Presonus Firebox Firewire Sound Card from Presonus @ Inta Audio

PreSonus Firebox Firewire Soundcard

The FireBox is the most powerful 24-bit/96k FireWire recording interface that fits in the palm of your hand. The FireBox is a complete 24-Bit/96k personal recording studio combining two high quality PreSonus microphone/instrument preamplifiers, 24-Bit/96k sample rate and Steinberg's Cubase LE 48-track recording software. The FireBox is the perfect hardware and software combination for a powerful professional-quality and compact computer-based studio.

The FireBox is the most professional-quality mobile interface in its class delivering:

Higher-quality analog to digital converters (Dynamic Range 110dB)
Class-A microphone preamplifiers
Ultra wide frequency response (10 - 50kHz)
Road-ready rugged build quality - metal chassis

Hardware

The FireBox has the highest record/playback track count of its size with the ability to record six inputs and playback through ten outputs simultaneously all at pro-quality 24-bit/96kHz. Two ultra-low noise high-headroom microphone/instrument preamplifiers with 48V phantom power are on the front panel for quickly and easily connecting your favorite microphones and instruments. The FireBox also includes a high quality stereo headphone output with volume adjustment on the front panel. The headphone output has its own two-channel driver stream which can be used as a separate stereo bus or two-channel output giving you the ability to send a “cue” mix to the headphone output and a main mix to the main output. Two additional balanced TRS line inputs are located on the rear of the FireBox along with six balanced TRS line outputs. Two channels of S/PDIF input/output and MIDI input/output are also included via DB9 breakout cable. A software router/mixer is also included for further flexibility and power. The 1/3U-wide metal chassis of the FireBox is designed to fit the MAXRACK rack-mounting system from PreSonus and can be racked with the TubePRE, COMP16, EQ3B and HP4 for a neat and compact computer recording system.

The FireBox works with both four and six-pin FireWire (IEEE 1394) connectors and can be powered by either 6-pin FireWire bus power, or powered by an external power transformer.

The Windows XP and Macintosh compatible FireBox comes ready-to-record with Steinberg's Cubase LE 48-track 24-bit/96K recording software, and is also compatible with many popular ASIO/WDM and Core Audio based applications including Logic, Sonar, Audition, Digital Performer and others.

DSP Mixer Included

The FireBox features a Zero-Latency DSP mixer that allows you to mix all six live inputs with a software output stream, then route that mix to any one of its outputs, as well as assign either that mix or a software output stream to its headphone amplifier. This feature eliminates monitoring through the computer and makes it easy to customize a mix for the artist. It also allows CUEING for DJ’s and live performance where the headphone output can monitor a completely different signal than the MAIN outputs.

Free ProPak Software Suite (ver. 1) Included

Cubase LE 4 48-track music recording and production software
Audio Damage– FuzzPlus2, Filterpod plug-ins
Pluggo Jr. – Average Injector, Chamberverb, Feedback Network, Filter Taps, Generic Effect, HF Ring Mod, Jet, Limi, Nebula, Resonation, Resosweep, Spectral Filter.
Camel Crusher – Distortion Compressor plug-in
Voxengo - SPAN, Boogex, EssEQ , OldSkoolVerb, Tempo Delay and Tube Amp plug-ins.
Discrete Drums Sampler– over 1GB of drum loops and drum samples
Twiddly bits – 100 MIDI drum loops created by real drummers

High-Speed FireWire Network Audio Interface

Plug and play FireWire (IEEE 1394) audio interface

24-Bit / 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96K sample rate

Record/playback 6 inputs/10 outputs at 24-bit/96K

2 PreSonus microphone/instrument preamplifiers

2 analog line inputs, 6 analog line outputs

S/PDIF input/output

MIDI input/output

Low latency monitoring

Headphone output

Powered via FireWire bus or externally

Software router/mixer