The professional version of the handy PHASE 24 FW shines with an abundance of connection options and technology, without losing any of the familiar stylish design. The two combo jacks on the front of the external housing can accept instruments with 1/4" (6.3mm) stereo jacks and microphones (XLR), and are individually adjustable using two gain controllers with status and clipping LEDs.

If necessary, a 48V phantom power supply can be switched on separately for each channel. Four line-outs (2 for main and 2 for monitor) ensure lossless transport of the crystal-clear sound of the Phase X24 FW to the outside. With 24-bit/192kHz signal processing and a signal-to-noise ratio of 111dB, you can expect the highest level of quality.

Two insert jacks before the converter allow external effects such as compressors to be looped in. An adjustable headphone output, a digital interface (optical) for S/PDIF, AC3 and DTS formats and a MIDI I/O round out the connection options. The FireWireTM connection to your computer transfers your data extremely quickly and reliablyensuring that all your data end up where they belong, without any delay.

The necessary cables and adapters are included in the scope of delivery. By the way, the PHASE X24 FW doesn't just look good in the studio - we've also thrown in a protective bag for the extended audio system for "on the road" use so that you never have to go without the many advantages of the new PHASE.

• FireWire™ audio system
• 2 microphone/instrument inputs, XLR combo jack
• 2 gain controllers
• 2 analog inputs, 1/4" (6.3mm) jack, balanced
• 2 insert jacks, 1/4" (6.3mm) stereo jack
• 1 optical digital I/O
• 1 MIDI I/O
• Digital hardware mixer
• 24-bit/192kHz analog signal processing

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• Part 4: Interfaces and soundcards

  You’ll need to get sounds into and out of your computer when producing music, so some kind of ‘interface’ should be on your shopping list. You might think that you already have the necessary connections, but many of today’s interfaces come with multiple inputs and outputs (for recording bands and outputting to multi-channel surround systems), bundled software, on board sounds and, in some cases, much more, so really are worthy and cost-effective additions to your computer music set-up. In this part of the Dolphin Computer Music guide we’ll discuss all of the interfacing options currently available…