The FireStudio Project a complete 24-bit/96K professional recording system combining eight Class A XMAX microphone preamplifiers, 24-bit/96k sample rate conversion, zero-latency matrix router mixer, and the PreSonus Studio One Artist Software Suite.
The FireStudio Project a complete 24-bit/96K professional recording system combining eight Class A XMAX microphone preamplifiers, 24-bit/96k sample rate conversion, zero-latency matrix router mixer. The FireStudio Project 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.
Great for professional studio recording, live sound recording, performance, podcasting and more, the FireStudio Project is designed for flexibility and ultra-high sonic performance. Whether you need to record a live drum set, mic a guitar amp, or a complete band, the FireStudio Project is ready and more than able. With the new FireControl Mixer/Router you can send up to five individual mixes to different musicians during recording so that every band member can have a custom headphone mix.
The FireStudio Project is the next-generation of the award-winning FP10/FirePod with the following improvements:
* Improved analog to digital converters (114dB dynamic range)
* Improved syncronization with JetPLL™ (jitter elimination technology)
* FireControl Mixer/Router to send up to five separate zero-latency stereo mixes to musicians during recording
* Three-segment LED input metering on all analog channels
* Internal IEC-based power supply
* The FireStudio Project 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.
8 XMAX Class A PreamplifiersThe FireStudio Project 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.
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.
Digital Converters and JetPLL SyncThe FireStudio Tube touts A/D/A converters with a dynamic range of over 114dB for unbelievable clarity as well as synchronization using 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.
FireControl - Zero Latency DSP Mixing/RoutingThe FireStudio Project also includes the FireControl mixer/router a 18x10 DSP mixer/router for flexible mixing and direct routing any input to any output including the headphone output, with zero latency. The FireControl software application lives between your FireStudio Project interface and your DAW software enabling the mixing and routing of input streams coming into your FireStudio Studio Project interface and playback stream coming from your DAW software. The FireControl is capable of creating up to five stereo mixes and then routing to the outputs of your FireStudio Project 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 Project is loaded with internal flash memory so that all FireControl settings are saved and recalled in the FireStudio Project 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!
Free ProPak Software Suite (ver. 3) Included.
Features * High-Speed FireWire (IEEE 1394) Audio Interface
* Up to 96K Sampling Rate
* 8 XMAX Class A Microphone Preamplifiers (+60dB gain) w/ Trim Control
* 8 Analog Mic/Line Inputs, 2 Instrument Inputs
* 8 Analog Line Outputs
* S/PDIF Digital Input and Output, MIDI Input and Output
* Balanced Send / Return for Channels 1 and 2
* Zero Latency Monitoring with FireControl Mixer/Router
* Separate Balanced Main Outputs and 8 Balanced Analog Outputs
* Daisy-chain multiple FireStudio Project’s and FireStudio Tube’s
* Free 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.
Studio One Artist—Plus Gigabytes of Creative Resources
The FireStudio Project is bundled with an exceptional software package, featuring PreSonus Studio One Artist, the amazing new DAW software for Mac OS X and Windows XP and Vista that makes producing high-quality projects easier than ever before. As part of the Studio One Artist package, you get 20 new PreSonus Native Effects plug-ins and virtual instruments and a generous bundle of third-party loops, software, and instrument sounds.
Compare Studio One Artist and bundled extras to what comes with competing mobile interfaces:
- All-meat, no-bloat, music-creation software with an intuitive, practical, single-window interface
- Unlimited tracks, insert effects, sends, virtual instruments, buses, and effects channels
- Powerful drag-and-drop functionality
- Content browser with convenient sort options and preview player
- Full-featured, flexible automation
- Powerful real-time auto/manual time-stretching and resampling engine
- Control Link™ (advanced MIDI mapping made easy)
- Twenty 32-bit Native Sound™ plug-ins, including reverbs, amp modeling, and EQ
- Four new virtual instruments, including a sampler and an analog-type subtractive synth
- Ability to control the software mixer in any FireStudio-series interface to create zero-latency cue mixes.
- Gigabytes of third-party resources, including Native Instruments™ Kore™ Player with custom SoundPack (150 instruments), Native Instruments™ Guitar Rig LE, Toontrack™ EZDrummer Lite, and over 1.4 GB of loops!
Computer System RequirementsBelow are the minimum computer system requirements for your FireStudio Project.
Windows
* OS: Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and Vista 32
* Computer: Windows compatible computer with FireWire port.
* CPU/Clock: Pentium, Celeron with 1.6Ghz or higher
* Memory(RAM): 512 MB (1 GB recommended)
Macintosh
* OS: MacOS X 10.4.x or later (10.5 supported with driver update)
* Computer: Apple Macintosh series with on-board FireWire port.
* CPU/Clock: PowerPC G4/Dual 1 GHZ or faster, all Intel-based Mac models.
* Memory(RAM): 512 MB (1 GB recommended)
Technical SpecificationsMicrophone Preamp
Type XLR Female Balanced
Frequency Response (±0.5 dB) 20 Hz to 50 kHz
Frequency Response (±3.0 dB) 20 Hz to 150 kHz
Input Impedance (Balanced) 1600 Ω
THD+N (unwtd, 1kHz @ +4 dBu Output, Unity Gain < 0.0003%
EIN (unwtd, 55dB Gain, 150 Ω Input, 20Hz to 22kHz -126 dBu
S/N Ratio (Unity Gain, unwtd, Ref. = +4 dBu, 20Hz to 22 kHz > 101dB
Common Mode Rejection Ratio (1 kHz, 55 dB Gain) > 55dB
Gain Control Range (± 1dB) -4 dB to 50dB
Maximum Input Level (Unity Gain, 1 kHz @ 0.5% THD+N) +14 dBu
Signal Level LEDS
Red / Clip (±0.5 dB)
Yellow (±0.5 dB)
Green (±0.5 dB)
+10 dBu (o dBFS)
+4 dBu (-6 dBFS)
-30 dBu (-40 dBFS)
Phantom Power (±2 VDC) +48 VDC
Instrument Input (channels 1 & 2 only) Type XLR Female Balanced
Input Impedance 1 MΩ
Line Inputs Type XLR Female Balanced
Frequency Response (±0.5 dB) 20 Hz to 50 kHz
Frequency Response (±3.0 dB) 20 Hz to 150 kHz
Input Impedance (Balanced) 10 KΩ
THD+N (unwtd, 1kHz @ +4 dBu Output, Unity Gain < 0.0003%
S/N Ratio (Unity Gain, unwtd, Ref. = +4 dBu, 20Hz to 22 kHz > 101dB
Gain Control Range (±1 dB) -16dB to +16dB
Maximum Input Level (Unity Gain, 1 kHz @ 0.5% THD+N) +10 dBu
Maximum Input Level (Minimum Gain, 1 kHz @ 0.5% THD+N) +22 dBu
Line Ouputs (including Preamp Output, General Purpose Outputs and Main Outputs) Type ¼" TRS Balanced
Output Impedance 51 Ω
Headphone Output Type ¼" TRS Active Stereo
Maximum Output 150 mW/CH @ 60 Ω Load
Frequency Response (±1.0 dB) 10 Hz - 70kHz
Digital Audio FireWire (IEEE 1394) Speed 400mbps
ADC Dynamic Range (Awtd, 48 kHz Sample Rate) 114 dB
DAC Dynamic Range (Awtd, 48 kHz Sample Rate) 114 dB
Bit Depth 24
Reference Level for 0dBFS +10 dBu
Internal Sample Frequency Selections (kHz) 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96
Jitter Specification <20ps RMS, 20Hz-20kHz
Jitter Attenuation >60dB; 1ns in approx.1ps out
Power Input Connector Type IEC
Input Voltage (factory configured) 90 to 230 VAC
Power Requirements (Continuous) 20W
PhysicalMain Chassis
Package Type 1U - steel chassis
Dimensions 19(W) X 1.75(H) X 7(D) inches
Weight 7.0lbs
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