The Helix Board 12FW MkII sounds great and works hard both in and out of the studio. It features a 96 KHz FireWire interface that lets you individually stream up to 10 independent channels of audio to the computer and return 2 channels to the mixer for monitoring -- all with near-zero latency.

Features
FireWire Pre/post setting for swapping streaming input channels to computer from pre low cut, EQ to post EQ, post fader

12-input small-format analog mixer with extremely low noise circuitry

DFX, our 40-bit digital multi-effect processor with 100 programs plus tap delay and foot switch jacks

96 kHz FireWire interface for streaming 10 independent channels of audio to computer with near-zero latency

Two channels of monitoring from computer via FireWire interface

Channel 9/10 routed to Computer can be selected from main mix, ALT 3/4 and aux 1/2

Four mono Mic/Line channels

Two stereo channels, two stereo AUX Returns, two AUX Sends

3-band EQ on each channel

75 Hz low-cut filter on mono channel

Inserts on channel 1 & 2

+48V phantom power on Mic channels

Stereo AUX Send 1 cue for monitoring individual channel

Master AUX section with EFX to Monitor

Extra ALT 3-4 stereo bus

Control room/Phones source matrix

Balanced master output with 60 mm fader control

High-volume headphone output

Compatible with Mac OS X and Windows XP

Steinberg Cubase LE workstation software included