Presonus Firebox Audio Interface

Full Description

The FIREBOX is a complete 24-Bit/96k personal recording studio combining two high quality PreSonus microphone/instrument preamplifiers, 24-Bit/96k sample rate and Steinberg's Cubase LE 48-track recording software. The FIREBOX is the perfect hardware and software combination for a powerful professional-quality and compact computer-based studio.

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The FIREBOX is the most professional-quality mobile interface in its class delivering the following

• Higher-quality analog to digital converters (Dynamic Range 110dB)

• Class-A microphone preamplifiers - delivers more musical recording

• Ultra wide frequency response (10 - 50kHz)

• Road ready rugged build quality - metal chassis

Hardware

The FIREBOX has the highest record/playback track count of its size with the ability to record six inputs and playback through ten outputs simultaneously all at pro-quality 24-bit/96kHz. Two ultra-low noise high-headroom microphone/instrument preamplifiers with 48V phantom power are on the front panel for quickly and easily connecting your favorite microphones and instruments. The FIREBOX also includes a high quality stereo headphone output with volume adjustment on the front panel. The headphone output has its own two-channel driver stream which can be used as a separate stereo bus or two-channel output giving you the ability to send a cue mix to the headphone output and a main mix to the main output. Two additional balanced TRS line inputs are located on the rear of the FIREBOX along with six balanced TRS line outputs. Two channels of S/PDIF input/output and MIDI input/output are also included via DB9 breakout cable. A software router/mixer is also included for further flexibility and power. The 1/3U-wide metal chassis of the FIREBOX is designed to fit the MAXRACK rack-mounting system from PreSonus and can be racked with the TubePRE, COMP16, EQ3B and HP4 for a neat and compact computer recording system.

The FIREBOX works with both four and six-pin FireWire (IEEE 1394) connectors and can be powered by either 6-pin FireWire bus power, or powered by an external power transformer.

The Windows XP and Macintosh compatible FIREBOX comes ready-to-record with Steinberg's Cubase LE 48-track 24-bit/96K recording software, and is also compatible with many popular ASIO/WDM and Core Audio based applications including Logic, Sonar, Audition, Digital Performer and others.

Features

High-Speed FireWire Network Audio Interface

Plug and play FireWire (IEEE 1394) audio interface

24-Bit / 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96K sample rate

Record/playback 6 inputs/10 outputs at 24-bit/96K

2 PreSonus microphone/instrument preamplifiers

2 analog line inputs, 6 analog line outputs

S/PDIF input/output

MIDI input/output

Low latency monitoring

Headphone output

Powered via FireWire bus or externally

Software router/mixer

Windows and Macintosh compatible

Fits MAXRACK rack mounting system

FREE Cubase LE audio production software

Minimum computer system requirements

Windows

OS Microsoft Windows XP

Computer Windows compatible computer with IEEE 1394 FireWire port.

CPU/Clock Pentium, Athlon with 900Mhz or higher (1.5GHz recommended)

Memory(RAM) 256 MB (512MB recommended)

Macintosh

OS MacOS X ver. 10.3.7 or later (MacOSX Tiger 10.4.0 click here)

CPU/Clock PowerPC G4/800Mhz or higher (G4/Dual 1 GHz recommended)

Memory(RAM) 256 MB (512MB recommended)

Not recommended for use with NEC, RICOH, and AGERE chipset.