![]() Inbetween these and the volume control is a small but detailed colour display. ![]() In fact, the only physical controls on the Zen Studio are a power/standby button, an infinite rotary control that can be assigned to various combinations of the headphone outputs and rear-panel Monitor outs, and a pair of up/down increment buttons. So, for instance, none of the preamps has an analogue gain potentiometer or a phantom power switch. Inevitably, this marvel of miniaturisation is accomplished by the extensive use of digital control. And it doesn’t even occupy a full rack space! It also has word clock and coaxial digital I/O, plus a pair of independently addressable headphone outputs. You get 16 channels of digital I/O via ADAT sockets. There are a further eight analogue line inputs and outputs on D-Subs. It boasts 12 mic preamps on combi XLR/jack sockets. ![]() Antelope Audio’s new Zen Studio USB interface, however, raises the bar even further. If you’re happy to connect everything via MADI, you can get 64 channels in and out on one pair of connectors, while products such as RME’s Fireface 802 cram a truly comprehensive array of analogue and digital socketry into a 1U rack unit. There are quite a few audio interfaces on the market that pack a lot of I/O into a small box. If small is beautiful, then Antelope Audio’s latest product is the Mona Lisa of multi-channel audio interfaces. ![]()
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