Arturia AudioFuse Studio 18-in 20-out USB Audio Interface w/ 8 Analog Inputs

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Arturia AudioFuse Studio 18-in 20-out USB Audio Interface w/ 8 Analog Inputs
Description
The quality you deserve
When your diary is filling up with sessions and your clients need you to deliver, you need equipment you can trust. AudioFuse Studio ticks all the boxes.
Superb preamps, rock-solid performance, low latency, dozens of incredibly useful “just in case” features like a built-in phono preamp for vinyl sampling, Bluetooth streaming to your monitors or a channel in your DAW, awesome USB-C, ADAT, MIDI, and Word Clock connectivity and robust build.
AudioFuse Studio gives you 4 of our legendary Discrete Pro© preamps to track your music, and a superb analog signal path that will reveal every nuance of your audio. The super-low Equivalent Input Noise (EIN) lets you capture every subtle detail, while the huge 72dB input gain gives you enough gain to drive even the quietest ribbon mic. Everything is also capture with a practically perfect flat frequency response, too.
Enhancing the way you actually make music
Fed up of using studio equipment that forces you down a certain creative path? We were too, that’s why we made AudioFuse Studio.
Listen to music, or track ideas straight from a phone to your DAW with a high quality Bluetooth receiver. Use the DC-coupled outputs to control parameters of your modular synths. The possibilities are limitless.
AudioFuse Creative Suite
AudioFuse Studio comes complete with an ever-evolving collection of software effects and instruments that will let you add your own unique signature to your music. Color the pristine inputs of AudioFuse Studio with stunning vintage effects!
Every connection features the best components on the market, giving you perfectly transparent analog-digital conversion, practically non-existent noise on the preamps, even when fully cranked, loads of gain to make even the quietest mics shine, and a silky-smooth, audiophile listening experience.
AUDIOFUSE Range
The AudioFuse interface range connects your computer to the world of music. Record with the highest quality, monitor with absolute precision, and bring all of your gear together to create the music you always wanted to.
Features
18 inputs, 20 outputs channels
4 mic/instrument/line preamps with DiscretePRO® technology
4 additional line inputs, with inputs 5-6 commutable to Phono
4 analog inserts on channel 1-4
Bluetooth audio receiver supporting aptX© and AAC©
2 pairs of speaker analog outputs on balanced TRS Jack
2 independent stereo headphones outputs, on both 6.35 and 3.5mm TRS.
2 independent analog line outputs with reamp capability (instrument level output)
Complete monitoring section with individual level control for speakers and phones
Direct monitoring ultra-low latency internal mixers
8 digital ADAT inputs/outputs up to 96kHz
S/PDIF inputs/outputs or Word clock input, output/thru on Cinch RCA
DiscretePRO® Individual audio performance certificate delivered with each unit.
24-bit latest generation AD/DA converters at up to 192kHz sampling rate.
USB-C interface compatible with PC & Mac, fully USB 2.0 compatible
Comes with AudioFuse Creative Suite
Robust metal desktop chassis
Specifications
Requirement
Windows: Win 7+ PC: 4 GB RAM; Intel i5 CPU or faster., 1GB free hard disk space, OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU
Apple: 10.8+: 4 GB RAM; Intel i5 CPU or faster., 1GB free hard disk space, OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU
Box contents
AudioFuse Studio unit
Power supply
2x MIDI jack adaptor
USB-C to USB-A cable (1.5m)
USB-C to USB-C cable (1.5m)
DiscretePro® Achievement Certificate
Size & weight
Size : 10.4 x 6.3 x 2.8 inches (265 x 160 x 72mm)
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First, if you have never heard of this device you are in for a treat.  Google it, I can't do it justice, but let me try.  This particular interface was babied and only ridden to church on Sundays by a little on lady.  Not far from the truth!  First, to be clear, it uses a Firewire interface.  If you have an older Apple you are in good shape, I used a Mac Mini and a large Apple "Cheese Grater."  You can also get a card for a Windows based PC. No big deal.  Now, what can this thing do for me?
Start with a Sound on Sound article:
https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/focusrite-liquid-saffire-56
Then consider this:
Sample rate: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192 kHz
It is called 56 for a reason, lots and lots of I/O.  First, it has 8 really good mic-pres.  But the first 2 channels can be controlled by a Focusrite piece of software that is amazing:
Focusrite software: https://customer.focusrite.com/en/support/downloads?brand=focusrite&product_by_range=407&download_type=all
This does two VERY important things.  First, it give you control over the first two channels. There is a mic-pre emulator where you can emulate/model some amazing vintage mic-pres like the famous Telefunken/Neumann V72 and 10 other ones!   It also has 2 ADAT interfaces.  I ran an additional 16 channels of mic-pres over ADAT using a Focusrite Octo-Pre Platinum.  There there is S/PDIF input so 2 more mic-pres can be added!  So I was running 26 mics in.  Then there is output, S/PDIF stereo out (I used them for monitors) and then 2 ADATS out.  I used this to drive monitors for the musicians.
But the part of the software that blew me away was the MixControl software.  VERY powerful.  I put in a screenshot in the pictures.  You can build 16 DIFFERENT mixes for 16 different outputs.  8 outputs are on the back as Line Level or you can do like me and send them 8 to an ADAT to be converted by an ADAT enabled D/A.  I used a Focusrite 26 I/O.  There there is a MIDI input and then there is a BNC for a block source like a Big Ben!
Also, (are you ready for this?) you can even do 24/96 on the ADAT if you have an ADAT box on the other end that can handle it.  It takes both ADAT lines (because ADATA is limited to 8 channels of24/48) but add the two together, like using the Focusrite Octo-Pre Platinum, and you get 8 more channels of 24/96.  Unbelievable!  ,600 new, going for a bargain rate.
I took very good care of this.  I moved to a different platform (Allen and Heath Sq5) so I could match, but this is still a killer
I have the original shipping box.  Will double box.
The Focusrite Liquid Saffire 56 Digital Interface for Recording DAW.
Condition is "Used".
Shipped with UPS Ground to US only.