PreSonus Inspire 1394 FireWire Audio Interface

Chainable Firewire System. High Quality Pre-Amps. Now ships with the new ProPak Bundle!

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37 People rated this product : * * * * * * * * * * 7 out of 10

6 People wrote reviews

* * * * * * * * * * 8 out of 10

"Great Value!!!"

Feature:
Comes with Cubase LE. Nothing special, but gets any basic recording job done.

Quality:
Headphone slot got damaged, now it flickers in and out. Was in a very abusive environment anyway.

Value:
The price is killer. No matter what job you have or how many greedy baby mommas you got, you should be able to save up enough to buy this. I have about a $4000 setup and this is the best buy yet.

Sound:
For the price you pay, it definitely does the job. The pre's are the best I've heard from this price range. It all depends more on how good you are at mixing and also the mic you're using. I've heard tracks from people that have $600 mics and more expensive audio interfaces and it wasn't even comparable to my mixes. If you know what you're doing, this is a good buy.

Ease of Use:
Very simple interface. Not much to it.

Support:
Never contacted them.

Submitted: 5/19/2008

Style of Music: Hip Hop, Rap, R&B

* * * * * * * * * * 1 out of 10

"terrible piece of kit"

Feature:
its ok but there are better units out there

Value:
if it dont work then its useless

Desirability:
couples with presonus total lack of customer support and a unit that is so unreliable then I would avoid it like the plague

Sound:
unbalnced outputs not good .... unreliable with my mac with clicks

Ease of Use:
software control only

Support:
I have had 2 so far and they are flimsy and break easliy

Overall:
lost for words

Submitted: 1/10/2008

Style of Music: ambient

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About This Product!
Description
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The INSPIRE 1394 is a revolutionary FireWire Recording System featuring professional quality 24-bit/96k analog to digital conversion rate, four simultaneous inputs, software control panel as well as audio recording and production software giving you the smallest, most flexible, most affordable and all-inspiring computer recording studio ever!

What's Inside
The INSPIRE 1394 is loaded with state of the art components and technology enabling the easiest computer recording experience ever. The INSPIRE 1394 installs effortlessly on Windows XP, Vista and Macintosh-based computers and works seamlessly with virtually all popular recording software including Cubase, Nuendo, Sonar, Cakewalk, Logic, Logic Express, Digital Performer and many others. The microphone and instrument preamplifiers loaded in the INSPIRE 1394 are designed to deliver ultra-low noise, high gain preamplification for all types of microphones and instruments needed for professional quality recordings.

Ins and Outs
The front panel of the INSPIRE 1394 features two custom-designed PreSonus microphone preamplifiers with +48V phantom power and two instrument Hi-Z inputs. The back of the INSPIRE features selectable line or phono (with RIAA filter) inputs great for all types of keyboards, samplers, drum machines and turntables. Outputs on the INSPIRE 1394 include RCA unbalanced and mini TRS jacks as well as headphone output.

Software Control Panel
The INSPIRE 1394 is completely controlled by an easy-to-use software mixer interface called the CONTROL PANEL. Controls include, input gain, phantom power, limiter (off/on), preamp boost (off/on), sample rate, headphone volume, main output volume as well as zero latency input mixing with playback mixing. This software control panel also serves as a mixer between your computer playback and your inputs for zero latency recording. The software control panel also features LOAD, SAVE functionality so that you can save and recall all of your settings from session to sesson.

Daisy Chain for More Inputs
The INSPIRE 1394 is equipped with two FireWire connectors enabling the ability to daisy-chain up to FOUR INSPIRE 1394's together for up to sixteen simultaneous inputs at 24-bit/96k recording rate.

ProPak Software Suite
The INSPIRE 1394 comes complete with the ProPak software suite including Cubase LE recording and production software, Discwelder Bronze, Discrete Drums, 25 real-time effects plug-ins and over 3 GB of drum loops and samples giving you a complete and professional music production environment.

Features:
24-bit/96k A/D/A sample rate

Four simultaneous input channels

Two microphone/instrument preamplifiers

Switchable line input or phono input(with RIAA filter)

Software Control Panel and zero latency mixer

Window XP, Vista and Macintosh OSX compatible

FireWire bus-powered or powered externally

ProPak Software Suite

Presonus Inspire Studio Package Includes
Presonus Inspire Interface

CAD GXL2200 studio condenser microphone

M-Audio Studio Pro 3 powered monitors

20 foot Whirlwind mic cable

On Stage tripod microphone boom stand

Hosa dual RCA to dual RCA cable

Technical Info

Windows
OS: Microsoft Windows XP or Vista
Computer: Windows compatible computer with IEEE 1394 FireWire port.
CPU/Clock: Pentium, Athlon with 900Mhz or higher (1.5GHz recommended)
Memory(RAM): 256 MB (512MB recommended)
For multiple units, the equivalent of a 1.5GHz processor or better and 512MB of RAM or better is highly recommended. Processing power and RAM affect the ability to use multiple units at low latency.

Macintosh
OS: MacOS X ver. 10.3.7 or later (Tiger 10.4.2 recommended)
CPU/Clock: PowerPC G4/800Mhz or higher (G4/Dual 1 GHz recommended)
Memory(RAM): 256 MB (512MB recommended)
For multiple units, a G4 1.25GHz processor or better and 512MB of RAM or better is highly recommended. Processing power and RAM affect the ability to use multiple units at low latency.
Simply inspiring! Four-in, 4-out, 24/96 recording. Two quality mic/instrument preamps with phantom, plus two line/phono preamp inputs. Stereo RCA, TRS, and headphone outputs. Monitor mixing, gain setting, and more via the software control panel. Includes Cubase LE for Mac/PC.
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