The Product
The Sound Devices USBPRE-2 is a high-resolution, portable hardware interface for Mac and Windows based digital audio. The USBPRE-2 is the industry's highest performance and most flexible portable interface, connecting professional microphones, line-level sources, consumer audio electronics, and S/PDIF digital sources with Mac OS and Windows computers via USB.
It includes two discrete-transistor microphone preamplifiers with 24-bit converters offering sampling rates up to 192kHz. These preamplifiers provide the highest performance in any portable interface, with their topology being shared with the Sound Devices award-winning 744T digital audio recorder. Features include peak limiters, high-pass filters, and a 15dB pad which all contribute to overload protection.
The USBPRE-2 is a class-compliant audio device, which in simple terms allows for simple plug-and-play connection to computers running Mac OS, Windows, and Linux. There are no drivers to install for the USBPRE-2 and there are no software-only features. All additional controls and settings are available on back panel DIP switches. The USB port also provides power to the unit, both when connected as an audio interface and when used in stand-alone operation.
To interconnect with sound systems large and small, the USBPRE-2 includes numerous output connection types, including balanced microphone or line level presensed on 3-pole on XLR connectors, unbalanced consumer line level on phono (RCA), S/PDIF coaxial (RCA) and optical (Toslink). The outputs have their own, dedicated front-panel level control.
Accurate signal level metering is essential for any sound engineer and the USBPRE-2 design incorporates a 23-segment, multicolor LED meter for precise level indication. The meter is switchable between input signal metering and output signal metering and the meter indicates both VU and peak PPM ballistics.
It can be used in stand-alone mode where it operates as a high-quality, portable microphone preamplifier and analog-to-digital converter. Digital signals connected to the USBPRE-2 are converted to analog and available at the headphone, XLR, and RCA outputs. Stand-alone operation requires the unit to be connected to a USB power source. This mode of operation is an incredibly useful option when an additional microphone preamplifer, A-D converter, or D-A converter is required.
Like all of Sound Devices products, the USBPRE-2 is designed to stand up to the most demanding environments and its extruded aluminum chassis and aluminum panels, machined knobs, metal connectors, and laser-etched nomenclature are designed to hold up to years of abuse.
The Manufacturer
Sound Devices was founded in 1998 and in a relatively short time has become the market leader within the ENG, film and television industry. Its growing family of audio mixers, digital recorders, preamplifiers and interfaces are trusted by professionals throughout the world. Sound Devices products deliver superb, consistent audio performance in extreme locations ranging from the high-altitude mountains of the Himalayas, the Costa Rican rainforests, and the soundstages of Hollywood. When portability, durability, unquestionable performance and no-compromise audio fidelity matter, Sound Devices is always the number one choice.
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