DISC Cakewalk by Roland FA-66 Firewire Audio Interface

Full Description

The FA-66 is a 6-channel Portable FireWire Audio Interface designed with the mobile recording and performance professional in mind. The FA-66 offers incredible audio fidelity, stability, and a practical set of input and output options. The FA-66 has 2 XLR/TRS combo inputs with phantom power, 2 RCA inputs, 4 Balanced +4dBu outputs, optical S/PDIF I/O, a built-in analogue limiter, ZERO-latency direct monitoring, solid metal construction, and FireWire bus power, all with a durable compact design.

6-IN/6-OUT 24 bit/96 kHz Simultaneous Performance

Record & playback up to 6 channels at 24-bit/96kHz, or record & playback up to 4 channels at 24-bit/192kHz.

Compatible with Mac OS X Standard Driver Provided from Apple

The FA-66 uses the standard FireWire Audio driver included on Mac OS X. Just plug it in and start recording!

Variety of Input & Output Options

Record from a variety of sources through the plethora of input and output options of the FA-66: 2 XLR/TRS combo inputs with phantom power, Hi-Z (Guitar) switch on input 2, stereo RCA inputs, S/PDIF Optical I/O, 4 individual analogue outputs, 1/4 inch stereo Headphone output, and MIDI I/O. +4dBu balanced I/O.

2 XLR/TRS Combo Jacks with Premium Phantom Power Mic Preamps

The FA-66 is a completely portable recording centre with very clean, high-gain microphone preamps & premium analogue components perfect for home studio & field recording.

Built-in Analogue Limiter

Prevent clipping in your recordings. Get high quality live recordings with a wide dynamic range.

FireWire Bus Powered for Mobile Use

No AC adaptor required! Just connect one FireWire (6-pin to 6-pin) cable to your laptop to create a quality field recorder. Reduce your cables and record anywhere with the FA-66. For your desktop use, the FA-66 package comes with the AC adaptor.

Core Audio, WDM, & ASIO 2.0 Support

Compatible with Mac OS X standard audio, CoreAudio. Plus, the FA-66 comes with WindowsXP WDM & ASIO2.0 drivers for Low Latency with most audio applications.

Zero-Latency, Direct Monitoring

Listen to audio being recording directly, without routing through software, with the FA-66's Direct Monitoring function. This allows the input to go straight to the output offer ZERO-latency monitoring. The FA-66 also offers incredibly low latency when monitoring through software or performing with software synths through the Apple CoreAudio driver as well as the WDM/ASIO2.0 drivers for Windows XP.

Compact, Solid Metal Construction

The FA-66 packs Edirol's latest audio technology in a small, durable body for incredibly portable FireWire audio recording.

Main Features:

6-In/6-Out 24 bit/96 kHz Simultaneous Performance

4-In/4-Out 24 bit/192 kHz Simultaneous Performance

Compatible with Mac OS X Standard Driver Provided by Apple

Variety of Input & Output Options

2 XLR/TRS Combo Jacks with Premium Phantom Power Mic Preamps

+4 dB Balanced Input & Output

S/PDIF Optical Input & Output Ports with "SYNC" LED Indicator

MIDI IN/OUT Ports

Built-in Analogue Limiter and Indicator

FireWire Bus Powered

Mac OS X CoreAudio and WindowsXP WDM & ASIO 2.0 Support

Zero-Latency, Direct Monitoring

Both 6-pin & 4-pin IEEE1394 Ports

Compact, Solid Metal Construction

Accessories

Owner's Manual

Driver CD-ROM

AC Adaptor

FireWire cable (6 pins to 6 pins, 6 pins to 4 pins)

**System Requirements

Windows**OS: Microsoft Windows XP or Vista

• FireWire control chip from TI (Texas Instruments) is recommended.

CPU/Clock: Pentium, Celeron, or Pentium compatible Processor 900 MHz or higher

• Pentium4 2 GHz or higher recommended in 192 kHz.

• Pentium3 1.5 GHz or higher is recommended when the Chipsets are equipped from VIA.

Memory(RAM): 256 MB or more

Windows Vista compatible drivers now available****MacintoshOS: Mac OS X 10.3.3 or later

CPU/Clock: PowerPC G3/800 MHz, G4/700 MHz or higher

• G4/1.2 GHz or higher is recommended in 192 kHz.

Memory(RAM): 256 MB or more

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