New Saffire FireWire Interface from Focusrite
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January 19, 2005
NAMM Show 2005 sees the launch of the
Focusrite Saffire, a new breed of firewire interface with onboard DSP and
24-bit/192kHz processing. Saffire includes integrated software to take audio interfacing a step closer
to the professional studio experience.
Four inputs (2 digital) and 10 outputs (2 digital) with foldback
and monitoring options ensure the engineer has all he needs to navigate
through a modern recording session.
The brand new software accompanying the Saffire hardware is a
new platform from the team that produced LiquidControl and the Forte Suite.
This application floats comfortably over any recording software and
allows extensive control over the sound of the recorded signals and the
multiple (monitor and headphone) output paths.
Compression, reverb, amp modeling and EQ Saffire-powered plug-ins are
included. All four are also available as a suite of plug-ins from within the
recording platform in use. Up to five separate user-defined stereo mixes can
be created of all incoming signals and recorded tracks from the recording
platform.
Saffire features at a glance:
- Firewire 400 interface with onboard DSP
- 24-bit, 192kHz integrated A-D/D-A
- Four inputs; two Focusrite preamps and SPDIF I/O
- Eight balanced outputs for creating separate headphone/monitor mixes or 7.1 surround monitoring
- Suite of Saffire-powered plug-ins; compression, EQ, amp modeling and monitor path reverb available on analogue inputs, for recording wet and or monitoring
- Free accompanying software allows the engineer to create up to five unique stereo mixes of all incoming and recorded tracks
- Plug-ins also available for use within the user's software platform
- MIDI I/O
For more information, visit their web site at www.focusrite.com. | 
