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The FW-1884 is a professional DAW control surface and audio/MIDI interface that uses the FireWire high-speed data transfer protocol. With FireWire's high-bandwidth capabilities, the FW-1884 provides audio and MIDI interfacing to computers as well as control of DAW parameters via eight 100mm motorized touch-sensitive channel faders, one master fader, and controls for pan, solo, mute and select functions on each channel. Tactile control for four bands of parametric EQ, a jog/shuttle wheel and a variety of shortcut keys for various popular software applications are also included.

Features:

• Comprehensive mixing, automation, editing and navigation tools for DAWs
• Eight 100mm motorized touch-sensitive channel faders, one motorized touch-sensitive master fader
• Dedicated controls for pan, solo, mute and select functions on each channel; tactile control for four bands of parametric EQ
• Shortcut keys for various popular audio software applications
• Eight balanced XLR analog mic/line inputs with high quality mic preamps
• Phantom power and inserts on every channel
• 24-bit/96kHz A/D and D/A converters; full 96kHz operation on all analog I/O channels with compatible DAW software
• Eight channels of ADAT lightpipe, stereo S/PDIF inputs and outputs.
• Eight analog outputs, allowing connection of L/R and 5.1 surround matrices
• Dedicated headphone output
• Four MIDI inputs, four MIDI outputs
• Word Clock in and out jacks
• Assignable footswitch jack
• Up to 18 simultaneous inputs
• Compatible with a wide variety of popular DAW applications
• Operates as a standalone 18x2 line mixer without a computer.
• FE-8 (eight-channel sidecar) expands FW-1884 with eight additional channel control strips up to 128 channels (15 FE-8s).
• SoftLCD application simulates a "scribble strip" by displaying what each channel is controlling, see the screenshots in the column on the left
• Includes Cubase LE 48-track/96kHz recording and mixing software
• Includes GigaStudio 3 LE 64-voice streaming sampler software
• Compatible with MOTU Digital Performer, Apple Logic, Steinberg Cubase and Nuendo, and Cakewalk Sonar. Control surface compatible with Digidesign Pro Tools.
• Dimensions: 22.9"W x 5.4"H x 18.9"D
• Weight: 22.7 lbs