M-AUDIO AIR192X8 2 inputs / 4 outputs + MIDI

Featuring a sleek, professional-grade metal chassis with a large center volume knob, the Air 192X8 features transparent, low-noise Crystal Preamps™ preamps and upgraded quality analog-to-digital converters that deliver best-in-class audio performance.Air 192X8 features 2 XLR/6.35mm jack combo inputs, complemented by 2 1/4" instrument inputs that have a specially designed gain and impedance stage to provide the most accurate reproduction of your guitar or bass sound when plugged directly into the interface. To complete this already comprehensive connectivity, the Air 192X8 is equipped with a minijack MIDI input and output. It has a stereo output for studio monitors in 6.35 mm jack and RCA format, and an auxiliary output also in RCA. Air 192X8 can be connected either to the standard USB A port on your Mac or PC, or to the USB C port. Both cables are included: a USB C to C cable and a USB C to A cable. This high-speed USB connection and superior USB/direct control allows you to have latency-free listening, making the recording process easier than ever. The overall combination of professional audio performance, easy-to-use features, and the included software package makes the Air 192X8 an incredibly versatile and high-performance audio interface perfect for any recording session.

Crystal-clear recording

With M-Audio's Air interfaces, capturing high-quality audio has never been easier with updated professional-quality "Crystal" preamps. Crystal preamplifiers provide musicians and producers with a crystal-clear signal to get the most out of your microphones for flawless performance capture. In addition, the 48V Phantom power supply supports all types of microphones, including the coveted sound of studio condenser microphones.

Studio Quality Capture, Ultra Portable

The Air 192X8 features custom-built analog-to-digital converters to provide 24-bit digital audio resolution for a dynamic range that captures every nuance and subtlety of your performance. Combined with a sample rate of up to 192 kHz, you can be sure that your recordings will be completely faithful to the audio source. Whatever the occasion, for demo or recording, it offers the quality you demand in an ultra-portable, easy-to-use and rugged package.

Whatever the project, the Air will do the job.

The combination of the balanced XLR/jack combo input and two instrument inputs, allows the Air 194X8 to record 2 channels simultaneously, in studio quality with 24-bit/192 kHz resolution. The flexibility of a combo input that can accommodate any audio source from a microphone or line level signal, and the custom gain and impedance on the instrument inputs ensure an accurate signal when recording a guitar or bass., Zero Latency Recording

Connecting the Air 192X8 couldn't be easier: install the drivers, connect it to your Mac or PC via the standard USB or USB-C port and you're ready to record. Thanks to its high-speed USB-C connection and the USB/Direct balance knob giving you access to latency-free recording monitoring, you can finally focus on what's important: your performance!

External control

With the Air 192X8, connection to external MIDI equipment is possible thanks to its built-in MIDI interface. Whether controlling your collection of virtual instruments via a MIDI keyboard or sending MIDI messages to a hardware sound module, drum machine or sequencer, the Air 192X8's MIDI in/out connections offer flexible connectivity options, seamlessly adapting to your needs.

Immediate creativity

No matter what the project, the Air 192X8's world-class software suite provides the tools you need to turn your ideas into true masterpieces. Record, mix, and finalize with Pro Tools | First M-Audio; expand your sound palette with AIR Music Technology's suite of virtual instruments (Strike, Xpand!2, Mini-Large, Vacuum, BOOM, DB33, Strike); and add a professional finish with 20 iconic effects plug-ins from the AIR Creative FX Collection, as well as the extensive modeling capabilities of Eleven Lite or 2GB of Touch Loops samples. More than just an interface, the Air 192X8 is the heart of your creativity, offering everything you need to express your creative potential.

Pro Tools / First

Pro Tools / First, is an easy-to-understand, high-performance audio production and music creation solution for recording, editing, mixing and sharing your music. Be mobile and polish your music anywhere with the free 1GB Avid Cloud Space that allows you to record and synchronize up to 3 projects, and why not collaborate with other musicians.

Ableton Live Lite

Also included is Ableton Live Lite, one of the most popular performance and music production programs for musicians. Ableton Live Lite is a powerful music creation tool that allows musicians and producers to spontaneously compose, record, remix, improvise and edit musical ideas in a stable and fluid audio / MIDI environment. Explore sound possibilities in real time whether on stage or in the studio. When you're satisfied with your work, Ableton Live Lite lets you record and mix it all.

Touch Loops

Based in Los Angeles and London, the Touch Loops team develops sound atmospheres and samples of all kinds with an unwavering love for analog processing and classic recording techniques to help musicians enhance their productions. M-Audio and Touch Loops have selected more than 500 sounds and combined them into a 2GB library of audio content of all kinds for unprecedented musical creativity.

AIR Xpand!2 is a powerful multitimbral synthesizer and feature-rich, versatile workstation that allows for the creation of patches with up to four layers of instruments. Using everything from an FM synthesis wavetable to sample playback, Xpand!2 offers thousands of tones and ready-to-use patches for a wide variety of genres.

AIR Strike

Strike is a virtual drum plug-in featuring a large library of high-quality samples, a user-friendly and intuitive arranger, and a hyper-realistic performance engine that gives access to 19 customizable kits recorded at the legendary Blackbird Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.included in this suite, Mini Grand is a powerful piano emulation with seven distinct piano sounds, skillfully adapted to accommodate a wide range of musical styles and production needs. Combining a bunch of carefully selected piano samples, a choice of seven piano models, innovative re-pedaling technology (for realistic string resonance) and environmental simulation, Mini Grand offers composers a customizable arsenal of sounds perfect for live performance or studio recording sessions.

AIR Vacuum

Vacuum Classic is a vintage monophonic synthesizer with analog synthesis and tube circuit modeling that perfectly captures the warm, crunchy sound of the analog era. With its analog oscillators, multiple filters and envelopes, and built-in audio effects, Vacuum allows you to immerse yourself in subtractive synthesis to recreate those sought-after analog sounds of the 70s and 80s. Adjust switches, knobs and dials to program anything from bass, leads, pads and unique sound effects. Boom includes a wide selection of 10 classic electronic drum kits, offering variations on the classic 808 and 909 kits, more aggressive dance and urban style kits and a powerful retro kit modeled after a 'CR78 fused with a 606'. Each kit contains 10 different drums, where you can adjust the pan, volume, tuning and decay of each drum in a kit.

AIR DB33

DB-33 Tonewheel Organ is a virtual organ that recreates the sounds and playability of classic tone wheel organs such as the Hammond B3, and the rotary speakers in which they are often used. It features 122 preset sounds as well as an extra-realistic convolution rotary speaker and tube overdrive emulation. The rotary speaker cabinet can also be used as an effect in its own right on an audio track.

- Max resolution: 24-bits

- Category: audio interface

- Format: desktop

- Supplied software: Ableton Live Lite, Strike Air Music Tech, Xpand!2 Air Music Tech, Touch Loops Samples (2 GB), Eleven Lite, DB-33 Air Music Tech, Mini Grand Air Music Tech, Avid Effects Collection, Creative FX Collection Air Music Tech, BOOM Air Music Tech, Vacuum Air Music Tech, ProTools First

- Interface: USB 2.0, USB-C

- Power supply : USB

- Compatibility : PC, Mac

- Dimensions (mm) : 152 x 71 x 198

- MIDI interface : Yes

- Wordclock : No

- Phantom power : Yes

- Weight (kg) : 0.95 kg

- Sampling frequency: 192 kHz

- No. of inputs: 2

- No. of outputs: 6

- No. of microphone inputs: 2

- No. of instrument inputs: 2

- No. of analog inputs: 2

- Additional specs : - USB-C high-speed audio interface (USB-A compatible) with zero latency monitoring (2,59 ms) and USB/direct balance control

- 24 bit/192 kHz resolution for professional level recording and monitoring

- New Crystal preamplifiers and ultra transparent A/D converters delivering unmatched sound

- 2 balanced XLR/TRS combo inputs and 2 TRS instrument inputs

- MIDI minijack I/O to connect external MIDI devices

- Mono or stereo direct monitor selector

- Large central volume control knob

- Balanced TRS jack 6 main audio outputs,35mm or RCA

- Auxiliary RCA output

- 6.35mm headphone output with independent level control and source selector

- Rugged, metal design chassis with Kensington slot

- Includes standard USB and USB-C connection cables, 3.5mm MIDI adapters

- Compatible with Windows 7 and above, MAC OS X 10.8 and higher