Aardvark Introduces Direct Pro Q10 at Winter NAMM
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January 25, 2001
Aardvark, a manufacturer of professional digital audio and studio synchronization products, introduced an exciting new addition to their unique line of computer hard-disk recording interfaces at the Winter NAMM 2001 show.
The Direct Pro Q10 ($999 US List) is the latest entry to Aardvark’s innovative Direct Pro Series, which began with the popular Direct Pro 2496 and has grown to include the Direct Pro LX6, Direct Mix USB3 and soon-to-be-released Direct Pro Q32.
A unique feature to the Direct Pro Series is the powerful DSP-based virtual mixing software which eliminates the need for an external outboard mixer by providing complete control of recording, monitoring and mixing within the digital audio workstation. The Q10’s Control Panel mixer software provides many of the features of an automated digital mixer, including a digital patch bay, digital peak metering, VU meters and presets for snapshot recall of any mixer setting.
The Q10’s shielded 24-bit converters are housed inside its rugged rack-mountable breakout box and the PCI host card is heavily shielded to keep out noise from the computer. The front panel features 8 studio-quality, discrete mic preamps, four of which are equipped with 48V phantom power. Eight (8) 1/4" balanced analog inputs (+4 dBu/-10 dBv) are also provided on the combo input jacks. Two inputs can be selected to allow direct recording from high-impedance instruments such as electric guitar and bass. The Q10’s front panel also features a 1/4" headphone jack with output level control knob, and a separate level control knob for the monitor buss output.
Four (4) 1/4" inserts are located on the back panel, which allow outboard dynamic processors or equalization to be inserted into the signal chain. The rear panel of the Q10 also has 8 1/4" balanced analog outs and an additional pair of 1/4" outputs which are dedicated to the monitor buss. S/PDIF, MIDI and Word Clock I/O are also accessible via the Q10’s rear panel.
The Direct Pro Q10 ($999 US List) is scheduled to ship in March 01, and comes bundled with a full version of Cakewalk Pro Audio 9.
FEATURES:
PCI interface, 8 XLR Discrete Mic Preamps, 48V Phantom, 8 1/4" Line Inputs, 2 Hi-Z inputs, 4 inserts, 10 1/4" Line Outputs, S/PDIF, MIDI, Word Clock, Headphone jack with output level control, monitor output level control
DRIVERS:
Windows 95/98/ME, ASIO2, GSIF, DirectSound / Coming Spring 2001: Windows 2000, NT and Mac For more information, visit their web site at www.aardvark-pro.com. | 
