WNAMM09: Live Mixer With Built-In 16-Track Recorder

US Fostex announce the LR16 Live Recording Mixer 28/01/09

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Fostex has announced the LR16 Live Recording Mixer. Here's all the details in their own words...
LR16 is 16/4/2 live mixer with built-in 16-track recorder at the most affordable price point in the market offering flexible use in the shape of regular MTR unit or separated I/O Box and Controller Box with just CAT5 cable connection being engineered by Fostex' superb HD recorder experience and state-of-the-art digital mixer technology.
Main Features

Connector Box (recorder + I/O) and Controller (mixer section) can be flexibly separated via off-the-shelf CAT5 cable up to 50m. Just one cable from I/O box on the stage to the F.O.H. mixer controller instead of heavy and expensive snake cable.
Intuitive analog-like mixer operation in digital domain with 16 inputs faders + 4 bus faders + master fader.
Built-in 80GB HD for approx. 16 hours of 16-track uncompressed digital recording (16bit/44.1kHz) or 9 hours at superior digital quality of 24bit/48kHz.
One hit of "REC" button starts 16-track recording immediately.
Multitrack and Stereo Mix can be recorded simultaneously creating 16 x mono wave files plus 1 x Stereo wave file on the HD.
Choice of MTR-like stand-alone integration or separated rack mounting.
FAT 32 formatted HD can be mounted on PC or Mac via USB.
Digitally controlled TRIM with LIMITER on all the 16 channels.
3-band EQ on all the 16 channels.
Built-in Master Effects (Reverb/Delay)
USB Host connector to dump recorded data to USB flash memory for easy data transfer to PC or Mac.
10 keys on the recorder panel for instant playback.
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