WINDOWS Operating System* • VST, RTAS • Min version of ProTools required - 7.0 if planning to use the included FXpansion (earlier versions will require the full Fxpansion VST wrapper.) Computer • Windows® XP compatible PC (Pentium© 4 2GHz or higher recommended) • 400Mb/s IEEE1394/FireWire port (OHCI compliant recommended) • DVD drive required for Installation CPU/Clock • 1.4 GHz Intel or compatible • 2.0 GHz Pentium© 4 or Xeon recommended Memory (RAM) • 256MB or more • 512MB or higher recommended APPLE MAC Operating System* • AU, VST, RTAS • Min version of Logic required - Logic 7.1, but 7.2 highly recommended • Min version of ProTools required - 7.0 if planning to use the included FXpansion (earlier versions will require the full Fxpansion VST wrapper.) Computer • Apple Mac Power PC G4, G5 or Intel Mac (any) CPU/Clock • G4/800 MHz (minimum) • G4/1.5GHZ or higher recommended Memory (RAM) • 256MB or more • 512MB or higher recommended ADDITIONAL INFORMATION • Firewire chipsets from TI (Texas Instruments), VIA, and NEC are recommended • It is highly recommended that Liquid Mix be run on its own Firewire bus/card • In order to use Liquid Mix with a 4-pin IEEE1394 port you will need a 4-pin to 6-pin cable (not included) and must use the PSU (included) Sequencer compatibility Liquid Mix 16 operates as VST, AU, or as a RTAS-wrapped VST within compatible hosts. Cubase 4 on Intel Macs does not support VST 2.3 plugins. If you want to use Liquid Mix 16 with Cubase 4 on an Intel Mac, you must install the Liquid Mix 2.4 VST plugins available separately on the Liquid Mix downloads page. * IMPORTANT INFORMATION: FOCUSRITE, the FF logo, LIQUID TECHNOLOGY, LIQUID MIX CONTROL and the LIQUID MIX logo are trademarks of Focusrite Audio Engineering Ltd. DYNAMIC CONVOLUTION is a trademark of Sintefex Ltd. All other product names, trademarks, or trade names are the names of their respective owners, which are in no way associated, connected nor affiliated with Focusrite or its LIQUID MIX products and which have not endorsed Focusrite's LIQUID MIX products. These other product names, trademarks, and trade names are used solely to identify and describe the third party products the sonic behaviour of which was studied for the LIQUID MIX products, and to accurately describe the functionality of the Liquid Mix products. The Liquid Mix products are an independently engineered technology which utilises the patented process of Dynamic Convolution to actually measure examples of the sonic impact of original analogue products upon an audio stream, so as to electronically emulate the performance of the original product studied. The result of this process is subjective and may not be perceived by a user as producing the same effects as the original products studied. *Benefit from the onboard DSP is reduced when used within Pro Tools.