Saffire Pro 24 News from Focusrite: 25 years of mic-pre excellence form the foundation of these new interfaces, with two award-winning Focusrite pre-amps.
The Saffire Pro 24 and Saffire Pro 24 DSP feature the very latest in mix control software and FireWire interfacing technology, delivering seamless integration, excellent routing flexibility and rock-solid driver stability.
Saffire Pro 24 DSP with VRM Virtual Reference Monitoring and DSP
The Saffire Pro 24 DSP features on-board Digital Signal Processing circuitry that runs ‘latency free’ dynamics processing and reverb algorithms. The DSP version of the Pro 24 is technology called VRM (Virtual Reference Monitoring). This lets you hear your mix in different environments, through different speakers and from different positions, all just using headphones.
Over 100 different monitoring ‘scenarios’ are available to the user, with a selection of monitors and rooms to choose from, so listeners can place themselves in simulations of professional studios or even more modest bedroom spaces. The benefits of being able to apply a studio’s characteristics to the headphones feed, say Focusrite, means that users can make critical mix decisions without having to use nearfield monitors, and therefore without disturbing neighbours and family members.
This gives the user the option to apply dynamics processing and reverb during the tracking process without the need for hardware, and without any latency, which is encountered when live input signals are routed through DAW software and back out to the monitor send. This is especially helpful for vocalists and instrumentalists, who often like to hear ‘comfort’ reverb on their headphone feed.
Why are the Saffire Pro 24 FireWire Audio Interfaces Recommended?
The two Focusrite pre-amps ensure low noise and distortion, whilst quality digital conversion and JetPLL jitter elimination technology ensure pristine audio quality as your audio flows between the
analogue and digital domains.
Alongside the two Focusrite pre-amps are a host of I/O options; two additional analogue inputs, six analogue outputs, ADAT inputs (for expanding the interface with, for example, Focusrite’s OctoPre), stereo SPDIF I/O and 2 virtual ‘loopback’ inputs for routing digital audio between software applications and therefore ideal for capturing online audio. Front panel 5-LED metering for each analogue input offers accurate viewing of levels.
Saffire Mix Control, the zero-latency 18 x 8 DSP Mixer/Router software provided
with Saffire PRO 24 features flexible output routing and monitoring, as well as intuitive oneclick
set-up solutions designed to help you track, monitor and mix as quickly as
possible.
Saffire Pro 24 also comes with all the additional tools needed to start making music
straight away. These include the latest version of the Focusrite Plug-in Suite,
providing a significant upgrade from your standard sequencer effects. The suite
includes Compression, Reverb, Gating and EQ.
Focusrite’s established Xcite+ bundle is also included. The bundle features Ableton
Live Lite (for all your production, performance and compositional needs), Novation’s
Bass Station soft synth and over 1 gig of royalty-free samples from Loopmasters and
‘Mike the Drummer’.
Shipping July 2009, buy your Saffire Pro 24 or Saffire Pro 24 DSP FireWire audio interface from the UK's No.1 Focusrite Saffire dealer.
Focusrite Saffire Pro 24