ART TubeFire 8

The ART TubeFire 8 packs eight quality second-generation discrete Class-A vacuum tube microphone preamps in a single rack space unit with balanced I/O and FireWire connectivity. Ideal for any recording application, the ART TubeFire 8 adds eight incredibly warm tube driven mic or line inputs and eight balanced outputs to any FireWire equipped PC or Mac based direct-to-drive recording system.

ART's mic preamps provide clean quiet gain while maintaining incredible transparency through the input stage. The eight balanced outputs of the TubeFire 8 can be driven from either the analog mic preamp inputs making the TubeFire 8 an in-line eight channel tube preamp, or from the internal high quality D/A converters making it a high quality multi-channel audio output for your PC.

Every input channel on the ART TubeFire 8 offers both XLR input and 1/4-inch TRS balanced input with 70dB of gain. All inputs have -10dB Pad, High Pass filter, Phase Invert clip indicators and a wide range LED meter to monitor the preamp levels. The eight balanced outputs can be summed to an integrated headphone output providing either a mono or stereo mix function for low latency input monitoring and for monitoring audio playback from the computer.

The TubeFire 8 ships with Cubase LE for Mac or 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 features
▪ 8-channels
▪ XLR and 1/4-inch TRS balanced input
▪ Wide range LED monitor