ProFire 2626, the New Recording Interface From M-Audio

Definitely, the guys at M-Audio love recording interfaces more than anything in this world. Far from being a bad thing, this love has led to the development of a new and very cool recording equipment codenamed ProFire 2626, suitable for both professional and home-studio use alike and offering multiple possibilities in terms of connectivity and versatility.

[admark=1]Since digital recording is more and more popular among music producers, sound engineers and musicians alike, it seems like the M-Audio ProFire 2626 is really well-targeted, especially as it comes with extensive features letting the user customize the recording specs and parameters. The first big things you'll notice about the M-Audio ProFire 2626 is the 26x26 simultaneous analog/digital I/O, a perfect feature for studio projects, letting you monitor and record a lot of instruments in the same time, giving you a better idea on what's actually happening.

This interface also comes with eight preamps running on the widely-acclaimed Octane technology; even cooler, the M-Audio ProFire 2626 can also run as a standalone 8-channel microphone preamp or an 8-channel A/D-D/A converter, allowing a 24-bit/192kHz operation. And as if this was not enough, the M-Audio ProFire 2626 sports the revered JetPLL jitter elimination technology whose use will make sure that your recordings have a pristine sound and perfect synchronization.

While compatible with the industry standard set by Pro Tools and therefor easy to integrate with any recording studio running on this DAW, the M-Audio ProFire 2626 sports an on-board DSP engine, routing routines and mixer which will let you customize your experience; additionally, the master volume control is user-assignable and it will provide you with unprecedented control over your mix. The volume knob can be set up to control up to four output pairs (for a 7.1 array), it can trim any of the channel pairs or headphone outputs and it can even be operated independently. Connectivity is ensured via FireWire, optical and analog channels.

The M-Audio ProFire 2626 will be shipping in Q1 2008 for a MSRP of $899.95. For more detailed specs, check out the product's page.

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