Focusrite Saffire £349
It’s another FireWire audio interface, but Saffire comes with a professional pedigree and contains more than just inputs and outputs
The MusicRadar Team, Tue 23 Oct, 12:03 pm UTC
Manufacturer's description
Saffire is a new breed of Firewire interface with onboard DSP and 24-bit/192kHz processing. Saffire fuses state-of-the-art hardware with highly integrated software to take audio interfacing one giant step closer to the professional studio experience.
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MusicRadar rating
Pros
Focusrite sound quality in a stylish and portable box. Separate mixes for both engineer and performer. Front panel monitor controls for Level, Dim and Mute. DSP effects also supplied as host-based plug-ins.
Cons
Balanced outputs too loud for some equipment. Headphone outputs only just loud enough.
The bottom line
Another hit from the boys at Focusrite, the Saffire is great for professionals and hobbyists alike.
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Specification Show
Saffire
- Price:
- £349
- Available Inputs:
- 1/4 Inch Jack, Balanced XLR Mic Input, MIDI, S/PDIF digital in
- Available Outputs:
- 1/4 Inch Jack, 2 Stereo Headphone Outputs, MIDI out, S/PDIF digital out
- Bundled Software:
- Free accompanying software allows the engineer to create up to five unique stereo mixes of all incoming and recorded tracks. Suite of Saffire-powered plug-ins; compression, EQ, amp modeling and monitor path reverb available on analogue inputs, for recording wet and or monitoring
- Description:
- FireWire Audio interface
- Interface:
- Firewire
- No of Inputs:
- 4
- No of Outputs:
- 10
- No. of Inputs (XLR Mic):
- 2
- OS Requirements:
- Apple Mac OS X 10.3.3, Microsoft Windows XP or later
- Phantom Power:
- 1
- Platform:
- MacOS/Windows
- Power Supply:
- Firewire, Mains
- Ram Required (MB):
- 256
- Sampling Frequency:
- 192
- Supported Bit Depths:
- 24-bit
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