FireWire Digital Audio Recording Interfaces

AudioFire 8 Firewire digital audio recording interface with mic-preamps, S/PDIF and ADAT I/O
16 IN 16 OUT FIREWIRE AUDIO RECORDING INTERFACE WITH PREAMPS
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AudioFire 8

Versatile and flexible
AudioFire 8 is the perfect center piece for your digital audio recording studio. It offers the same high quality hardware and software found in our popular Layla3G product with the flexibility of Firewire. It's a 24-bit 96 kHz digital audio recording interface with ultra low-latency monitoring on any Windows XP/Vista/Win 7 or Mac OS X (10.4 or later) computer with a FireWire port.

Total I/Os: 16 ins & 16 outs
AudioFire 8 has two universal inputs with mic preamps located on the front of the unit with phantom power to meet your microphone's specifications, trim knobs for volume control and two channel inserts located in the back of the unit for additional effects, such as compressor, EQ, Reverb etc. The six remaining balanced analog line inputs and eight balanced analog outputs are located on the back of the unit. In addition, ADAT I/O (8 digital audio channels), S/PDIF I/O (coaxial and optical), MIDI I/O and WordClock to sync multiple AudioFires are also all on the back of the unit. AudioFire 8 has one stereo headphone output and 2 FireWire ports so you daisy chain two Audiofire 8s for a total of 32 channels.

Hardware Features

Software 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" analog inputs:
    • 113dB (A-weighted) dynamic range
    • +4dBu / -10dBV nominal levels
  • 8 balanced ¼" analog outputs:
    • 114dB (A-weighted) dynamic range
    • +4dBu / -10dBV nominal levels
  • 2 unbalanced ¼" channel inserts
    • +4dBu / -10dBV nominal levels
  • S/PDIF (coaxial and optical) I/O at 24-bit/96kHz
  • ADAT I/O
  • MIDI I/O
  • Stereo headphone output with volume knob
  • Sync via word clock, S/PDIF or ADAT
  • Supports full duplex 16 channel in, 16 channel out operation at 24 bit, 48 kHz sample rate or 12 channel in, 12 channel out operation at 24 bit, 96 kHz sample rate
  • Rack mountable single space interface box
  • Heavy-duty aluminum case
  • On-board DSP processing
  • Near zero latency hardware monitoring
  • Software console for monitoring, metering, and setting levels
  • Low-latency drivers support all major pro audio software:
    • Low Latency ASIO 2.0
    • WDM kernel streaming mode
    • GSIF 2.0 (Gigastudio w/ low latency MIDI) (32-bit Windows XP, Vista & Windows 7 only)
    • CoreAudio & CoreMIDI
 

System Requirements

  • PC System requirements:
    • Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 (32 or 64 bit)
    • 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
    • 400 Mbps FireWire port (IEEE 1394a)
  • Mac System Requirements
    • Mac OS X (10.4 or later)
    • G4 or better processor
    • 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
    • 400 Mbps FireWire port (IEEE 1394a)

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