Echo Gina 3G

Echo Gina 3G Description

Gina3G is the third generation of Echo's budget priced, professional quality soundcard. The original Gina premiered seven years ago to critical acclaim and since then Echo have been perfecting the art of making high quality recording products at affordable prices. The new Gina3G brings you the best features of Gina24, but with better converters, dual mic preamps, and MIDI.

Gina3G is perfect for the budget-minded musician who wants to get into digital recording without sacrificing quality for price. You won't need a mixer or studio monitors to get started here. Gina3G has all you need: 2 universal inputs with mic preamps, 6 balanced analogue outputs, and a headphone output. ADAT lightpipe, optical and coaxial S/PDIF, and MIDI are included as well; so as your studio grows, Gina3G will be able to work with all your new gear. It comes with a 8' cable and PCI card that connects to the audio interface. Gina3G is compatible with PCI-X (3.3 or 5 volt) motherboards and Power Mac G5 computers, as well as older systems.

Hardware Features

• 2 auto-sensing universal inputs (mic/guitar/line):
  • 110dB (A-weighted) dynamic range
  • Meters, trim knobs, & phantom power
• 6 balanced ¼" analogue outputs:
  • 114dB (A-weighted) dynamic range
  • +4dBu / -10dBV nominal levels
• S/PDIF I/O (coax & optical) at 24-bit/96kHz
• ADAT optical digital I/O
• MIDI I/O
• Stereo headphone output with volume knob
• Sync via S/PDIF, ADAT, or MTC
• Supports full duplex 10 channel in, 14 channel out operation
• Heavy-duty aluminum case
• 8' cable to connect to PC
• PCI bus mastering interface:
  • Bus powered
  • Works with PCI-X (3.3/5 volt) & Power Mac G5
• A/D & D/A converters in external breakout box
• 56-bit / 100mHz DSP for digital mixing
  • Near zero latency hardware monitoring

Software Features

• Software console for monitoring, metering, and setting levels
• Low-latency drivers support all major pro audio software:
  • Low Latency ASIO 2.0
  • GSIF 2.0 (Gigastudio 3 w/ low latency MIDI)
  • WDM kernel streaming mode
  • CoreAudio & CoreMIDI
• Surround sound support:
  • 5.1 & 7.1 output w/ delay management
  • AC3, DTS, & WMA9 output over S/PDIF
• SuperChannel™ resource sharing:
  • Split I/O between multiple applications
• PureWave™ mode for bit accurate digital I/O

System Requirements

• PC System requirements:
  • Windows ME/2000/XP
  • Genuine Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon CPU
  • Motherboard with Intel, AMD, Via, or NVIDIA chipset
  • 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
• Mac System Requirements:
  • Mac OS X (10.2 or later)
  • G4 or better processor (Power Mac G5 compatible)
  • 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)

Free Audio Software Included!

Tracktion is an easy to use professional recording / MIDI production software package, giving you a clean, intuitive, and clutter-free interface with professional features such as drag-and-drop editing, a built-in sampler, VST plug-in support, track freezing and more... all right at your fingertips.