The new Focusrite Saffire is a firewire interface with onboard DSP and 24-bit/192kHz processing

Saffire features at a glance:

• Ultra-low latency Firewire 400 interface with onboard DSP .
• 24-bit, 192kHz integrated A-D/D-A .
• Four inputs; two Focusrite preamps and SPDIF I/O .
• Eight balanced outputs for creating separate headphone/monitor mixes or 7.1 surround monitoring .
• Suite of Saffire-powered plug-ins; compression, EQ, amp modeling and monitor path reverb available on analogue inputs, for recording wet and or monitoring .
• Free accompanying software allows the engineer to create up to five unique stereo mixes of all incoming and recorded tracks .
• Plug-ins also available for use within the user\'s software platform .
• MIDI I/O