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Computer Audio > Audio Interfaces > FireWire Audio Interfaces > RME Fireface 800 RME Fireface 800 FireWire Audio Interface/MIDI Interface with 24-Bit/192kHz Audio, ADAT and S/PDIF I/O »CLICK TO ENLARGE   ItemID: Fireface800   Retail Price: $1,999.00 SAVE $299.03 (15%) WHEN YOU BUY TODAY! SALE PRICE: $1,699.97 Add the Fireface 800 to Your Wishlist Yes, It's In Stock! This item is available for immediate delivery. Our centrally-located warehouse ensures you the fastest delivery time in the industry. Order now by adding to your cart or call your Sales Engineer.   Payments as low as $51/ mo. Customers also looked at...   RME Fireface 400 36 Ch 24/192 FW Interface $1299.97     Apogee Ensemble 24/192 FireWire Interface $1949.97     MOTU 896mk3 Firewire Audio Interface $995.97   » View all RME » View all FireWire Audio Interfaces

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RME Goes 24-Bit/192kHz FireWire! RME presents the Fireface 800, a 56 channel 24 bit / 192 kHz high-end, high performance and high speed FireWire audio interface. The Fireface 800 combines the latest proven technologies of previous RME products with the fastest FireWire technology. The Fireface 800 offers the some of the best instrument input implementation to be found anywhere in an audio interface plus a high power headphone output and signal-to-noise ratios of 119 dBA - typically RME! RME Fireface 800 At A Glance: 8 balanced line I/O's operate a 192kHz, 119dBA Dynamic Range. Direct ASIO Monitoring Cabable Headphone Output. 4 Phantom Powered Mic Pres with Balanced XLR and TRS inputs. Hi-Z Input For Guitar and Bass With Built-In "Tube Sound" Limiter 2 x ADAT Digital I/O Simultaneous use of XLR and TRS allow 35 simultaneous inputs to 28 tracks at once. TotalMix DSP routing works in stand-alone mode as a submixer, format converter, mic-pre, headphone mixer, A/D-D/A converter and more! SteadyClock funtions as a studio Master clock and removes jitter. Optional LTC and VITC Sync. Multi-Port Firewire hub connectivity allows use of multiple Fireface 800's on one FireWire port. Balanced I/O at 192kHz and 119dBA Dynamic Range RME's highly successful Multiface was the basis for the development of the Fireface 800. The Fireface 800 features 8 balanced line I/Os with software controlled reference level switching (-10 dBV, +4 dBu, HiGain), to guarantee highest dynamic range and fidelity. Apart from the levels of the Fireface 800's microphone pre-amps and the headphone outputs, all device settings are software controlled. The RME Fireface 800 is equipped with the latest A/D and D/A converter chips and all I/Os operate up to 192 kHz with a dynamic range of 119 dBA on playback. Direct ASIO Headphone Monitoring The Fireface 800's headphone output delivers high volume with low-impedance headphones and mirrors playback channels 9/10. In contrast to the Multiface, the Fireface 800's headphone output is capable of direct ASIO monitoring . 4 Phantom Powered Mic Pres The RME Fireface 800 has 4 discrete balanced microphone inputs with class-A stage, 48 V phantom power and separate TRS and XLR inputs, which can also be used as additional line inputs. Two of the Fireface 800's four mic inputs are permanently available as channels 9 and 10 while the other two can be used with inputs 7 / 8 on the back panel. Built-In "Tube Sound" Limiter For Guitar And Bass The FireFace 800's Hi-Z instrument input offers an unprecedented fidelity and flexibility for guitar and bass. A soft-limiter, specifically designed instruments, provides overload protection for the A/D-converter and deliberately creates harmonic distortion to emulate tube sound. Due to a soft transition and creation of harmonics, the Fireface 800's limiter can emulate tube saturation. A 'fuzz' circuit, which can be activated in addition, deliversguitar distortion. A multi-stage filter can remove low- and high-frequency disturbances and guarantees a optimal sound even when recording directly into the computer or when monitoring through a mixing console. Signals from guitar or bass can be recorded clean for optimal plug-in processing in your DAW. ADAT I/O The RME Fireface 800 has two ADAT I/Os and 1 S/PDIF I/O. When combined with two additional ADI-8 DS', you can have 26 analog inputs and outputs at 48kHz or 18 at 96 kHz. The SPDIF-I/O works up to 192 kHz, allowing 10 analog inputs and outputs at the highest sample rate, plus two digital ones. Simultaneous TRS and XLR I/O All inputs and outputs can be used at the same time. E. g., the instrument input can be used either instead of the line input on the back, or together with it. Even the jack and the XLR sockets of the microphone inputs can be used simultaneously. In this way, up to 35 signal sources can be connected to the Fireface 800 and recorded onto 28 separate tracks! TotalMix DSP Thanks to the DSP-based TotalMix mixer from the Hammerfall DSP series, all of the Fireface 800 inputs and outputs can be freely mixed, distributed and routed. With the Fireface 800, up to 14 completely independent stereo submixes are possible. Thanks to an internal flash memory, all of the Fireface 800's settings including TotalMix are recalled during boot. After making all desired settings, the Fireface 800 works in stand-alone (without computer) as a submixer, A/D and D/A converter, headphone mixer, format converter, instrument or microphone pre-amplifier, monitoring mixer and much more. SteadyClock Sync The Fireface 800 is equipped with SteadyClock, RME's latest sync and clock technology. With SteadyClock, the Fireface 800 becomes a sync reference for the whole studio. the Fireface 800's SteadyClock refreshes clock signals, removes jitter, and takes permanent care of optimal conversion quality, thus guarantees a sensational sound quality. Optional LTC and VITC Sync Via an insert slot on the back of the Fireface 800, a time code option (TCO) for synchronizing to LTC, video and VITC can be added. Thanks to SteadyClock, the Fireface 800 does not only extract absolute positions, but also a very clean low-jitter word clock. Latest Multi-Port Firewire Technology RME offers the latest technology giving the Fireface 800 unprecedented power to provide FireWire 800 ports as well as SteadyClock, ADAT and SPDIF digital PLL, TotalMix and stand-alone mode. Using an integrated 32 bit RISC processor, the Fireface 800 is flexible, reconfigurable and one the first Giga-FW interfaces available, optimized for audio with latencies down to 48 samples. The Fireface 800 has a second port for hub functionality, bi-lingual mode for full FireWire 400 compatibility, and an additional FW 400 port. Thanks to the multi-ports, several Fireface 800 can be used in parallel and at the same time on one FireWire port without any problem. The RME Fireface 800 - Audiophile quality in a FireWire interface! Customer Reviews  Fireface 800   by Ike Bennett from Kingston. Jamaica., November 18, 2007 Music Background:  Pro Musician “I bought the fireface 800 and use it with the Presonus Central Station.It is hard to imagine it becoming obsolete.This combination is simply.VERY HEAVY.” • Click Here to Read More Customer Reviews • Write Your Own Review Sweetwater Expert Advice     "The Fireface800 is THE flagship of all firewire audio interfaces. You must hear it to believe it. The amazing converters and highly flexible I/O configuration make this an absolute must for any studio. This interface is truly in a class by itself!!!" Scott Wynn More FireWire Audio Interfaces from RME: · RME Fireface 400 View All Products from RME  Tell a Friend About the Fireface 800!  Print This Page See Also:  FireWire Interfaces

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