Steinberg UR824 USB Audio Interface

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With this new line of USB 2.0 connectivity interfaces, you’ve got it all covered: one 19-inch rackmountable unit and one handy desktop unit beautifully conceived and manufactured to meet the most exacting standards. Sharing the same line of heritage as the highly acclaimed MR816 interfaces, both URs house studio-grade converters, D-Pre Class-A discrete mic preamps plus analog and digital I/O, tending perfectly to your individual needs and on which — it must be said again — quality is written everywhere in big fat letters.
 Hook up to your UR824
The UR824 is a 1U, 19-inch audio interface that fits nicely in your studio rack. Its high-speed USB 2.0 lets you connect to your PC and Mac computer while the two pairs of ADAT I/O, eight Neutrik combo inputs with state-of-the-art D-Pre mic preamps and eight TRS outputs add up to 24 channels, providing ample ways to hook up all your musical gear and connect even to 7.1 surround setups. Its DSP-powered dspMixFx technology boasts latency-free monitoring in conjunction with the REV-X reverb and Sweet Sport Morphing Channel Strip effects.
UR824
Delivering pristine sound quality, the UR824 audio interface perfectly combines high-speed USB 2.0 connectivity with balanced analog and digital inputs and outputs in various formats.
Inputs and outputs as far as the eye can see
The UR824’s front panel hosts two Neutrik combo TRS/XLR connectors for balanced microphone/line input with switchable 48 volt phantom power and Hi-Z, pad push buttons for signal attenuation, gain controls with peak indicators. On the opposite side there’s a single output level rotary knob that allows you to easily adjust the levels of the eight line output signals alongside two headphone connectors, each with a dedicated level control. The output signal to be controlled by the front panel rotary is selected through the software.
The rear panel provides six Neutrik combo TRS/XLR inputs and eight analog balanced TRS outputs as well as two pairs of optical ADAT inputs and outputs. Also on board are two BNC connectors for –switchable word clock input and output. Developed by using advanced technologies to offer seamless scalability, this mixing and recording interface offers options to expand the number of analog inputs and outputs across the system via ADAT to provide up to 24 input and output channels.
For signal synchronization, the UR824 interface also features JetPLL, a patent-applied solution for audio network jitter. JetPLL provides the same performance as traditional, expensive clocking solutions found in the world’s best professional clocking products.

Features at a glance
*24-bit/96 kHz USB 2.0 audio interface
*Analog 8 in and 8 out with 8 D-Pre Class-A mic preamps supporting +48 V
*2 pairs of ADAT optical I/O (doubles as S/PDIF) provide 16 in and 16 out (S/MUX compatible, 8 in and 8 out @ 96 kHz)
*Latency-free DSP-powered monitoring with one REV-X reverb and 8 Channel Strips with any DAW by using the latest dspMixFx technology
*Native VST 3 plug-ins of REV-X and Sweet Spot Morphing Channel Strip additionally included
*2 separate headphone buses with individual outputs
*Word clock I/O with 2 BNC connectors plus JetPLL ultra-low jitter support
*Cubase AI 6 music production software included
*Cross-platform compatibility for Mac OS X and Windows

Minimum System Requirements
The minimum system requirements state the minimal specification your computer must have to be able to use the software.
UR Hardware Mac
Mac OS X 10.5.8, 10.6.3 (32-bit/64-bit kernel)
Intel processor (Intel Core Duo or faster recommended)
1 GB RAM
CD-ROM drive
Internet connection for license activations for included plug-in software
Compatible with any software application supporting CoreAudio
Windows
Windows XP SP3, Vista SP2 (32-bit/64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit/64-bit)
Pentium / Athlon 2 GHz or faster (dual core processor recommended)
1 GB RAM (2 GB for Windows 7 64-bit)
CD-ROM drive
Internet connection for license activations for included plug-in software
Compatible with any software application supporting ASIO or WDM
 Cubase AI 6 Mac
Mac OS X 10.6, Native 32-bit and 64-bit version
Intel dual core CPU
2 GB RAM
Display resolution of 1280 x 800 recommended
CoreAudio compatible audio hardware
4 GB of free HD space
DVD-ROM drive
Internet connection for license activation
Windows
Windows 7, native 32-bit and 64-bit versions
Intel or AMD dual core CPU
Windows compatible audio hardware (ASIO, WDM)
2 GB RAM
Display resolution of 1280 x 800 recommended
4 GB of free HD space
DVD-ROM drive
Internet connection for license activation