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PreSonus Announces FireStudio Firewire Recording Interface (23/5/2006)

PreSonus Audio is announcing and demonstrating the all new FireStudio in booth #2023, Hall 5.3. The FireStudio is a 26 input 26 output firewire recording interface loaded with 8 microphone preamps, MIDI I/O, SPDIF I/O, word clock, 8 channels of 96K adat (dual SMUX) in/out and a 18x18 DSP matrix routing mixer. The FireStudio is the big brother to the award winning FIREPOD adding more inputs and outputs as well as the MSR (Monitor Station Remote) - a complete surround capable desktop remote control delivering the ability to switch between Track, Mix and Surround modes, as well as talkback, dim, mute, mono and dual headphone amplifiers. With the MSR, Track Mode delivers nine stereo mixes for monitoring in headphones during tracking, Mix Mode allows the user to switch between three sets of stereo monitors, and Surround Mode enables 5.1 surround control for mixing in surround sound.

The FireStudio ships with a full compliment of software including Cubase LE, and the PreSonus ProPak - over 2 GB of plug-ins, drum loops and samples.

FireStudio Features
- high-speed firewire (IEEE 1394)
- 24-bit / 96K sampling rate
- 8 class A microphone preamps
- 8-channel 96k ADAT I/O (dual SMUX)
- S/PDIF I/O, MIDI I/O, word clock I/O
- 18x18 DSP matrix mixer / router
- connect 3 FireStudio's for up to 78 I/O's
- Monitor Station Remote (MSR) included
- Cubase LE included
- PreSonus ProPak Software Suite (over 2 GB of plug-ins, loops and samples)
- Mac and Windows compatible

MSR Features
- connects via cat-5 cable
- main speaker volume control
- two headphone amplifiers
- three modes for production: track: 9 stereo mixes available during tracking mix: switch between 3 sets of stereo monitors surround: enables 5.1 surround
- switch between surround and stereo
- talkback, dim, mute, mono and more

www.presonus.com

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