FireWire Audiophile is a compact, FireWire-compatible audio/MIDI interface that takes the legacy of M-Audio’s award-winning Audiophile line to the next level. 4 x 6 audio I/O combines with powerful on-board mixing in a mobile package that’s perfect for live performance, home recording, and digital DJ work. Stereo headphone output with A/B switching between assignable sources allows pre-cuing for DJs and mobile musicians-and the assignable aux bus is perfect for creating dedicated headphone mixes and effect sends. It also features near zero-latency hardware direct monitoring, ultra-low latency ASIO software direct monitoring, and 1 x 1 MIDI I/O. FireWire Audiophile even has AC-3 and DTS pass-through for surround sound playback.
Features
- 4 x 6 24-bit/96kHz I/O
- 2 x 4 analog operation (RCA)
- digital S/PDIF (coaxial) I/O w/ 2-channel PCM
- digital out also supports AC-3/DTS pass-through
- headphone output with dedicated level control
- flexible software-controlled mixing of hardware and software I/O
- aux sends on all channels and aux output assign allows for dedicated headphone mixes and sends to external effects
- user-assignable front-panel level control (output, input, software return, aux send)
- near zero-latency hardware direct monitoring
- low-latency ASIO software direct monitoring
- switch for A/B cueing two software-assignable headphone sources or switching ASIO
- monitoring on/off
- 1 x 1 16-channel MIDI I/O
- power on/off switch with indicator LED
- powered via FireWire bus or included DC power adapter
- two convenient high-bandwidth FireWire ports
- rugged steel construction
