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Presonus Firestudio Mobile Audio Interface - The Presonus Firestudio, a new-generation, studio-quality FireWire interface that you can use anywhere! The PreSonus FireStudio™ Mobile combines the superior Presonus analog-circuit design and advanced platform technology of our acclaimed FireStudio rack-mount interfaces with the ability to run on bus power in field applications. Now you can have enhanced audio performance for music recording and creation anywhere you can lug your laptop!
The FireStudio Mobile is bundled with: PreSonus Studio One Artist, our groundbreaking music creation program, and over 4 GB of virtual instruments, plug-ins, loops, and samples to get you started making music immediately.
PreSonus president Jim Odom and his team of engineers went the extra mile and created an “internal switching power plant” that lets the FireStudio Mobile convert computer bus power into a full 48 volts of phantom power, as well delivering 30 volts to power the superb mic preamps you’ll read about next.
The job of a microphone preamplifier in an audio interface is to boost a microphone-level signal to line level before conversion to the digital domain. A good preamp boosts the level to almost 400 times that of the original signal, making the preamp one of the most important stages in an interface. A cheap, off-the-shelf, op-amp-type mic preamp delivers thin, noisy, harsh results. But with XMAX preamps, the sonic quality is limited only by what microphone you plug into it.
XMAX preamplifiers are built with three key elements:
The net result of the XMAX preamp design is high headroom, low noise, wide dynamic range, extended frequency response, and—most important—musicality and transparency, with smooth highs, solid deep lows, and everything in between.
On the back are 6 more balanced, ¼-inch line level inputs for channels 3 through 8, plus a DB9 connector that accepts a breakout cable (included) to provide stereo S/PDIF digital I/O and MIDI I/O. You get two FireWire 400 ports: one port connects to your computer, and the other can be used to connect a hard drive or to daisy-chain any FireStudio-family interface, including the StudioLive 16.4.2 digital mixer, allowing you to integrate the FireStudio Mobile into a larger system.
Synchronization to your computer is stable and robust, thanks to JetPLL™ synchronization technology. JetPLL incorporates noise shaping to virtually remove all audio-band jitter, ensuring near-perfect clock performance and optimal converter performance when networking two or more digital-audio devices. JetPLL quickly locks to any digital format through a wide range of frequencies and is extremely robust and tolerant of wide variations in clock frequencies. As a result, you’ll experience better stereo separation and clearer, more transparent audio.
Universal Control consists of the Launch window and the Device window. In the Launch window, you can set the sample rate, clock source, safe mode, buffer size (PC only), and WDM routing (PC only) for all connected FireStudio Mobile-series interfaces. Each device is listed at the bottom of the window, along with Device Window buttons that open each interface’s Device window.
The Device window provides level and routing controls for each FireStudio-series interface’s internal mixer, enabling you to set up zero-latency cue mixes. Input and output metering have been optimized for ultra-fast screen display and minimum CPU usage, and you can give each interface a custom name. You can use any device in the chain as the master clock source, or you can slave the entire chain to an external digital device using any of the available digital inputs in the chain.
Compare Studio One Artist and bundled extras to what comes with competing mobile interfaces:
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Computer system requirements:
Below are the minimum computer-system requirements for your FireStudio Mobile.
Note that the speed of your processor, amount of RAM and size and speed of your hard drive will greatly affect the overall performance of your recording system. Also, a more powerful system (faster processor with more RAM) will allow for lower latency (signal delay) that you might experience while monitoring audio or MIDI signals.
Monitor resolution for both PC and Macintosh should be no lower than 1024x768 pixels.
| Microphone Preamp (XLR Balanced) | ||
| Frequency Response (+0, -0.5 dB) | 20 Hz to 50 kHz | |
| Frequency Response (+0/-3.0 dB) | 20 Hz to 150 kHz | |
| Input Impedance | 1.6 k? | |
| THD + N (unwtd, 1 kHz @ +4 dBu Output, Unity Gain) | < 0.008 % | |
| EIN (unwtd, 55 dB Gain, 150? Input, 20 Hz to 22 kHz) | –130 dBu | |
| S/N Ratio (Unity Gain, unwtd, Ref = +4 dBu, 20 Hz to 22 kHz) |
>101 dB | |
| Common Mode Rejection Ratio (1 kHz, 55 dB Gain) | >55 dB | |
| Gain Control Range (± 1 dB) | –10 dB to 70 dB | |
| Maximum Input level (Unity Gain, 1 kHz@0.5% THD+N) | +14 dBu | |
| Phantom Power (± 2 VDC) | +48 VDC | |
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| Instrument Input (¼" TRS, Channels 1 & 2) | ||
| Type | TS Female Unbalanced | |
| Input Impedance | 1 M? | |
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| Main Outputs | ||
| Type | ¼" TRS Impedance Balanced | |
| Output Impedance | 51? | |
| Headphone Output | ||
| Type | ¼" TRS Active Stereo | |
| Maximum Output | 150 mW/CH @ 60? Load | |
| Frequency Response | 10 Hz - 70 kHz | |
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| Digital Audio | ||
| FireWire (IEEE 1394) Speed | 400 Mbps | |
| ADC Dynamic Range (A-wtd, 48 kHz) | 118 dB | |
| DAC Dynamic Range (A-wtd, 48 kHz) | 118 dB | |
| Bit Depth | 24 bits | |
| Reference Level for 0 dBFS | +10 dBu | |
| Internal Sample Frequency Selections | 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96 kHz | |
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| Clock | ||
| Jitter | <20 ps RMS (20 Hz – 20 kHz) | |
| Jitter Attenuation | >60 dB (1 ns in => 1 ps out) | |
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| Power | ||
| Bus Power | 6-pin FireWire 400 or FireWire 800 | |
| Power Supply | External Switching Supply (12 VDC/1A) | |
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| Physical | ||
| Dimensions (WxHxD) | 5.5" x 1.75" x 5.5"/139.7 mm x 44.5 mm x 139.7 mm | |
| Weight | 4.5 lbs/2 kg | |
| As a commitment to constant improvement, PreSonus Audio Electronics, Inc. reserves the right to change any specification stated herein at any time in the future without notification. | ||
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PreSonus Audio Electronics has become known for delivering professional quality audio products at affordable prices to audio professionals, musicians and hobbyists around the world. The PreSonus staff all have years of experience in professional audio as musicians and sound engineers which brings passion for music-making to every facet of the company.
Presonus produce mixers, recording systems, music software, monitoring and controllers, pramplifiers, signal processors and various accessories suitable for a variety of applications including studio recording, mobile recording, live sound, contractors and houses of worship.
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