FocusRite Saffire Pro 24 DSP with VRM

The FocusRite Saffire Pro 24 DSP is FocusRite’s latest 16 In / 8 Out FireWire audio interface, featuring real-time DSP-powered tracking and mixing solutions tailor-made for the modern home studio environment.  Alongside DSP-powered Compression and EQ for latency-free tracking and ‘comfort’ reverb, is VRM; a Virtual Reference Monitoring technology that lets you hear your mix in different environments, through different speakers and from different positions, all just using headphones.

Saffire PRO 24 DSP combines two award-winning Focusrite preamps and a host of other I/O with VRM Virtual Reference Monitoring, integrated real-time tracking and monitoring effects, and easy-to-use mix control software. Together, they deliver the most comprehensive professional compact music-recording interface to date.

FocusRite Saffire Pro 24 DSP Features:
-VRM Virtual Reference Monitoring
-Two High Quality Award-winning FocusRite Pre-amps
-Onboard DSP-powered, latency-free tracking and mixing tools
-High Quality 24-bit/96kHz FireWire Interface
-Total I/O Count of 16 Inputs and 8 Outputs
-Saffire Mix Control Zero-latency DSP Mixer/Router
-Xcite+ Software Bundle
-FocusRite VST/AU Plug-in Suite, for use in the mix
-Front panel 5-LED metering
-Two dedicated front-panel headphone busses
-Bus-powered for a tidy mobile recording rig

VRM makes the FocusRite Saffire Pro 24 DSP the only interface capable of simulating over one hundred different monitoring scenarios through your headphones. VRM overcomes the major obstacle for mixing with headphones by giving you multiple perspectives on your mix, as if you were listening through speakers. Indeed, noise levels from mixing through speakers can make it impossible for most to mix at home, especially late at night; with VRM, you can mix anytime, anywhere. Using any pair of monitoring headphones, VRM let’s you choose your mixing environment from a living room, a bedroom studio, or a professional studio. You then simply choose where you are positioned in that room and what speakers you listen through.

The Saffire Pro 24 DSP draws on twenty-five years of mic-pre excellence. The two FocusRite pre-amps capture every subtle nuance of your sound whilst ensuring low noise and distortion. Meanwhile, high-quality digital conversion and JetPLL jitter elimination technology ensure pristine audio quality as your audio flows between the analogue and digital domains.

The FocusRite Saffire Pro 24 DSP’s other real-time DSP-powered effects also exhibit FocusRite’s uncompromised approach to audio quality. EQ, Compression and ‘Comfort’ Reverb sonically derived from the ‘FocusRite Plug-in Suite’ (also included as VST/AU plug-ins) are all integrated within the Saffire Mix Control software, providing professional latency-free tools for tracking and monitoring.

Alongside the two FocusRite pre-amps are a host of I/O options; two additional analogue inputs, six analogue outputs, ADAT inputs (for expanding the interface with, for example, FocusRite’s OctoPre), stereo SPDIF I/O and 2 virtual ‘loopback’ inputs for routing digital audio between software applications - ideal for capturing online audio. Front panel 5-LED metering for each analogue input offers accurate viewing of levels.

Saffire Mix Control, the zero-latency 16 x 8 DSP Mixer/Router software provided with Saffire Pro 24 DSP, sets a new standard at this price point for audio interface control. It features flexible output routing and monitoring, as well as intuitive one-click set-up solutions designed to help you track, monitor and mix as easily as possible.

The FocusRite Saffire Pro 24 DSP also comes with all the additional tools needed to start making music right away. These include the latest version of the FocusRite Plug-in Suite, which provides a significant upgrade from your standard sequencer effects. The suite includes Compression, Reverb, Gating and EQ VST/AU plug-ins.

FocusRite’s established Xcite+ bundle is also included. The bundle features Ableton Live 7 Lite (for all your production, performance and compositional needs), Novation’s Bass Station soft synth and over 1 gig of royalty-free samples from Loopmasters and ‘Mike the Drummer’.

The FocusRite Saffire Pro 24 DSP combines two award-winning FocusRite pre-amps and a host of other I/O with VRM Virtual Reference monitoring, integrated real-time tracking and monitoring effects, and easy-to-use mix control software. Together, they deliver the most comprehensive professional compact music-recording interface to date.

FocusRite Saffire Pro 24 DSP Specifications:
-Microphone Inputs
  -Dynamic Range (A-Weighted): 106dB
  -SNR (A-weighted): -105.3dB
  -Frequency Response: 20Hz - 20kHz +/- 0.1 dB
  -THD+N: 0.001% (measured at 1kHz with a 20Hz/22kHz bandpass filter)
  -Noise: EIN > 125dB (128dB analogue to digital) (measured at 60dB of gain with 150 Ohm termination (20Hz/22kHz bandpass filter)
  -Maximum level (A-weighted): 8.6dBu at 1%
-Line Inputs
  -Dynamic Range (A-Weighted): 106.5dB
  -SNR (A-weighted): -106dB
  -Frequency Response: 20Hz - 20kHz +/- 0.1dB
  -THD+N (A-Weighted): < 0.001% (measured with 0dBFS input and 22Hz/22kHz bandpass filter)
  -Noise: -90dBu (22Hz/22kHz bandpass filter)
  -Maximum level (A-weighted): 16.3dBu at 1%
-Instrument Inputs
  -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)
-Line level Outputs
  -Dynamic Range (A-Weighted): 105dB
  -SNR (A-weighted): -104.5dB
  -THD+N: < 0.001% (measured with 0dBFS input and 22Hz/22kHz bandpass filter)
  -Maximum level (A-weighted): 16.13dBu at 0.885%
-Additional Conversion Performance
  -Clock jitter < 250 picoseconds
  -THD+N AMPL (A-weighted)= -107dBFS
-Analogue Channel Inputs (Inputs 1-4)
  -2 x XLR Mic/Line Neutrik Combi-Jacks (Inputs 1-2)
  -2 x XLR Instrument Neutrik Combi-Jacks (Instrument on inputs 1 and 2 only)
-Automatic switch of Mic / Line (inserting a jack switches from Mic to either Line or Instrument (instrument selected via the software
  control panel)
-Line inputs 3-4 have low and high gain settings can be controlled from the Saffire MixControl software (low gain being the default)
-Digital Channel Inputs (Inputs 5-14) 44.1-96kHz
  -Stereo S/PDIF input on RCA
  -1 x 8 channel ADAT input on Optical Connector (SDPIF 3&4 set in preferences menu)
-Analogue Audio Outputs (Outputs 1-6)
  -6 x TRS analogue outputs (Outputs 1-6)
  -2 x TRS stereo headphone output (headphone mix 1 same as outputs 3 & 4)
-Digital Channel Outputs (Outputs 7-8) 44.1-96kHz
  -Stereo S/PDIF output on RCA
-Other I/O
  -1 x 6-pin Firewire socket
  -2 Standard 5-pin DIN MIDI connectors: In and Out
  -12V DC power input connector for use with external PSU
-Dimensions 215mm / 8.5" (W) x 45mm / 1.8" (H) x 220mm / 8.65" (D)

FocusRite Saffire Pro 24 DSP System Requirements:
-Mac
  -OSX (10.4.11 or later, including 10.5)
  -Apple Macintosh with FireWire 400 port (or 800 port with 800 to 400 adaptor)
  -PowerPC G4/Dual 1 GHZ or faster or any Intel-based Mac
  -512 MB RAM (more recommended)
  -Screen Resolution 1024x768 (1280x1024 or more recommended)
-Windows
  -Vista (All Versions) or Windows XP SP2 or higher (All Versions)
  -Windows compatible computer with FireWire 400 port.
  -Pentium or AMD with 1 GHz or higher (Dual 1 GHz or better recommended)
  -512 MB RAM (more recommended)
  -Screen Resolution 1024x768 (1280x1024 or more recommended)

Compatible with:

Windows XP
Service Pack 2 and above only.
Windows XP - 64bit
Service Pack 2 and above only.
Windows Vista
Windows Vista - 64bit
Windows Windows 7
From version 2.0 of Saffire Mix Control, Windows 7 is fully supported without the need to downgrade to the Windows Legacy FireWire driver.
Windows Windows 7 - 64bit
From version 2.0 of Saffire Mix Control, Windows 7 is fully supported without the need to downgrade to the Windows Legacy FireWire driver.
Mac 10.4
10.4.11 is supported on version 1.8 of Saffire Mix Control only.
Mac 10.5
Mac 10.6
From version 2.0 of Saffire Mix Control, both the 32 and 64 bit kernels of 10.6 (Snow Leopard) are fully supported.

NOT Compatible with:

Mac 10.3