Published 17/3/08
Baby of the Liquid bunch
Following the successful Liquid Channel, Liquid Mix and Liquid 4 Pre, comes the Liquid Mix 16, Focusrite’s latest dynamic convolution processor. Entering the range beneath all previous Liquid products, the Liquid Mix 16 is basically a cut-down (and therefore more budget-friendly) version of the Liquid Mix, and it comes in the same portable desktop form.
As standard, it’s capable of processing 16 mono channels of 48kHz audio, using on-board impulse-response data derived from classic and contemporary compressors and EQs, but it can be fitted with an optional expansion card that allows up to 24 channels of 48kHz audio to be processed.
Despite featuring the same generous 12-step input, output and gain-reduction meters as the original Liquid Mix, the Liquid Mix 16 has no screen, so most visual feedback from the device comes from the included Liquid Mix v2.2 software, which works inside VST, Audio Units and RTAS hosts and runs on Mac and PC. This has been updated especially for the Liquid Mix 16, to enable users to assign side-chains: something that was only possible using the original Liquid Mix's screen.
The Focusrite Liquid Mix 16 is due to cost in the region of £300 when it’s released later in the year.
Check out the video below, where SOS Editor In Chief Paul White talks to Giles Orford from Focusrite about the new device:
Focusrite +44 (0)1494 462246.
www.focusrite.com
Following the successful Liquid Channel, Liquid Mix and Liquid 4 Pre, comes the Liquid Mix 16, Focusrite’s latest dynamic convolution processor. Entering the range beneath all previous Liquid products, the Liquid Mix 16 is basically a cut-down (and therefore more budget-friendly) version of the Liquid Mix, and it comes in the same portable desktop form. As standard, it’s capable of processing 16 mono channels of 48kHz audio, using on-board impulse-response data derived from classic and contemporary compressors and EQs, but it can be fitted with an optional expansion card that allows up to 24 channels of 48kHz audio to be processed.
Despite featuring the same generous 12-step input, output and gain-reduction meters as the original Liquid Mix, the Liquid Mix 16 has no screen, so most visual feedback from the device comes from the included Liquid Mix v2.2 software, which works inside VST, Audio Units and RTAS hosts and runs on Mac and PC. This has been updated especially for the Liquid Mix 16, to enable users to assign side-chains: something that was only possible using the original Liquid Mix's screen.
The Focusrite Liquid Mix 16 is due to cost in the region of £300 when it’s released later in the year.
Check out the video below, where SOS Editor In Chief Paul White talks to Giles Orford from Focusrite about the new device:
Focusrite +44 (0)1494 462246.
www.focusrite.com
