An easy-to-use, high-quality FireWire/USB recording interface.

The Phonic Firefly 808 Universal rack-mountable preamplified unit with USB and FireWire interface is an easy-to-use, high-quality recording interface for songwriters to record guitars, keyboards, vocals, and more to the computer. Featured are 8 analog (XLR and 1/4") inputs and 8 analog (1/4") outputs, as well as S/PDIF, AES/EBU, MIDI and ADAT inputs and outputs—all of which are streamed to and from the computer in real time through the FireWire or USB connection in superb 24-bit/192kHz audio.

Compatible with the most popular of Digital Audio Workstation software, this powerful Firewire and USB interface provides recording musicians and engineers alike with the kind of sophisticated yet easy-to-use recording device they require.

Phonic Firefly 808 Universal 18X18 FireWire Interface Features:

• FireWire (IEEE 1394) and USB 2.0 audio interface
• 24-bit resolution, up to 192 kHz sampling rate
• 18 simultaneous inputs and outputs FireWire/USB audio interface
• 8 microphone preamps with trim control and individual phantom power switches
• 8 analog line Inputs including 2 Instrument Inputs
• 8 channels of optical ADAT I/O (4 ch. via 96k dual SMUX)
• S/PDIF I/O, AES/EBU I/O, MIDI I/O and word clock I/O
• Headphone output and Main output with volume control for monitoring purpose
• Channel meters on channel 1 to 8 for input or output
• Synchronization, sampling rate, digit I/O and MIDI in/out indicators
• Dual FireWire ports for daisy chaining and direct connection to Mac or PC
• Stand-alone Mixer functionality for field and studio use without computer
• Instrument input, pad switch, balanced TRS send jacks on Inputs 1 and 2
• Compatible with Mac OSX and Windows XP / Vista
• Steinberg Cubase LE 4 DAW software included

Running out of USB or FireWire ports on your computer? The Phonic Firefly goes both ways. Order today!

Phonic Firefly 808 Universal 18X18 FireWire Interface

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Posted by Justin on Nov 12, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist, Tech Support

Reviewer's Play Style: N/A

Not very impressed with the build quality. Plastic knobs felt extremely cheap either loose or too tight. The rest was utilitarian connections and nothing special to mention, but, the main problem I had and reason for 'worst rating' is that it was an absolute nightmare attempting to install the Cubase software that came with it. *Duly note, I am a computer repair technician and was aided by an full-time recording pro. Neither of us had ever seen anything like the instant blue-screen-of-death crashes and the total mayhem Cubase caused on the comp settings, and, The Phonic manual does NOT help you with anything else but Cubase installation. Other 'DAWs' failed to work with the Phonic after that (so we don't know if that was software or hardware at that point). Here is my new rule with any more electronics of any kind: - If it does not install itself and work properly without less than 4 hours of tech support - it is exactly the same as a totally useless box to me. The same as if broken in half. A product requiring more than 4 hours of technical support just to 'set up' is, by my standard, a terrible product. Its worse - its a product that just wasted a lot of my time and money for absolutely nothing gained by me. Phonic support took weeks to reply and by then I already returned it along with all accessories (which were also rendered useless) and at great expense to me. So basically I lost money to waste time and energy on a useless box for absolutely nothing. Thus the worst possible rating.

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