Focusrite Saffire

Saffire description:

The Focusrite SAFFIRE Firewire Audio Interface With Dsp. Fuses state-of-the-art hardware with highly integrated software to take audio interfacing one giant step closer to the professional studio experience.

The Focusrite SAFFIRE has four inputs (two digital) and 10 outputs (two digital) with unrivalled foldback and monitoring options ensure the engineer has all he needs to navigate through a modern recording session. Focusrite build and sound quality, intelligent front-end design and cutting-edge compression, EQ and foldback reverb software combine to guarantee an intuitive and trouble-free recording experience. The SaffireControl operation software accompanying the Saffire hardware is a revolutionary new platform from the team that produced LiquidControl and the Forte Suite. This stylish 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. Focusrite have included compression, reverb, amp modeling and EQ Saffire-powered plug-ins. 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. With such comprehensive monitoring/foldback options and onboard high quality signal processing and effects, the Focustrie Saffire is truly the interface of choice for the serious recording engineer. Cubase LE software with up to 48 audio and 64 MIDI tracks and supports up to 8 VST instruments is currently included with this product.

The main features of the Focusrite SAFFIRE include:

• Ultra-low latency Firewire 400 interface with onboard DSP
• 24-bit, 192kHz integrated A-D/D-A (DSP plugin suite 96k Mode only/Host based Plugin suite operate up to 192K)
• 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 SaffireControl operation software allows the engineer to create up to five unique stereo mixes of all incoming and recorded tracks
• Cubase LE software with up to 48 audio and 64 MIDI tracks and supports up to 8 VST instruments included with this product
• Plug-ins also available for use within the user's software platform
• MIDI I/O
• Saffire is cross platform with the following minimum requirements, Mac: OS X Panther (10.3.3 or later), G3/800MHz, G4/700MHz, 256MB RAM PC: XP, Pentium Celeron, or Pentium compatible processor of 900MHz, 256MB RAM
• Saffire will work with all ASIO, WDM and Core Audio compatible software, in other words all software apart from Pro Tools. It’s been tested thoroughly with many software packages including Cubase, Logic, Sonar, Ableton Live, Digital Performer, and Propellerheads Reason to name a few
• Powered from Firewire port - 6-pin can supply power. If you only have 4-pin then simply connect up the Mains adapter that’s provided to power the Saffire