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Top-tier Conversion with Thunderbolt 3, DigiLink, and Dante Connectivity





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Whether you use the Focusrite Red 8Line as a Thunderbolt 3 audio interface for your DAW, as a front end for your Pro Tools | HD recording system, or as an I/O device within your Dante digital audio network, you’ll be amazed at what you hear. The Red 8Line is equipped with top-quality converters with up to 121dB of dynamic range, plus a pair of Focusrite Red Evolution mic preamps for world-class input quality. Ample analog I/O is available, including dedicated monitoring outputs for speakers and headphones. And with connectivity options including Thunderbolt 3, Dante, DigiLink, ADAT optical, and S/PDIF, the Focusrite Red 8Line is one of the most versatile professional audio interfaces you’ll find.





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Pristine Red Evolution preamps





The Red 8Line’s software-controlled Red Evolution mic preamps deliver 63dB of gain, so you can use your favorite low-output ribbon microphones. Also onboard is Focusrite’s famous Air effect, which emulates the sound of the company’s acclaimed transformer-based ISA preamps. If you’re looking to bring out the breathiness of a vocal or enhance the presence of an acoustic guitar, Sweetwater is sure the Red 8Line will delight you.





High-end converters with parallel path summing





Focusrite spec’d the Red 8Line with its high-end conversion system that features parallel path summing, in which two matched converters run in parallel to optimize the S/N ratio. The converters operate at up to 24-bit/192kHz sampling and boast a dynamic range of 119dB (A/D) and 121dB (D/A). Noise and distortion? Not here! With a ruler-flat frequency response of 20Hz to 35kHz (±0.2dB), the Red 8Line delivers a miniscule 0.0008% THD noise.





Thunderbolt, DigiLink, and Dante ? connectivity you need





The Red 8Line is designed for the modern studio. Dual DigiLink connectors give you a direct connection to Pro Tools | HD systems and Avid interfaces. Dual Thunderbolt 3 ports with incredibly low round-trip latency let you daisy-chain your displays or hard drives. Working in a Dante network environment? The Red 8Line is equipped with the Brooklyn II Dante chipset, offering up to 32 Tx and 32 Rx flows with an amazingly low 0.25ms latency across the network.





Includes an exclusive software bundle





Your new Focusrite audio interface comes with a killer software bundle headlined by a 3-month Avid Pro Tools Artist subscription and Ableton Live Lite. Focusrite has also partnered with Splice to give you a free 3-month Splice Sounds subscription when setting up a new Splice account. Splice Sounds offers millions of high-quality, royalty-free loops, one-shots, and presets, with new releases daily from your favorite sound designers, artists, and producers. Artists are using Splice to create all kinds of music, from chart-topping pop and Grammy-winning albums to underground mix tapes and cinematic scores. Making studio-quality productions has never been easier when you buy a Focusrite audio interface. Along with this, you also get the Focusrite Hitmaker Expansion, which includes:





Antares Auto-Tune Access


Softube Marshall Silver Jubilee 2555


Native Instruments Massive


Landr Studio (plus 5 free masters)


Brainworx bx_console Focusrite SC


Focusrite Red 2 & 3 Plug-in Suite


XLN Audio Addictive Keys


XLN Audio Addictive Drums 2


Relab LX480 Essentials


Fast Balancer


Focusrite Red 8Line Audio Interface Features:


Audio interface with Thunderbolt 3, Dante, and DigiLink connectivity


2 Focusrite Red Evolution mic preamps, with acclaimed Air effect for sweeter highs


High-resolution 24-bit/192kHz converters with parallel path summing


Dual Thunderbolt 3 ports enable easy daisy-chaining


Dual DigiLink connectivity to Pro Tools | HD systems and Avid interfaces


Dual Ethernet ports for Dante audio-over-IP networking


Vanishingly low round-trip latency


Focusrite Control software


Focusrite Red plug-in suite


Free Brainworx bx_console re-creation of Focusrite’s ISA 110 and ISA 130 modules