M-Audio Firewire 1814

Firewire 1814 description:

The M-Audio FIREWIRE 1814 Mobile 18 In/14 Out Firewire Recording Interface. A superb little power-house of audio/MIDI interface functionality.

The M-Audio FIREWIRE 1814 is an 18-in, 14-out audio interface complete with ADAT Lightpipe for multi-channel communication with other digital devices. It features 8 x 4 analog I/O at up to 24-bit/96kHz, and boasts 192kHz on the first two inputs and all four outputs. Channels 1 and 2 also include high-quality microphone/instrument preamps. S/PDIF optical digital I/O provides 2-channel PCM, as well as pass-through of surround-encoded AC-3 and DTS material. Flexible internal mixing allows input and output routing, including an aux bus for effects send or monitor mix. A front-panel momentary switch allows DJ-style headphone auditioning between two assignable sources. Other FIREWIRE 1814 features include two headphone amplifiers, assignable level controller, S/PDIF coaxial/optical digital I/O, 1 x 1 MIDI I/O, and BNC word clock connectors for synchronization to other digital devices.

The main features of the M-Audio FIREWIRE 1814 include:

• Ableton Live Lite 5 included
• A superb little power-house of audio/MIDI interface functionality
• 8x4 - 24-bit/96kHz analog I/O (1/4 inch jack TS) or 2x4 24-bit/192kHz analog I/O
• 8x8 ADAT lightpipe I/O with S/MUX support for 4-channel 96kHz operation
• Digital S/PDIF (optical/coaxial) I/O with 2-channel PCM
• Digital out supports pass-through of AC-3/DTS surround-encoded content
• Dual mic/instrument preamps (Neutrik XLR/1/4 inch TS) with input level controls, 20dB pad, phantom power, and signal LEDs
• Dual stereo headphone outputs with individual level controls (1/4 inch jack TRS)
• Flexible software-controlled mixing of hardware and software I/O
• Aux sends on all channels; aux out assign allows dedicated earphone mixes and sends to external effects
• User-assignable front-panel level control (output, input, software return, aux send)
• Near zero-latency hardware direct monitoring
• Low-latency ASIO software direct monitoring
• Momentary switch for A/B cueing 2 software-assignable headphone sources or ASIO monitoring on/off
• 1x1 - 16-channel MIDI I/O
• Word clock I/O
• Power on/off with LED
• Powered via FireWire bus (requires 6-pin connection) or included DC power adapter
• 2 convenient high-bandwidth FireWire ports
• Rugged steel construction
• ASIO 2, MME, Sound Manager, DirectX, GSIF 2, Mac OS X Core Audio / Core MIDI compatible
• Minimum system requirements (PC) are Windows XP (SP1); Windows 2000 (SP4) or higher (Windows 98, 98SE, Me or NT not supported), Pentium 3 800MHz or higher (may be higher for laptops), 256MB RAM, DirectX 9.0b or higher
• Minimum system requirements (MAC) are G3 800MHz or G4 733MHz or higher (may be higher for laptops), OS 9.2.2 or greater w/ 256MB RAM, OS 10.2.8 w/ 256BM RAM; OS 10.3 or greater w/ 512MB RAM (G3/G4 accelerator cards not supported; native FireWire ports required)