RME Fireface 800 FireWire Audio Interface, Second-Hand Overview
Firewire Soundcard
The RME FIREFACE 800 192 kHz/24 Bit 56 Channel FireWire Audio Interface. Highly regarded, up to 56 channels record/playback, up to 192 kHz sample rate and true FireWire 800 sum up to an unsurpassed high-end, high performance and high speed FireWire audio interface for your Mac or Windows computer.
The RME Fireface 800 combines the latest and also proven technologies of previous RME products with the fastest FireWire technology. Analog technology of the ADI-8 converters, microphone technology of QuadMic and OctaMic, TotalMix technology of the Hammerfall DSP series, years of experience in programming of efficient and reliable drivers.
The Fireface 800 offers the best worked out instrument input that could ever be found in an audio interface, a high power headphone output and signal-to-noise ratios of 119 dBA. Eight balanced line inputs and outputs with software controlled switching of the reference levels (-10 dBV, +4 dBu, HiGain), of course realized discretely in the analog domain, guarantee highest dynamic range and highest fidelity. Apart from the levels of the microphone pre-amps and the headphone outputs, all device settings are software controlled.