):
    
  • Meters, trim knobs, phantom power, & channel inserts
  • 6 balanced ¼ analogue inputs:
  • • 113dB (A-weighted) dynamic range
    • +4dBu / -10dBV nominal levels
  • 8 balanced ¼ analogue outputs:
  • • 114dB (A-weighted) dynamic range
    • +4dBu / -10dBV nominal levels
  • S/PDIF I/O at 24-bit/96kHz
  • MIDI I/O
  • Stereo headphone output with volume knob
  • Sync via word clock or S/PDIF
  • Supports full duplex 10 channel in, 10 channel out operation at 24-bit,
  • 96 kHz sample rate
  • Rack mountable single space interface box
  • Heavy-duty aluminum case
  • 32-bit / 1.6 gigaflop DSP for digital mixing
  • Near zero latency hardware monitoring

• Software Features:

• • Software console for monitoring, metering, and setting levels
  • Low-latency drivers support all major pro audio software:
  • • Low Latency ASIO 2.0
    • GSIF 2.0 (Gigastudio 3 w/ low latency MIDI)
    • CoreAudio & CoreMIDI

Specifications

• Mac System Requirements:
• • Mac OS X (10.3.7 or later)
  • G4 or better processor
  • 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)