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February 2008 - Back by Musicians, DJs and Gamers’ Popular Demand
The Sound Card Specialist TerraTec Now Offers a New Optimized Audio Box - DMX 6Fire USB
A legend returns! The Nettetal-based audio card specialist TerraTec Electronic is set to relaunch the popular 6fire audio board, albeit in a revamped, optimized USB solution. DMX 6 Fire USB is the perfect outboard audio system for musicians, DJs, and gamers with high standards for quality. The unofficial successor to DMX 6Fire 24/96 has been overhauled completely and now delivers even more powerful performance. Rather than a PCI plug-in, it features an up-to-date USB 2.0 port, and instead of 24-bits and 96 kHz, it now offers 24 bits and 192 kHz. DMX 6Fire USB will ship in mid-January with a price tag reading 249 euros.
Designed for the consumer market, this sound box will also delight home studio owners with its four analog inputs and six analog outputs in RCA format, as well as a digital I/O (optical and coaxial). This configuration provides high-fidelity audio and well over 100 dB signal-to-noise ratio. Equipped with a microphone input (XLR/combo jack) featuring switchable 48 V phantom power, a -20 dB pad switch, and a dedicated gain knob, DMX 6fire USB enables highest quality professional recording. It also offers a separate adjustable input for instruments such as guitar and bass. A hardware monitoring setup lets users route input signals directly to the output and audition signals with zero latency. A MIDI interface and a headphones output round out this audio cards array of connections.
DJs also get what they need – simply plugging the record player into the phono jack (with preamplifier) is all takes to get going. Monitor knobs let DJs audition tracks before they spin them. Microphone (1/4” jack or XLR, with a mini jack adapter) and headphones inputs are sited side by side. Users will find it easy to connect a headset for announcements and use Internet telephony services.
Gamers are sure to enjoy these and other features such as 5.1 Surround sound, and stereo sound even if the game does not supply a stereo signal. DMX 6Fire USB is able to convert mono input signals into stereo.
Keyfeatures:
- 1 microphone input with gain knob (XLR / 6.3 mm/¼” jack combo)
- 48V phantom power
- -20 dB pad switch
- 1 instrument input with gain knob (6.3 mm/¼” jack)
- 4 analog inputs (RCA connector)
- 1 phono input (RCA connector) with an RIAA equalizer and gain knobregulator
- 6 analog outputs (RCA connector)
- Stereo to 5.1 Surround expander
- 1 headphones output (6.3 mm/¼” jack) with separate volume control
- 1 optical digital I/O (TOS link)
- 1 coaxial digital I/L (RCA connector)
- 1 MIDI interface I/O (5-pin DIN)
- 24-bit / 192-kHz A/D converter with 114 dB SNR (inputs 1/2)
- 24-bit / 192-kHz A/D converter with 105 dB SNR (inputs 3/4)
- 24-bit / 192-kHz D/A converter with 114 dB SNR (outputs 1-6)