Audio Interfaces

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Audio interfaces don’t have near the sex appeal that a hardware synth has, but MOTU’s V3HD Firewire audio and video interface comes close.
It’s Mac. It’s PC. It turns either into a powerful HD/SD video production workstation.
And at $2750, it’s as unobtainable as it is sexy.
Features:

HD/SD FireWire video interface for Mac and Windows
Supports Apple Final […]

Winter NAMM Show Update: MOTU introduced the 828mk3 ($795), a cross-platform FireWire audio interface with on-board effects and mixing.
New features include a 32-bit floating point DSP for digital mixing and effects processing, more I/O, 192 kHz operation, true hi-Z guitar inputs, signal overload protection, digitally controlled analog input trims on all inputs, two banks of […]

Winter NAMM Show Update: PreSonus announced the AudioBox USB 2×2 USB recording system.
The AudioBox USB is a USB bus-powered interface with 2 mic/instrument preamps with 48V phantom power, 2 balanced TRS outputs, MIDI in/out, and a playback mixer knob on the front panel allowing you to adjust the volume level between your recording and existing […]

At the 2008 Winter NAMM Show, PreSonus announced the FireStudio Tube - a 24-bit/96k 16 input, 10 output Firewire recording system for Windows and Macintosh computers that features two tube-based analog “super channels”.
The FireStudio Tube has sixteen analog inputs - two tube-based super channels on the front panel, eight XMAX preamps on the rear chassis […]

At the 2008 Winter NAMM Show, Alesis introduced the iMultiMix 9R Mixer with Universal Dock for iPod.
The rack-mounted mixer with integrated iPod player features 5 mic / line inputs with inserts to allow for external processing of incoming channels or for iPod audio playback.
The iMultiMix 9R also features 2-band per channel EQ, Mic/Line inputs and […]

At the Winter NAMM Show, Alesis introduced the iMultiMix 16 USB Mixer.
The iMultiMix 16 USB is a mobile recording mixer with iPod transport controls and a control wheel built right into the surface for complete control of the iPod while it is being docked in the mixer. The mixer features a universal dock for iPod […]

2008 NAMM Show: Alesis introduced a really interesting device at NAMM - the MultiPort - a pro-grade USB computer audio interface with playback, control, and the ability to record directly to your iPod.
If you have your computer with you, you an use it as a audio interface and basic DAW controller.  If not, drop […]

IK Multimedia has announced that StompIO, an advanced USB floor controller + audio interface + modeling software bundle, is shipping.
StompIO comes fully stocked with 5 full software packages:

AmpliTube 2
Ampeg SVX
AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix
AmpliTube Metal (only for previously registered AmpliTube 2 users) and
AmpliTube X-GEAR

That’s over $1,200/€990 worth of software, totaling over 150 different modern and vintage gear […]

USB audio interfaces keep getting cheaper and more powerful.
M-Audio is now shipping the Fast Track Ultra audio interface. The 8 x 8 audio interface with MIDI features high-speed USB 2.0 connectivity, MX Core DSP mixer and four preamps, making it one of M-Audio’s most powerful interfaces to date.
The Fast Track Ultra carries an MSRP of […]

Sims Audio has introduced the Amon USB recording interface, a two channel USB interface that features a high quality microphone preamp, a line level/instrument input, and MIDI I/O. The Amon includes a software package from Native Instruments including: Absynth 4, Massive, and Traktor 3 demo software.
Description: 
The Amon is USB bus powered and requires no extra […]

Edirol has released a free update that turns its M-16DX digital mixer, multi-i/o computer interface and production console into a control surface for popular DAW apps.
The v2 software includes Cakewalk SONAR and Apple Logic modes that enable these DAWs to be controlled out of the box, with the knobs on the hardware assigned to their […]

Roland has released updated drivers and announced full Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) compatibility for 38 Edirol products.
The Leopard compatible list includes the following EDIROL devices:

EDIROL Supports Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard)
USB 2.0 Audio Devices: M-16DX, UA-101 USB 2.0 mode, UA-1000
USB 1.1 Audio Devices: M-100FX, PCR-1, PCR-A30, SC-D70, SD-90, UA-1EX, UA-3FX, UA-4FX, UA-5, UA-20, UA-25, UA-101 USB […]

Digidesign has just introduced the Mbox 2 Micro - a pocket-sized Pro Tools LE system.
The size of a typical USB flash drive, Mbox 2 Micro combines high-quality audio output/monitoring capabilities with the power of Pro Tools LE software. That means that Pro Tools can edit and mix live or studio-recorded sessions created on Pro Tools|HD, […]

PreSonus has dropped the prices for the PreSonus Inspire 1394 and FaderPort to $149 (estimated street price in the US).

The INSPIRE 1394 is a FireWire Recording System featuring professional quality 24-bit/96k analog to digital conversion rate, four simultaneous inputs, software control panel as well as audio recording and production software.
The microphone and instrument preamplifiers loaded […]

PreSonus is shipping FireStudio Project, a complete recording system combining eight XMAX microphone preamplifiers, 24-bit/96K sample rate conversion, zero-latency matrix router mixer, and the PreSonus ProPak Software Suite featuring Steinberg’s Cubase LE 4 48 track recording and production software, over 25 real-time plug-in effects, and more than 2 GB of drum loops and samples.
Based on […]