Focusrite Saffire Firewire Audio Interface

Focusrite Saffire being a new breed of Firewire interface has an onboard DSP and 24-bit/192kHz processing. Focusrite Saffire fuses modern hardware with highly incorporated software to take audio interfacing one monster step nearer to the professional studio experience. Focusrite build and sound quality, intelligent front-end design and cutting-edge compression, EQ and foldback reverb software combine to guarantee an instinctive and trouble-free recording. The engineer has all he needs to navigate through a modern recording session by ensuring the number of inputs and outputs. Focusrite Saffire should have 4 inputs (2 digital) and 10 outputs (2 digital) plus unrivalled foldback and monitoring options.

Focusrite Saffire hardware is a revolutionary new platform from the team that produced LiquidControl and the Forte Suite that is being accompanied by the brand new software. This stylish application floats comfortably over any recording software and allows extensive control over the sound of the recorded signals, monitor and headphone output paths. Compression, reverb, amp modeling and EQ Saffire-powered plug-ins are also included. All these four are available as a suite of plug-ins from within the recording platform in use. You can create up to five separate user-defined stereo mixes of all incoming signals and recorded tracks from the recording platform. Thus Focusrite Saffire is truly the interface of choice for the serious recording engineer since they have comprehensive monitoring/foldback options and onboard high quality signal processing and effects.

Focusrite Saffire Features

Ultra-low latency Firewire 400 interface with onboard DSP

24-bit, 192kHz integrated A-D/D-A

Four inputs; two Focusrite preamps and SPDIF I/O

Eight balanced outputs for creating separate headphone/monitor mixes or 7.1 surround monitoring

Suite of Saffire-powered plug-ins; compression, EQ, amp modeling and monitor path reverb available on analogue inputs, for recording wet and or monitoring

Free accompanying software allows the engineer to create up to five unique stereo mixes of all incoming and recorded tracks

Plug-ins also available for use within the user's software platform

MIDI I/O

Includes Cubase LE software