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Studio & Recording > Preamps > Channel Strips > Focusrite OctoPre Focusrite OctoPre 8-channel Microphone Preamp with Individual Compressor/Limiters »CLICK TO ENLARGE   ItemID: OctoPre   Retail Price: $999.99 SAVE $200.00 (20%) WHEN YOU BUY TODAY! SALE PRICE: $799.99 Add the OctoPre 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 $24/ mo. Customers also bought...   Focusrite OctoPre ADAT Option OctoPre Lightpipe A-D Option $199.99     Focusrite OctoPre Multiple I/O Option AES-EBU/ADAT/S/PDIF A-D Option $329.99

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Multichannel DAW Front End! The Platinum OctoPre is a Focusrite mic preamp featuring eight pristine Focusrite channels. OctoPre routes directly to any digital audio workstation via analog outputs or a new 24-bit/96kHz A/D converter. The OctoPre offers the unique qualities associated with the Focusrite name at an affordable price. Focusrite OctoPre at a Glance: Compressor/limiter circuit on every channel Award-winning Focusrite mic preamps Balanced analog outputs plus optional digital I/O Partners with Pro Tools or other workstations Compressor/limiter circuit on every channel Each channel also features a compressor / limiter circuit, providing a warm-sounding compressor, which morphs into a brick wall limiter to avoid those critical overs, ensuring total control over all eight channels. Award-winning Focusrite mic preamps The mic pres featured in OctoPre are those featured elsewhere in the award winning Focusrite Platinum range. They are a transistor-based Class A design utilizing the same full-bandwidth philosophy as the legendary Red and ISA mic pres, ensuring detail and clarity without coloration. The first two 'super channels' also feature phase reverse, as well as TRS Jack inputs on the front panel for quick and easy, DI-free plug-in. Balanced analog outputs plus optional digital I/O Output can be either analog or digital; choices include 8 balanced analog outputs, or an optional A/D, (8 AES, S/PDIF and ADAT lightpipe digital outputs.) An external Word clock input is also provided (BNC connector.) The AES-EBU and S/PDIF format outputs all operate at up to 24bit /96kHz and can run simultaneously with the lightpipe outputs, giving up to 16 channels of digital output for sample rates of 44.1 and 48kHz, at 16, 20 or 24 bit dithered. Partners with Pro Tools or other workstations The Platinum Octopre can be used as a partner for your Pro Tools HD or Digi 002 system or any other digital audio workstation, making multi-channel recording easy. It could also add an additional set of mic pres for any analog or digital console, or hard disk recorder. Focusrite OctoPre Features: Balanced Mic and Line inputs Nominal level +4dBu /-10dBV TRS Jack (channels one and two only) 25-pin D-type 8 channel analog connector 8 XLR inputs for Mic Phantom Power +48V Gain: (mic): 0dB to 60dB; (line): -10dB to +10 dB; (instrument): 0dB to 60dB (Impedance >1M ?) Phase Reverse: (1 and 2 only) High Pass filter:12dB /octave.-3dB@75Hz Dynamics: Limit is fixed at 20dBu Compressor threshold and ratio is variable Frequency select - Switchable (44.1,48,88.2,96 kHz) Dither - 24-, 20-, or 16-bit Signal Present: 20dBu Over Load: - +22dBu Compressor mode - Yellow LED intensity increases with compression Hard Limit mode - Red LED on for Limit. Threshold = +20dBu Optional 8-channel optical lightpipe for 16-, 20-, or 24-bit ADAT format (up to 48kHz) Optional 8 channels of S/PDIF on a 9-pin D-type connector (up to 96kHz) Optional 8 channels of AES on the same 9-pin D-type connector (up to 96kHz) Customer Reviews  Previous Reviewers Got it Right   by Aaron from San Antonio, TX, June 19, 2008 Music Background:  Recording Engineer/Home Studio Owner “Great Pres - Especially for the price. What a deal! 8 channels of focusrite class A for $100 a channel. BOOYA! The reason these pres are so affordable is because they sound a little sterile compared to higher end pres like API and the ISA and Red series. But the best part is, they still sound GREAT! 99% of the time, you get what you pay for so no big deal anyways. A GREAT Prosumer piece of...” Read More • Click Here to Read More Customer Reviews • Write Your Own Review Sweetwater Expert Advice     "Make the most out of your Digi003 or 828. The Focusrite OctoPre with the ADAT option card makes a perfect mate for an interface with a lonely, unused ADAT connection. With the extra eight preamps and compressors that this unit adds to your interface, you can mic up the whole band. " Sean Wooldridge More Channel Strips from Focusrite: · Focusrite VoiceMaster Pro · Focusrite Liquid Channel · Focusrite TrakMaster PRO · Focusrite ISA 220 Session Pack · Focusrite TwinTrak Pro · Focusrite ISA 430 MKII Producer Pack · Focusrite Red 7 · Focusrite VoiceMaster Pro/Platinum Pro ADC Bundle View All Products from Focusrite  Tell a Friend About the OctoPre!  Print This Page

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