Warm up your FireWire DAW with eight channels of tube pres.

The ART TubeFire 8 FireWire Recording Interface is an excellent 8-channel preamp for recording direct-to-drive to FireWire equipped Macs or PCs. Fitting nicely into a single rack unit,TubeFire 8 has 8 quality second-generation Class-A vaccuum tube mic preamps and eight balanced outputs. Every input channel has both XLR and 1/4-inch TRS balanced inputs with, 70db of gain, -10db Pad, high pass filter, phase invert, clip indicators, and wide range LED meter for monitoring levels. These warm, tube driven mic/line inputs provide clean, quiet gain and a high-level of transparency.

On the flip side, the ART TubeFire 8 can be turned into a reliable multichannel audio output for your computer through its high-quality D/A converters and 8 balanced outputs. You can use the headphone output or for low-latency input monitoring, or you can combine the channels for an integrated mono or stereo mix for general monitoring of audio playback from the computer. Either way, you'll be impressed with the quality of the sound you're getting.

As a bonus, TubeFire 8 is packaged with Cubase LE software.

ART TubeFire 8 FireWire Recording Interface Features:

• 8-channels
• XLR and 1/4-inch TRS balanced input
• Wide range LED monitor
  
  Comes with Cubase LE for Mac/PC

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ART TubeFire 8 FireWire Recording Interface Specifications:

• Inputs: 8 x TRS/XLR combo Microphone/Line (rear panel), 2 x 1/4" TRS phone Instrument (front panel), 1 x BNC Wordclock
• Output: 8 x 1/4" TRS phone (rear panel), 1 x BNC Wordclock Thru
• Phantom Power: +48V, switchable in banks of four (channels 1-4 and channel 5-8)
• Dimensions: 19"W x 14.4"D x 1.75"H
• Weight: 13.2 lbs
• Mic/Line gain range: 70dB
• Instrument gain range: 40dB
• Maximum output level: +24dBu, balanced, +18dBu, unbalanced
• Frequency response: 12Hz to 60kHz, +0/-1dB (analog in to analog out), 12Hz to 20kHz, +0/-1dB @ 44.1kHz sample rate (analog in to digital out), 16Hz to 42kHz, +0/-1dB @ 96kHz sample rate (analog in to digital out)
• Noise: EIN: 130dBu, A-weighted, input shorted, maximum gain
• Specialties: Dual 6-pin FireWire connectors

ART TubeFire 8 FireWire Recording Interface

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Posted by Sam Gill from Keller, Tx on Jan 27, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Composer/Recoring Engineer/Producer

Reviewer's Play Style: TripHop/Electronica/Ambient/Trance/Live Bands

I bought the Tubefire8, because I needed to drive AKG C3000 mics, which typically need 55-60db of gain. The Art is capable of 70db of gain. The first unit I received had an issue, and I returned it. I have had no issues with the 2nd unit. The a/d d/a conversion is very good, and better than my last unit that I bought. I run it on a iMac 10.5 with Logic Studio. Every so often I believe CoreAudio has an issue, and I need to power cycle the Tubefire. The headphone jack can do mono or stereo, but the volume is loud quickly, not at the full end of the dial. The only issue I have is that you can not control the output volume from the speaker volume within the mac. All the volume controls on the mac become locked. The Art relies on CoreAudio driver, just like the SSL, and the Apogee products.

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Best interface out there

Posted by wayne from south on Jun 21, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: musician and studio owner

Reviewer's Play Style: eclectic

I've tried a variety of Firewire and USB interfaces for my Mac, and this is the most reliable, best sounding and simplest to use. And at a great price. Very clean yet warm sound, simple controls, just a joy to use.

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Posted by Derrick from Saint John NB Canada on Mar 3, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobby Studio, Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Country, Blues Rock

I purchased this unit to use as an add on to my existing system (Alesis Multimix firewire) and they do not work together. If you are looking at this unit to work alone, it may be great. But it does not work as an addition. However for me ..... it's going back!!!

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