Presonus Firestudio Tube Audio Interface

More details:

Two SuperChannels - Tube Preamplifiers with Limiter

The front panel of the FireStudio Tube is loaded with two SuperChannels featuring class A vacuum tube microphone and instrument preamplifiers along with full-featured analog limiters.

The tube preamplifiers use a high gain, military grade 12AX7 tube for maximum gain, low noise and high headroom. Neutrik combo connectors allow both XLR microphone input and hi-Z instrument input. Preamp controls include preamp gain and tube drive to achieve a wide range of sounds from smooth, clean and clear, to warm tube saturation. An 80Hz high pass filter is also located on the front panel to remove room rumble and unwanted lows.

Analog Dual Domain Limiters On Board

The FireStudio Tube s Limiter features a VCA-based ultra fast Dual Domain RMS and peak detection circuit used in the award-winning DigiMax 96K, delivering the most musical limiter available; able to catch the fastest transients eliminating the possibility of clipping during recording while maintaining musicality. Controls for the Limiter include Threshold and Gain make-up as well as a Limiter in/out button.

Perfect I/O for Music Production

The FireStudio Tube delivers all the analog I/O needed for professional recording sessions, featuring sixteen analog inputs including two tube SuperChannels on the front panel, eight class A award-winning XMAX microphone preamplifiers and six balanced TRS line inputs on the rear panel. Outputs include six balanced TRS outputs and PreSonus signature ultra loud and clear headphone output that goes to 11 . MIDI I/O is also included on the rear panel for MIDI instruments, keyboards and controllers. The FireStudio Tube s combination of microphone, instrument and line inputs is perfect for a band to simultaneously record drums, bass, guitar, vocals and keyboards without any additional preamplifiers.

DSP Mixer/Router

The FireStudio Tube includes PreSonus 16x8 FireControl mixer/router delivering up to four zero-latency custom monitor mixes easily and quickly.

8 XMAX Class A Preamplifiers

The FireStudio Tube includes eight custom-designed high-voltage, discrete, XMAX Class A microphone preamplifiers for all types of microphones. 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

High Voltage - 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.

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.

ProPak Software Suite (ver. 4) Included

• Cubase LE 4 48-track music recording and production software
• Cubase LE 4 Demystified by PreSonus - DVD tutorial video
• Amplitube Duo - Virtal Guitar Amplifier
• Ampeg SVX UNO LE - Virtal Bass Amplifier
• EZ Drummer Lite - Virtual drummer plug-in
• Track Plug LE - EQ and Compressor plug-in
• MasterVerb LE - Reverb plug-in
• PreSonus EyeQ - EQ and spectral analysis plug-in

Not recommended for use with NEC, RICOH, and AGERE chipsets.