SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS, PERFORMANCE AND SPECIFICATION WINDOWS Operating System • Windows® XP Service Pack 2 (Home, Professional, 64bit XP or Media Centre Edition) or Windows Vista (32bit and 64bit - all versions) Computer • Windows® XP compatible PC • 400Mb/s IEEE1394/FireWire port (OHCI compliant recommended) CPU/Clock • 1.4 GHz Intel or compatible Memory (RAM) • 256MB or more • 512MB or higher recommended APPLE MAC Operating System • Mac OS X Panther (10.3.3 or later) - Mac OS update may be required Computer • Apple Mac Power PC G4, G5 or Intel Mac (any) CPU/Clock • G4/800 MHz (minimum) Memory (RAM) • 256MB or more • 512MB or higher recommended ADDITIONAL INFO • Firewire chipsets from TI (Texas Instruments), VIA, and NEC are recommended • It is highly recommended that Saffire be run on its own Firewire bus/card • In order to use Saffire with a 4-pin IEEE1394 port you will need a 4-pin to 6-pin cable (not included) and must use the PSU (included) SPECIFICATIONS and CONNECTIONS Analogue I/O • 2 x front panel XLR (mic) or 2 x front panel TRS Jacks (line/inst) • 2 x rear panel TRS Jacks (line/inst) • Mic Gain: +13dB to + 60dB • Line 1&2 Gain: -10dB to +36dB • Instrument Gain: +13dB to +60dB • Line 3&4 Gain: +16dBu or ?10dBV for full scale input (software switchable) • 6 Analogue outputs • 6 x rear panel TRS Jacks • Nominal output level 0dBFS = 16dBu, balanced • Front Panel Analogue Volume control for outputs 1&2 • Software Digital Volume control for outputs 3-6 • All outputs are useable as monitoring outputs Digital I/O • 2 x SPDIF (RCA phono) on rear panel (24-bit, 96kHz) Output transformer isolated • Clock Source: Internal clock or sync to word clock on SPDIF MIDI I/O • 1 in / 1 out on rear panel Firewire S400 • 2 ports Power • Either via FIREWIRE or external PSU (12v DC, 0.7A, centre pin positive) Headphone Monitoring • 1 x 1/4? TRS Jack on front panel (mirrors outputs 3-4) • High power headphone driver CLASS-LEADING PERFORMANCE Analogue Performance - Inputs Mic • Frequency Response: 20Hz - 20kHz +/- 0.1 dB • THD+N: 0.001% (measured at 1kHz with a 20Hz/22kHz bandpass filter) • Noise: EIN > 120dB (measured at 60dB of gain with 150 Ohm termination (20Hz/22kHz bandpass filter) Line • Frequency Response: 20Hz - 20kHz +/- 0.1dB • THD+N: 0.001% (measured with 0dBFS input and 22Hz/22kHz bandpass filter) • Noise: -88dBu (22Hz/22kHz bandpass filter) Instrument • Frequency Response: 20Hz - 20kHz +/- 0.1dB • THD+N: 0.004% (measured with 0dBu input and 20Hz/22kHz bandpass filter) • Noise: -87dBu (20Hz/22kHz bandpass filter) Analogue Performance - Outputs • Frequency Response: 20Hz ? 20kHz +/- 0.2dB • THD+N <0.0014% (measured with 0dBFS input 22Hz/22kHz bandpass filter) Digital Performance • A/D Dynamic Range 104dB 'A-weighted' (inputs 1+2) • A/D Dynamic Range 106dB 'A-weighted' (inputs 3+4) • D/A Dynamic Range > 105dB ?A-weighted' (all outputs) • Clock Jitter < 250 pico seconds • Sample rate 44.1 to 96kHz Weight • 1.1kg • 2.4Ibs Dimensions • 65mm (W) x 170mm (H) x 170mm (D) • 2.6" (W) x 6.7" (H) x 6.7" (D)