Focusrite Saffire Pro40 / OctoPre II Bundle

Upgrade Your Studio with This Powerful Pair From Focusrite

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Note: This bundle includes a $75 instant rebate with purchase of a Saffire PRO 40 and OctoPre MkII.

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The Focusrite Saffire PRO 40 firewire interface and OctoPre MkII mic preamp pack a powerful one-two punch when used in tandem. Your interface and preamps are critical points in you signal chain. An improvement in these areas will pay sonic dividends for years to come - and let you fully realize the benefits of any other upgrades you do in the future. This bundle represents a solid studio investment - particularly at this bargain price. Invest in the Focusrite Saffire PRO 40 and OctoPre MkII now, and start producing better-sounding recordings.

• A critical investment in better sound
• Saffire PRO 40
• OctoPre MkII

Your interface handles your studio's A/D conversion - if your interface is a slouch, it's degrading the sound of everything, and negating any other upgrades you've spent your hard-earned cash on. Similarly, if your preamps aren't up to snuff, well, you get the picture. Focusrite needs no introduction. Their gear is used in pro studios worldwide for a reason: it's bulletproof and sounds great. This bundle is your opportunity to get your sonic house in order by outfitting your studio with Focusrite's Saffire PRO 40 and OctoPre MkII.

The Focusrite Saffire PRO 40 is all about sounding great. And what else would you expect from Focusrite? This company makes some of the very best preamplifiers available. And with the Saffire PRO 40, they give project/home studio owners the best preamp possible in an affordable, I/O-packed box. Best yet, you don't get just one or two preamps with the Saffire PRO 40 - you get a whopping eight amazing-sounding preamps, so you're ready for full-band recordings. Just plug your microphones in, use the handy front-panel gain control knobs, and keep your eye on the bright LED display - you'll have pro-level sound pumping into your DAW via FireWire, no doubt about it.

When you get an OctoPre MkII, you're not just adding a set of eight great-sounding microphone preamplifiers to your rig, you're upgrading the potential of your entire music production setup. At an outrageously low cost, you get eight of the same kind of expressively musical preamplifiers that have made the Saffire Pro a total hit, plus each channel on the OctoPre MkII is equipped with truly useful extras. Whether you're expanding your recording rig, or adding a bank of high-quality pres to your live setup, we're sure you'll be impressed with the incredible value of the Focusrite OctoPre MkII.

• 8-channel preamplifier and AD/DA converter
• ADAT output, so you can add eight channels to your current audio interface
• Eight built-in "single-dial" Focusrite compressors with soft-knee design
• Built-in 8-channel 24-bit/96kHz ADAT I/O
• Eight analog outputs for monitoring the digital or analog inputs
• Switchable phantom power in groups: channels 1-4 and 5-8

• Same Focusrite preamps as found on the Saffire Pro Range
• Eight award-winning Focusrite Pre-amps
• Built-in eight channel 24-bit / 96kHz digital outputs (ADAT)
• Mic-pres optimized for tracking drums
• Two quality Hi-Z instrument inputs