Audio Interfaces

Lexicons Ionix range trades Firewire connectivity for USB and moves from the rack to the desktop.

Can this digital mixer perform equally well in both recording studio and live sound worlds?

Control surface, audio interface, digital mixer, solid-state recorder: the V-Studio 100 does it all, but is it a jack of all trades and master of none? Lets find out...

Have computers made digital multitrackers obsolete? Zoom dont think so.

ART aim to prove that its better by tube, packing eight valve preamps into a Firewire interface.

A cut-down Saffire without compromise on quality or features? Read on...

The Ionix FW810S comes with built-in Lexicon monitor reverb and onboard Dbx dynamics and EQ. So does all this DSP add up to a genuine USP?

Line 6 follow their Pod X3 and X3 Live processors with this rackmount professional version, the X3 Pro, offering enhanced I/O and dual processing...

Focusrites Saffire Pro interfaces already offer excellent value for money, but imagine if you could add two channels of any preamp you wanted...

Cakewalks V-Studio 700 system offers audio interfacing and very tight integration with the companys own Sonar software, via the impressive V-Studio Console. So is it every Sonar users dream setup?

If you're a guitar player who uses computers to create music using samples, loops and virtual instruments but don't need to...

The new audio interface from Focusrite offers an awful lot, for an awful lot less than you'd think. Let's find out what it can do...

The first fruit of the Yamaha-Steinberg union is finally with us, but does it provide the hardware/software integration that Cubase and Nuendo users have hoped for? And what is there to tempt users of other DAWs? Let's find out...

TC Electronic keep the price of their newest audio interface low by cutting down the I/O count, but not the quality.

Cut-price Firestudio action for those users on tight budgets!

M-Audio's new interface is equipped with eight mic preamps, eight analogue outputs and an impressive range of digital I/O — all of which has been crammed into a 1U rack and given a very attractive price-tag.

Prism Sound's Orpheus interface brings the company's high­end digital conversion technology within reach of the project studio owner for the first time.

Zoom's first computer product is a guitar amp modelling system that offers an impressive list of features at a bargain price.

You can get a lot of audio interface for your money these days. The latest from ESI offers 18 ins and eight outs for a very reasonable price, and could be ideal if you need to record lots of sources simultaneously.

If you need a compact Firewire audio interface, the paperback-sized Duafire from ESI might be just the thing to slip into your laptop bag.

Designed to integrate with Cubase, and featuring new preamps and compressors, Yamaha's N-series digital mixers have been causing quite a stir. Could the N12 be the centrepiece of your project studio?