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MOTU 8pre

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Turn your computer into a powerful digital audio workstation with eight mic inputs. Or add eight high-quality mic/instrument inputs to your current system.

The 8pre FireWire audio interface delivers everything you need to turn your computer into a powerful 24-bit, 96kHz digital audio workstation. The 8pre provides eight microphone/instrument preamps with pristine 96kHz analog recording and playback, combined with 8 channels of ADAT optical digital I/O. Expand your system by connecting additional 8pres or other MOTU FireWire audio interfaces.
The 8pre as your primary audio interface

Connect all of your studio gear, including microphones, guitars, synths, keyboards, drum machines and even effects processors. Then monitor all of these live inputs via the 8pres main outs or headphone jack with virtually no monitoring latency and no processor drain on your computer. You can even create separate monitor mixes for the main outs and headphones. Control everything, including talk-back and listen-back, from the included CueMix Console software, just like a large studio console.

The 8pre includes a 16-channel MIDI interface. Simply plug in your FireWire cable, and both MIDI and audio are ready to go. Connect any MIDI device, such as a controller keyboard, synth module, automated control surface or drum machine. Timing is sample-accurate with supporting software

The 8pre is really two products in one. When it is not connected to a computer via FireWire, the 8pre functions as an eight-channel analog to digital (optical) converter. Connect the 8pre to your MOTU 828, 896, Traveler or even another 8pre via the optical lightpipe connection to add eight high-quality microphone pre-amps to your system. Since the connection is digital, 100% pristine sound is maintained, down to the very last sample.

Specifications

• FireWire audio interface for Mac and Windows - provides 16 inputs with 8 mic preamps and 12 outputs.
• Eight XLR/TRS "combo jack" mic inputs.
• Flexible analog inputs - each provides a crystal-clear preamp.
• Eight channels of ADAT optical I/O.
• Operates as an optical expander.
• Discrete ins/outs - there's no channel sharing in the 8pre; the mic inputs, ADAT optical I/O.
• CueMix DSP near-zero monitoring system.
• Multiple CueMix DSP mixes
• Front-panel metering - five-segement meters for all analog inputs.
• Sample-accurate MIDI - connect a MIDI controller and/or sound module with no separate interface needed.
• Expandable - add additional 8pre, UltraLite, 828, 828mkII, 896, 896HD or Traveler FireWire interfaces.
• Separate TRS main outs and front-panel headphone jack, each with independent volume control.
• SMPTE time code sync via any analog input.
• SMPTE time code generation to any analog output.

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