Description
4pre™
Compact audio interface with four mic preamps and mixing
The 4pre provides mobile operation and flexible connectivity to a Mac or PC via FireWire or USB2, with professional audio quality at sample rates up to 96 kHz. The 4pre offers plenty of I/O, including four mic inputs with preamps, alternative guitar/line inputs, analog main outs, two extra line-level analog outputs, stereo S/PDIF, and two stereo headphone outputs.
Housed in a rugged, compact enclosure you can take anywhere, the 4pre is equally well-suited for studio and stage, with or without a computer. As an interface or standalone mixer, the 4pre provides 6 separate inputs and 8 separate outputs.
Connect any studio gear, including microphones, guitars, synths, keyboards, drum machines, or even effects processors. Record, monitor, and mix all live inputs using the professional on-board CueMix DSP digital mixer — with no latency and no processor strain on your computer.
Use the 4pre’s on-screen CueMix software to tune your guitar and other instruments. Analyze and scope your audio with advanced diagnostic tools, including a full-screen real-time FFT display, spectrogram “waterfall” display, full-featured oscilloscope, X-Y plot, and linear/polar phase analysis graphs.
After programming the on-board mixing in the studio, unplug the 4pre from the computer and take it on the road for operation as a stand-alone mixer with convenient front-panel controls.
The 4pre provides cross-platform compatibility with Mac and Windows and all of your favorite audio software and host-based effects via industry standard WDM/ASIO/Core Audio drivers. Or you can use the included AudioDesk workstation software for Mac OS X, with 24-bit recording/editing and 32-bit mixing, processing and mastering.
Specifications
- Converters 24-bit
- Sample Rates 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96kHz
- Analog In 4 x XLR/TRS combo
- 2 x 1/4" TRS (balanced/unbalanced)
- 2 x 1/4" hi-Z guitar
- Analog Outputs 2 x 1/4" balanced TRS main out
- 2 x 1/4" balanced TRS line out
- 2 x 1/4" TRS headphone
- Digital Input 1 x RCA coaxial S/PDIF
- Digital Output 1 x RCA coaxial S/PDIF
- Computer I/O 1 x FireWire 400 (Type B)
- 1 x USB 2.0
- Sync In/Out S/PDIF
- SMPTE time code (LTC)
- Headphone Output 2 x 1/4" TRS phone with independent volume control
- Phantom Power Individual +48V
- Front panel 2 x 10-segment ladder LEDs • main outs
- 4 x 5-segment LEDs • inputs
- 2 x signal present LEDs • S/PDIF I/O
- 2 x signal present LEDs • stereo line out
- 4 x LEDs • 48V phantom power
- 4 x LEDs • -20 dB pad
- 5 x LEDs • mix/trim (main, line, S/PDIF, phone, trim)
- 1 x LED • Vol/Pan
- Power Requirements 9-18V DC, 5W, tip + or -
- FireWire bus power
- DC power adapter included, required for stand-alone and USB 2.0 operation
- Mac System Requirements
- PowerPC G4 CPU 1 GHz or faster (including any Mac with a PowerPC G5, any Intel processor, or any Apple silicon processor*)
- 1 GB RAM; 2 GB or more recommended
- Mac OS X version 10.8, 10.7, 10.6, or 10.5; v10.5.8 or later required
- Available FireWire or high-speed USB 2.0 port
- A large hard drive (preferably at least 250 GB)
- *Apple Silicon devices require adjustments to security settings. See this tech note for more information.
- Windows System Requirements
- 1 GHz Pentium-based PC compatible or faster equipped with at least one USB2 or FireWire port
- 1 GB RAM; 2 GB or more recommended
- Windows 10, 8, 7 or Vista, 32- or 64-bit; Vista SP 2 or later required
- Available FireWire or high-speed USB 2.0 port
- A large hard drive (preferably at least 250 GB)
- Included software
- CueMix FX
- MOTU SMPTE Console
- AudioDesk (Mac only, optical CD drive required)
- Operating Systems
- Mac OS X version 10.8, 10.7, 10.6, or 10.5 (v10.5.8 or later is required)
- Windows 10, 8, 7, or Vista (SP2 or later is required)
- 64-bit operation
- Available for Mac OS X version 10.8, 10.7, or 10.6
- Available for 64-bit versions of Windows 10, 8, 7, or Vista
- Requires a 64-bit CPU (and host application for plug-in versions)
