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Focusrite Saffire LE £220.00
Description
Six inputs and eight outputs (including stereo digital I/O) with comprehensive monitoring and i/o control options ensure the recording musician has plenty of options for tracking and monitoring high quality audio. Focusrite build and sound quality, intelligent front-end design and a one-click GUI solution combine to guarantee an intuitive and trouble-free professional recording experience.
Although only the original Saffire has onboard DSP, the Saffire LE comes complete with the entire Saffire plug-in suite, offering highly acclaimed Compression, Reverb, Amp modeling and EQ in VST and AU formats. Furthermore, Saffire LE is bundled with a host of other software titles and audio samples, all included on the accompanying resources dvd.
As with the original Saffire, input and output levels and latency-free monitoring solutions can all be controlled via the accompanying SaffireControl LE software. This stylish application floats comfortably over any recording software, and can shrink in size to suit a number of different recording scenarios. Together with expertly designed analogue inputs and unrivalled digital conversion, Saffire LE is the perfect solution for discerning recording musicians on a budget.
R.R.P. £249.99
Our Price: £220.00 Inc VAT
Technical Specifications
- 4 Analogue inputs
- 2 x front panel XLR (mic) or 2 x front panel TRS Jacks (line/inst)
- 2 x rear panel TRS Jacks (line/inst)
- Mic Gain: +13dB to + 60dB
- Line 1&2 Gain: -10dB to +36dB
- Instrument Gain: +13dB to +60dB
- Line 3&4 Gain: +16dBu or ?10dBV for full scale input (software switchable)
- 6 Analogue outputs
- 6 x rear panel TRS Jacks
- Nominal output level 0dBFS = 16dBu, balanced
- Front Panel Analogue Volume control for outputs 1&2
- Software Digital Volume control for outputs 3-6
- All outputs are useable as monitoring outputs
- DIGITAL I/O
- 2 x SPDIF (RCA phono) on rear panel (24-bit, 96kHz) Output transformer isolated
- Clock Source: Internal clock or sync to word clock on SPDIF
- MIDI I/O
- 1 in / 1 out on rear panel
- FIREWIRE S400
- 2 ports
- POWER
- Either via FIREWIRE or external PSU (12v DC, 0.7A, centre pin positive)
- HEADPHONE MONITORING
- 1 x 1/4? TRS Jack on front panel (mirrors outputs 3-4)
- High power headphone driver
- CLASS-LEADING PERFORMANCE
- ANALOGUE PERFORMANCE - INPUTS
- MIC
- Frequency Response: 20Hz - 20kHz +/- 0.1 dB
- THD+N: 0.001% (measured at 1kHz with a 20Hz/22kHz bandpass filter)
- Noise: EIN > 120dB (measured at 60dB of gain with 150 Ohm termination (20Hz/22kHz bandpass filter)
- LINE
- Frequency Response: 20Hz - 20kHz +/- 0.1dB
- THD+N: 0.001% (measured with 0dBFS input and 22Hz/22kHz bandpass filter)
- Noise: -88dBu (22Hz/22kHz bandpass filter)
- INSTRUMENT
- Frequency Response: 20Hz - 20kHz +/- 0.1dB
- THD+N: 0.004% (measured with 0dBu input and 20Hz/22kHz bandpass filter)
- Noise: -87dBu (20Hz/22kHz bandpass filter)
- ANALOGUE PERFORMANCE - OUTPUTS
- Frequency Response: 20Hz ? 20kHz +/- 0.2dB
- THD+N <0.0014% (measured with 0dBFS input 22Hz/22kHz bandpass filter)
- DIGITAL PERFORMANCE
- A/D Dynamic Range 104dB 'A-weighted' (inputs 1+2)
- A/D Dynamic Range 106dB 'A-weighted' (inputs 3+4)
- D/A Dynamic Range > 105dB ?A-weighted' (all outputs)
- Clock Jitter < 250 pico seconds
- Sample rate 44.1 to 96kHz
- WEIGHT and DIMS
- 1.1kg - 6.5cm x 17cm x 17cm
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS, PERFORMANCE AND SPECIFICATION
- Apple Mac
- Operating System
- Mac OS X Panther (10.3.3 or later) - Mac OS update may be required
- Computer
- Apple Mac Power PC G4, G5 or Intel Mac (any)
- CPU/Clock
- G4/800 MHz (minimum)
- G4/1.5GHZ or higher recommended for 192kHz operation
- Memory (RAM)
- 256MB or more
- 512MB or higher recommended
- Windows
- Operating System
- Windows® XP Service Pack 2 (Home, Professional, 64bit XP or Media Centre Edition) or Windows Vista (32bit and 64bit - all versions)
- Computer
- Windows® XP compatible PC
- 400MB/s IEEE1394/FireWire port (OHCI compliant recommended)
- CPU/Clock
- 1.4 GHz Intel or compatible
- 2.0 GHz Pentium© 4 or Xeon recommended for 192kHz operation
- Memory (RAM)
- 256MB or more
- 512MB or higher recommended
- Additional Info
- Firewire chipsets from TI (Texas Instruments), VIA, and NEC are recommended
- It is highly recommended that Saffire be run on its own Firewire bus/card
- In order to use Saffire with a 4-pin IEEE1394 port you will need a 4-pin to 6-pin cable (not included) and must use the PSU (included)
Features
- Ultra-low latency Firewire interface
- Unprecedented audio and conversion performance for the price
- 24-bit, 96kHz integrated A-D/D-A
- Six inputs; Two Focusrite preamps, two balanced Line I/Ps and stereo S/PDIF I/Ps
- Eight Outputs; Six balanced analogue outputs for creating separate headphones/monitor mixes or 5.1 surround monitoring, plus stereo S/PDIF Out
- Suite of Saffire plug-ins; VST/AU Compression, EQ, Amp modeling and Reverb
- SaffireControl LE ? Comprehensive level and monitoring control
- Bundled Software Pack ? Including Ableton Live 5 Lite, FXpansion?s BFD Ultralite and GURU demo version and 470MB of samples, exclusively compiled for Focusrite by Loopmasters

