Lexicon And dbx Create FireWire Audio Interface

US Lexicon introduces IONIX FW810S FireWire Audio Interface with dbx Mic Pre's and Dynamics 22/10/08

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Lexicon and dbx have partnered to create what they are calling the ultimate FireWire Audio Interface. Here's the Lexicon press release with all the details on the new IONIX FW810S...
Lexicon is proudly introducing its IONIX FW810S FireWireÂ® Audio Interface with integrated channel strip processing. The IONIX FW810S represents a breakthrough in recording technology for the sophisticated home or project studio. This new recording interface offers the highest quality 96kHz sampling, coupled with dbx high-voltage, ultra-low noise mic pre's and dynamics. All these powerful tools connect to your digital audio workstation through FireWire for the ultimate pro recording studio in a single rack unit. The unit also features the new Pantheon II reverb plug-in.
Featuring built in dbx Type IVâ„¢ conversion; the IÂ·ONIX FW810S will preserve the wide dynamic range of the analog recording even when input levels get too high. This allows for more headroom, capturing the subtle details in high-level signals instead of hard-clipping them.
The IONIX FW810S's software mixer includes a dbx compressor, limiter, gate, and EQ on each channel, and lets users adjust levels and apply dbx dynamics for mixing and fine-tuning recordings in real time with zero latency. The unit also has the ability to save and load up to five monitor mixes â€“ one for the main mix, and up to four for individual band members. The mixer outputs can also be used to incorporate external effects gear.
The Lexicon name is synonymous with "the world's best reverb". Pantheon II continues this legacy and delivers that "Lexicon Sound" used on most of today's recorded music and movies. Pantheon II provides the ability to change the parameters of six different reverbs, or use one of the 35 factory presets. Also included is a hardware monitor reverb for zero latency monitor mixing. This allows the performer to put a monitor reverb on their monitor mix without having the latency of monitoring through a reverb plug-in in the DAW.
The software suite operates on WindowsÂ® and MacÂ® platforms and includes Steinberg's Cubase, Toontrack EZdrummer Lite, and Lexicon Pantheon II reverb plug-in.
Features include:

dbx high-voltage, ultra-low noise mic pre's on all eight channels
dbx dynamics (compressor, limiter, gate, EQ) on all eight analog input channels
Two front panel XLR + 1â�„4" combi-jacks for mic/line or instrument inputs
Six combi-jacks on the rear panel for mic/line inputs
Type IV conversion feature emulates tape saturation at high levels
Zero latency mixer hardware with dbx dynamics and a hardware monitor reverb
44.1kHz to 96kHz sample rates, 24 bit A/D conversion, 32 bit processing
Eight analog TRS outputs (7.1 surround capable) and stereo main (control room) outputs
Five unique stereo monitor mixes using all 10 output channels
Stereo S/PDIF digital I/O
MIDI in and out
Firewire 400 connection to host CPU
1/4" high output headphone connection
Lexicon Pantheon II reverb plug-in