Focusrite Saffire 6 USB with AKG headphones & free Ableton software

The Saffire 6 USB makes Focusrite's renowned sound quality and performance available to more people than ever before.

The design brief was to take two of our legendary mic pres, and make a 2 in/4out interface with simplicity and reliability at the top of the wish list.

Perfect for tracking

• 2 mic-pres with phantom power, pad and instrument switches. 
• Monitor outputs on 1/4inch jacks or RCA phono jacks. 
• Switchable headphone output. 
• Mixer section to blend between your input and the signal playing back from your computer. 
• MIDI I/O.

Ideal for Laptop DJs

• Four outputs allow you to route two stereo pairs to different sides of a DJ mixer. 
• Switchable headphone output enables you to cue up tracks. 
• Mic/line inputs to add external instruments or a microphone to the performance. 
• Simple three-dial monitoring: one for the main out, one for your cans, and one to mix in other inputs.

'Xcite+' comes on a DVD-ROM filled to the brim with royalty-free loops and samples alongside some powerful applications ideal for getting the new user started, or to expand the experienced user’s creative toolbox.

Ableton Live Lite 8 forms the foundation of this collection, providing the ideal platform to create, produce and perfom. Novation’s classic bass synth, ‘Bass Station’ enables you to create bass and 303-styled patches. Alongside these comes 'Mike the Drummer'; a collection of 572 inspiring and original live drum loops ranging from 79 to 191 bpm, with loop lengths ranging from 1 beat to 4 bars, as well as extended freestyle solo sections. Individual drum hits and REX files are also available.These drum loops are however, just the beginning. An entire gigabyte of royalty-free samples, exclusively compiled by LoopMasters, provide a selection of loops and samples large enough to satisfy the appetite of even the most demanding artist.

The Xcite+ Pack bundle is Windows XP, 32 bit Vista, Mac OS X and Intel Mac compatible.

Ableton Live Lite
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Novation Bass Station
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'Mike the Drummer' A collection of 572 inspiring and original live drum loops
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Over 1 Gig of royalty-free samples from samples legends, LoopMasters
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Plug-in Suite

Each plug-in has a host of pre-sets that provide a reasonable starting point, delivering suitable solutions for the chosen sound source. Having selected a preset, you can then go on to finely tune these settings.

The compressor and Gate have been modeled on the Focusrite's hardware devices, using the measurement of custom optos to achieve the signature Focusrite sound. (All Focusrite optos are tuned by ear, just like in the old days of analog design, ensuring a faithful recreation of those classic vintage 1960s optical compressors.)

With the same signature as the original Focusrite EQ curves. Focusrite's R&D team used state-of-the-art numerical transform techniques to create an authentic response across the entire audible frequency spectrum for this software EQ.

The Reverb is based on classic algorithmic studio reverb designs.