Lexicon I-ONIX FW810S FireWire Audio Interface

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Lexicon, a Harman International Company, is proudly introducing its I·ONIX FW810S FireWire Audio Interface with integrated channel strip processing. The I·ONIX 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.

Featuring built in dbx Type IV conversion; the I·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 I·ONIX 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 – 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 Windows® and Mac® platforms and includes Steinberg’s Cubase, Toontrack EZdrummer Lite, and Lexicon Pantheon II reverb plug-in.

The Lexicon I·ONIX FW810S Firewire Audio Interface feature set includes:

1. dbx high-voltage, ultra-low noise mic pre’s on all eight channels
   
   
2. dbx dynamics (compressor, limiter, gate, EQ) on all eight analog input channels
   
   
3. Two front panel XLR + _” combi-jacks for mic/line or instrument inputs
   
   
4. Six combi-jacks on the rear panel for mic/line inputs
   
   
5. Type IV conversion feature emulates tape saturation at high levels
   
   
6. Zero latency mixer hardware with dbx dynamics and a hardware monitor
   reverb
   
   
7. 44.1kHz to 96kHz sample rates, 24 bit A/D conversion, 32 bit processing
   
   
8. Eight analog TRS outputs (7.1 surround capable) and stereo main (control room) outputs
   
   
9. Five unique stereo monitor mixes using all 10 output channels
   
   
10. Stereo S/PDIF digital I/O
    
    
11. MIDI in and out
    
    
12. Firewire 400 connection to host CPU
    
    
13. 1/4” high output headphone connection
    
    
14. Lexicon Pantheon II reverb plug-in

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With a wealth of features – including dbx high-voltage, ultra low noise mic pre’s, Pantheon II reverbs, and a powerful software mixing board with dbx dynamics and hardware monitor reverb – the Lexicon I-ONIX FW810S is more than just an 8-in, 10-out FireWireT audio interface. It’s a pro recording studio contained in a single rack unit.

The high-voltage, ultra low noise dbx mic pre’s on every channel provide optimal timbre and tonality on every track. And the newly updated Pantheon II plug-in provides smooth, lush Lexicon reverbs for creating ideal sonic spaces.

With built-in dbx Type IV conversion, your digital recordings will preserve their dynamic range even when levels get too high. They’ll acquire that forgiving, oversaturated quality once only found on big analog recorders. Type IV conversion actually gives you more headroom, capturing subtle details in higher level signals instead of hard clipping them.

Plus, the Lexicon I-ONIX FW810S adds a powerful software Mixer with integrated dbx dynamics (compresser, gate, limiter, EQ) to your digital audio workstation. The Mixer’s true-to-life interface design feels familiar from the second you start it, making it easy to adjust levels, route signals through 8 inputs and 10 outputs, and apply and preview reverbs and dynamics. And the I-ONIX FW810S does the processing, so you can mix and fine tune your recordings in real time with zero latency. You can even save and load snapshots of mixer settings. Save and load up to five monitor mixes – one for the main control mix, and up to four for individual band members. Or assign the I-ONIX FW810S to start up with a snapshot.

With so many powerful and useful recording studio tools, it’s more than just a FireWire interface. It’s the Lexicon I-ONIX FW810S.


The powerful software Mixer lets you easily route signal paths and apply real-time dynamics (compressor, limiter, gate) and EQ adjustments. The Ionix software suite also includes the new Pantheon II reverb plug-in from Lexicon and Toontrack’s EZ Drummer Lite. And it all works together seamlessly in Cubase LE 4 (also included)

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Lexicon’s new FireWire™ audio interface featuring dbx® mic pre’s and dynamics

KEY FEATURES:

1. Zero latency Lexicon monitor reverb
2. dbx® high-voltage, ultra low noice mic pre's on all 8 channels
3. dbx dynamics (compressor, limiter, gate, EQ) on all 8 channels
4. 6 analog combi-jack inputs on the rear panel for mic/line inputs
5. 2 front panel combi-jacks accept mic, line, or instrument signals
6. Type IV conversion feature emulates tape saturation at high levels
7. Zero latency mixer hardware UI with dbx dynamics and a hardware monitor reverb
8. 44.1 to 96KHz sample rates, 24 bit processing
9. 8 analog TRS outputs (7.1 surround capable) and stereo main (control room) outs
10. Stereo S/PDIF digital I/O
11. MIDI In and Out
12. FireWire 400 connection to DAW
13. Software suite includes Steinberg's Cubase LE 4, Toontrack EZ Drummer lite, and Lexicon Pantheon II reverb plug-in
14. Low Latency drivers include Windows WDM with ASIO support along with and Macintosh CoreAudio with ASIO support