Unique Perspective - M-Audio ProFire 2626 - PRESS PLAY

• High-speed FireWire (IEEE 1394)
• 24-bit/96kHz sampling rate
• Eight Class A microphone preamps
• Zero latency 36 x 36 x 18 DSP full-matrix mixer/router
• 16-channel 48kHz ADAT I/O
• 8-channel 96kHz ADAT I/O (dual SMUX)
• S/PDIF I/O, MIDI I/O, word clock I/O
• Jet PLL jitter elimination technology
• 32x18 DSP matrix mixer/router
• Includes Studio One Artist recording software with loops, effects, and versions of 3rd-party plug-ins
• Mac and Windows compatible

Studio One Artist is not a dumbed-down, “lite” version of Studio One Pro. Rather, it’s just one version of the same creative recording and production platform—with unlimited track count and the same intuitive interface. Studio One Artist is bundled with all PreSonus FireStudio audio interfaces and is also available separately from authorized dealers.

• Elegant single-window work environment
• Powerful drag-and-drop functionality
• Unlimited auditracks, MIDI tracks, virtual instruments, buses, and FX channels
• Content browser with convenient sort options and preview player
• Automatic delay compensation
• Advanced automation
• 32-bit audiprocessing
• Easy-to-use sidechain routing
• Stunning virtual instruments
• User-friendly sampler
• Most intuitive MIDI-mapping system available
• Real-time auditimestretching and resampling
• K-System metering
• Compatible with any ASIO-, Windows Audio-, or Core Audio-compliant audiinterface
• Works with key commands from PrTools, Cubase, and Logic.
• Native Effects 32-bit effects library with 20 dynamics processors, reverbs, modulations effects, amp simulators, etc. Ampire - Amplifier-Modeling AutFilter - Envelope Filter Beat Delay - Tempo-Synchronized Delay Binaural Pan - SterePanning Effect Channel Strip - Dynamics Processing and Equalizer Chorus - Mono/StereChorus Compressor - Mono/StereVariable Compressor Flanger - Stereo/MonFlanger Limiter - Mono/StereLimiter Mixtool - Phase and MS Utility MixVerb - Mono/StereReverb Phase Meter phase-correlation analysis Phaser mono/sterephaser PrEQ 7-band parametric EQ Red Light Distortion distortion processor Room Reverb stereo/monroom reverb Spectrum Meter frequency analyzer Tricomp 3-band compressor Tuner instrument tuner X-Trem mono/steretremolo
• Four virtual instruments Impact Sample Trigger Drum Instrument with 32 drum kits by Ueberschall Presence Sample Player Virtual Instrument with 200 sampled instruments by Digital Sound Factory SampleOne Sampler Virtual Instrument Mojito Analog-Modeling Subtractive Synthesizer
• Native Instruments Kore Player with 150 instruments
• Native Instruments Guitar Rig LE
• Toontrack EZDrummer Lite
• Nearly 1,400 drum loops (1.4 GB!) by Bandmate Loops
• Free jambalaya recipe!

The PreSonusFireStudio is the next generation in FireWire recording systems from PreSonus. Based on the award-winning Firepod, theFireStudio combines superior analog circuit design with new advanced platform technology to deliver enhanced performance for music recording and creation.

The FireStudio is a 26x26 24-bit/96k professional recording system combining eight XMAX Class A PreSonus microphone preamplifiers, up to sixteen channels of optical ADAT input / output, S/PDIF and MIDI input / output, along with the Control Console - a 36x36x18 zero latency mixer/router. TheFireStudio also includes the ProPak Complete, a bundle of over 2GB of award-winning recording and production software, virtual instruments, plug-ins, drum loops and samples to get you started making music immediately.

The FireStudio starts with eight custom-designed high-voltage, discrete, XMAX Class A microphone preamplifiers. Many other companies offering recording interfaces add the cheapest possible microphone preamplifier as an afterthought to the interface. PreSonus knows that the preamplifier is a key component in the sonic quality of a recording. The job of a microphone preamplifier is to boost microphone level signals to line level so that the signal can be converted from analog to digital. This mic to line boost is generally a preamplification of over 400 times the voltage of the original mic level signal. This preamplification stage is one of the most important stages that the signal will go through before converted to digital, and is why a high performance preamplifier is important to achieving great results. A cheap "off the shelf op-amp" type mic preamp that is found in most interfaces translates into thin, noisy and harsh results.

All XMAX preamplifiers are built with the same three elements:

The XMAX preamplifier runs on power rails of 30V. Most off the shelf op amp based designs run on power rails of 10V to 18V. Higher voltage power rails deliver more headroom, deeper lows, smoother highs and an overall fuller sound.

No op amps. Only transistors, resistors and capacitors. Op amps add noise, coloration and harshness to a signal. Discrete designs deliver ultra low noise and transparency.

When a circuit is running in Class A mode the circuit is always in an "on" state operating at its optimal voltage requirements. Class A mode has zero crossover distortion and delivers purer, clearer and more musical sonics than class A/B designs which are found in most op-amp circuits.

The net result of the XMAX preamp design is high headroom, low noise, wide dynamic range and wide frequency range, and most importantly, musicality and transparency - smooth highs, solid deep lows, and everything in between.

The FireStudio is loaded with the new ultra powerful DICE II FireWire chipset delivering 26 channels of simultaneous inputs and outputs at professional-quality 24-bit. The strength of the DICE II chip lies with its ability to easilly handle high channel count at high bit-rate while minimizing latency and load on your computer.

The synchronization of the FireStudio is handled by patented JetPLL jitter reduction technology. JetPLL incorporates noise shaping to virtually remove all audio band jitter. JetPLL ensures the highest converter performance possible, resulting in better stereo separation and clearer more transparent audio. JetPLL delivers ultra-fast locking to any digital format, through a wide range of frequencies and is extremely robust, and tolerant of wide variations in clock frequencies. JetPLL ensures near perfect clock performance when networking audio devices thus creating the most stable and robust synchronization to the computer and all devices synchronization with theFireStudio.

The FireStudio is loaded with I/O for an extremely flexible and expandable recording system. The FireStudio starts with eight Class A custom-designed PreSonus microphone preamplifiers. You can add additional preamplifiers or analog inputs via the dual optical light pipe ports on the rear panel. You add up to two DigiMax FS, for a total of twenty-four microphone preamplifiers all in only three rack spaces! Additionally word/clock I/O for ultra tight synchronization, MIDI I/O and SPDIF I/O are on theFireStudio for further expandability.

The FIRESTUDIO also includes the Control Console - a 36x36x18 DSP mixer/router for flexible mixing and direct routing any input to any output including the headphone output, with zero latency. The Control Console software application lives between your FireStudio interface and your DAW software enabling the mixing and routing of input streams coming into yourFireStudio interface and playback stream coming from your DAW software. The Control Console is capable of creating up to nine stereo mixes and then routing to the outputs of yourFireStudio for headphone mixes and various aux sends. This way everyone in the band and the recording engineer can have a custom mix. Also, the FireStudio is loaded with internal flash memory so that all Control Console settings are saved and recalled in the FireStudio during power off/on. This allows you to configure your FireStudio as a stand-alone device, without being connected to a computer for uses such as a submixer, A/D and D/A-converter, headphone mixer, format converter, instrument or microphone pre-amplifier!

The PreSonusFireStudio also comes with the new ProPak Complete Software Suite, which includes more than 20 real time plug-ins, a number of virtual instruments and over 2 GB of drum loops and samples including:Steinberg - Cubase LE; Propellerheads Reason Adapted PreSonus Edition;IK Multimedia - Amplitube LE; FXpansion - BFD lite; Drumagog LE;Sonoma Wire Works-Riffworks Jr.; Wave Arts – TrackPlug LE, MasterVerb LE and more!

The optional MSR (monitor station remote) for the FireStudio is a complete surround/stereo speaker manager, input switcher and communication system delivering a more efficient and flexible work flow. The MSR connects to the FireStudio via standard Cat 5 Ethernet cable to keep your work space as clean as possible. There are also two headphone outputs on theFireStudio for even further flexibility and convenience.