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Canadian company I/ONE Connects has introduced its
Firewire Audio Snakes which they say will save users hours of
installation time and hundreds of dollars in wiring costs while giving them a flexible, state of the
art, all digital infrastructure. The company believes the snakes are ideal for new facilities or for those that want to, gradually change to
RF/EMI worry free, durable fiber optic cabling.
Here’s what they have to say in their own words directly from their press release:
I/ONE Firewire Audio Snakes make it easy and fast to connect studios, stage to mixer,
traveling shows; anywhere you need to transport audio; up to 500 meters/1640 feet in distance.
What would normally take hundreds of cables; weeks of planning and installation, can now be
done with a single, lightweight fiber optic cable in a matter of hours.
I/ONE Firewire Audio Snakes come complete with:
- 4 stereo AES or S/PDIF in AND out.
- 8 ADAT in AND out.
- 16 analog in AND out (externally switchable +4/-10).
- Wordclock in AND out.
- RS-232 control.
- Fiber optic and 2 x 9 pin Firewire connectors.
- Patchbay software for Windows XP.
All in a space saving 1U rackmount unit.
I/ONE Firewire Audio Snakes are ready for the future with sample rate choices of 44k, 48, 88,
96, 176 or 192k; 24 bit audio with distributed wordclock and control, bi-directionally all on ONE
cable.
I/ONE Firewire Audio Snakes feature the DICEII FireWire chip with JetPLLâ„¢ Jitter Elimination
Technology from TC Applied Technologies. It virtually eliminates all audio jitter for the best
possible sound; real-time (constant bus latency of 0.35 ms regardless of the number of devices
connected) and with defined and accepted Firewire/IEEE1394 audio protocols.
I/ONE Firewire Audio Snakes are mLAN compatible, meaning they can connect to Yamaha
mixers with mLAN adaptor cards to easily add to the number and type of I/O’s which can now be
located near the source. In addition, the free ASIO mLAN driver allows users to use their favorite
DAW application to play/record audio from/to multiple sources/destinations.
I/ONE Firewire Audio Snake software is easy to use, no complex addressing schemes;
devices are automatically detected and connections are easily made or changed. In addition the
software can be, optionally, client-server based allowing for multiple control points.
Pricing and Availability:
I/ONE Firewire Digital Audio Snake
$899 USD
I/ONE Firewire Digital Audio Snake
with balanced 16 analog inputs
$1299 USD
I/ONE Firewire Digital Audio Snake
with balanced 16 analog outputs
$1299 USD
I/ONE Firewire Digital Audio Snake
with 16 balanced analog inputs and outputs
$1699 USD
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