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Focusrite Liquid Saffire 56 Digital Interface for Recording DAW

$ 91.87

Availability: 100 in stock

Description

First, if you have never heard of this device you are in for a treat.  Google it, I can't do it justice, but let me try.  This particular interface was babied and only ridden to church on Sundays by a little on lady.  Not far from the truth!  First, to be clear, it uses a Firewire interface.  If you have an older Apple you are in good shape, I used a Mac Mini and a large Apple "Cheese Grater."  You can also get a card for a Windows based PC. No big deal.  Now, what can this thing do for me?
Start with a Sound on Sound article:
https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/focusrite-liquid-saffire-56
Then consider this:
Sample rate: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192 kHz
It is called 56 for a reason, lots and lots of I/O.  First, it has 8 really good mic-pres.  But the first 2 channels can be controlled by a Focusrite piece of software that is amazing:
Focusrite software: https://customer.focusrite.com/en/support/downloads?brand=focusrite&product_by_range=407&download_type=all
This does two VERY important things.  First, it give you control over the first two channels. There is a mic-pre emulator where you can emulate/model some amazing vintage mic-pres like the famous Telefunken/Neumann V72 and 10 other ones!   It also has 2 ADAT interfaces.  I ran an additional 16 channels of mic-pres over ADAT using a Focusrite Octo-Pre Platinum.  There there is S/PDIF input so 2 more mic-pres can be added!  So I was running 26 mics in.  Then there is output, S/PDIF stereo out (I used them for monitors) and then 2 ADATS out.  I used this to drive monitors for the musicians.
But the part of the software that blew me away was the MixControl software.  VERY powerful.  I put in a screenshot in the pictures.  You can build 16 DIFFERENT mixes for 16 different outputs.  8 outputs are on the back as Line Level or you can do like me and send them 8 to an ADAT to be converted by an ADAT enabled D/A.  I used a Focusrite 26 I/O.  There there is a MIDI input and then there is a BNC for a block source like a Big Ben!
Also, (are you ready for this?) you can even do 24/96 on the ADAT if you have an ADAT box on the other end that can handle it.  It takes both ADAT lines (because ADATA is limited to 8 channels of24/48) but add the two together, like using the Focusrite Octo-Pre Platinum, and you get 8 more channels of 24/96.  Unbelievable!  ,600 new, going for a bargain rate.
I took very good care of this.  I moved to a different platform (Allen and Heath Sq5) so I could match, but this is still a killer
I have the original shipping box.  Will double box.
The Focusrite Liquid Saffire 56 Digital Interface for Recording DAW.
Condition is "Used".
Shipped with UPS Ground to US only.