M-Audio Firewire Solo

Firewire Solo description:

The M-Audio FIREWIRE SOLO Mobile Interface. FireWire mobile audio interface for songwriters and guitarists.

The M-Audio FIREWIRE SOLO is designed from the ground up as an easy-to-use, high-quality interface for songwriters to record guitars, vocals and more on the computer. Compatible with most popular music software, this compact bus-powered unit is small enough to go anywhere you want to take your music. In addition to the 1/4 inch jack guitar input right on the front panel, a professional XLR microphone input also lets you record vocals and acoustic instruments. There are also dual line inputs for effects, drum machines and other outboard gear. FireWire connectivity, up to 24-bit/96kHz sample rate support and digital I/O all add up to outstanding sonic performance.

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

• Ableton Live Lite 5 included
• Total I/O: 6x4
• Simultaneous I/O: 4x4
• 24-bit/96kHz audio interface
• Front-panel microphone in (XLR) with 48V phantom power, gain control and clip LED
• Front-panel guitar input (1/4 inch jack TS unbalanced) with gain control and clip LED
• 2 line inputs (1/4 inch jack TS unbalanced) on rear panel
• Front-panel switch toggles front/rear inputs
• 2 line outputs (1/4 inch jack TRS balanced)
• S/PDIF digital I/O (RCA coax) with 2-channel PCM
• Digital output also supports pass-through of AC-3/DTS surround-encoded content
• Stereo headphone output (1/4 inch jack TRS)
• Level control for headphone and analog outs
• Flexible software-based routing/mixing with near-zero latency monitoring
• Dual FireWire ports for easy device chaining
• Powered via FireWire bus (requires 6-pin connection) or included 12VDC power adapter
• Rack-mountable metal chassis
• Kensington lock port
• Mac and Windows compatible
• FireWire cables included
• Rugged steel construction
• ASIO2, WDM, GSIF2, MME and Core Audio compatibility
• Minimum system requirements (PC) are Windows XP (SP2) (Home and Professional Edition only), Pentium III 500MHz, 128MB RAM, DirectX 9.0c, Onboard FireWire connection or installed IEEE1394 PCI card, Note: The FireWire Solo is not supported under Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows Me or Windows 2000
• Minimum system requirements (MAC) are G3/G4 500MHz , OS X 10.2.8, 256 MB RAM or OS X 10.3.5 or later, 512 MB RAM (G3/G4 accelerator cards not supported; native FireWire ports required, OS 10.3.5 or later required for Dolby Digital and DTS pass-through with Apple DVD Player
• This product includes a free copy of Ableton Live Lite 5 (Mac/PC ) music production software solution that allows you to spontaneously compose, record, remix, improvise and edit your musical ideas in a seamless audio/MIDI environment