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The magazine for producers, engineers & recording musicians | 04 July 2009


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PreSonus FireStudio

Based on the popular Firepod, the new FireStudio audio interface boasts 26 ins and 26 outs as well as flexible control console routing. Keith Gemmell gets fired up...

Price: £649.00
Manufacturer: PreSonus
Website: http://www.presonus.com


For some time now the term ‘music technology’ has mainly been associated with electronica, samples, loops, MIDI keyboards and one-man project studios. There’s nothing wrong with that, but at long last we’re seeing a resurgence of rock bands, real instruments, guitars and drums. And encouragingly, the gig circuit is getting healthier, too. Naturally enough, these bands want to make records, but many of today’s ‘mixer-less’ DAW-based project studios lack the basic features needed to successfully record even the smallest rock band – you need plenty of inputs and outputs, as well as the facility to set up a headphone mix for each individual member of the band.


Score: 9

This review first appeared in Music Tech Magazine issue 49
Filed under Audio Interfaces, Hardware

 

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