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NAMM: Edirol Adds FireWire Support to Line

January 19, 2004

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Edirol announced the FA-101 at Winter NAMM, a 10 input - 10 output FireWire bus-powered audio interface offering 2 mic preamps with phantom power, 6 dedicated TRS balanced inputs & 8 dedicated TRS balanced outputs. This half-rack unit has a front-mounted optical S/PDIF input & output and rear accessible MIDI input & output.

The FA-101 offers simultaneous 10 inputs & 10 outputs at up to 24-bit/96kHz audio quality on both PC (ASIO2.0, WDM) & Mac (CoreAudio) capable of running completely from the power of the FireWire bus. In addition, it supports stereo in and out at 24-bit/192kHz. The FA-101 can also be powered by the included DC adapter with 4-pin FireWire ports.

The FA-101 comes with a control panel for routing various inputs & computer signals to different tracks & outputs, offering a new level of audio recording & playback capabilities to the mobile recording & performing musician. The home recording musician can now track many different instruments directly from a laptop.

The FA-101 lists for $695 and will be available in April.

For more information, visit their web site at http://www.rolandus.com/edirol.

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