(Los Angeles, USA) - PreSonus Audio Electronics have announced the introduction of the all new 'Audiobox USB' and the 'Firewire Tube' recordings systems. Both tools are now in production and are expected to hit the market in April.

The Audiobox USB is a USB powered interface sporting two mic/instrument preamps with 48v phantom power, two balanced TRS outputs, MIDI input/output and a playback mixer knob on the front panel for easy adjustment of the volume level between your recording and existing tracks. The complete package ships with the PreSonus software suite featuring Cubase LE 4 as well as a bundle of third party plugins, drum samples and loops.

The Firewire Tube is a 24-bit/96k firewire recording system designed for bands, producers and engineers to produce commercial quality recordings. The front panel of the device comes with two so-called SuperChannels featuring Class A vacuum tube microphone and instrument preamps along with full feature analogue limiters. On the back, the Firewire Tube features eight Class A XMAX microphone preamps and six balanced TRS inputs, bringing the total amount of analogue inputs to sixteen. Next to that, the device includes eight balanced TRS outputs, a headphone output and MIDI I/O for MIDI instruments, keyboards and controllers. This combination of features enables bands to simultaneously record drums, bass, guitar, vocals, and keyboards without additional preamplifiers.

Product specifications

• 24-bit/96K firewire (IEEE1394)
• 16 inputs/10 outputs simultaneous record/playback channels
• 2 SuperChannels (tube microphone/instrument preamplifier with analog limiter)
• 8 XMAX microphone preamplifiers
• 8 balanced TRS outputs
• MIDI Input/Output
• 16x10 FireControl DSP mixer/router
• JetPLL Sync for improved imaging and clarity
• High performance A/D/A converters (114 dynamic range)
• ProPak software suite included