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Introduction to the Focusrite Red range

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Thank you for purchasing your Focusrite Red range interface.

Red range interface units combine dual Thunderbolt and Pro Tools | HD audio interfaces with preamplifiers, suitable for a wide range of audio integration applications.

All units feature Mic, Line and Instrument analogue inputs with either 14 or 22 analogue output channels including independent loudspeaker and headphone monitoring, ADAT and S/PDIF digital I/O plus LCD meter displays. Red units provide an interface for Pro Tools | HD-equipped workstations and, with their built-in Dante card, are ready for networked audio expansion via dual Ethernet ports.

Key Features

  • Two Thunderbolt Interface ports for direct or chained connection (Thunderbolt 2 on Red 4Pre and Red 8Pre; Thunderbolt 3 on Red 8Line and Red 16Line).

  • [8/16/8/16] line-level input and output signals via DB25 connectors on the rear panel.

  • [4/8/2/2] remote-controlled microphone preamps providing up to 63dB of gain, each with phantom power, high-pass filter, phase-reverse and ‘Air’ mode. See Appendix 3 on p.28 for further information.

  • Two instrument inputs accessed via front-mounted 1/4” jacks.

  • Analogue monitoring via dedicated balanced 1/4” jack outputs on the rear panel, plus two independent headphone outputs on the front panel.

  • Digital devices can be accommodated via the S/PDIF and dual optical ADAT I/O connections.

  • Two Primary Mini DigiLink connectors provide [58/64/58/64] input and 64 output channels of I/O to Pro Tools | HD.

  • Dual Ethernet ports provide up to 32 x 32 channels of networked audio expansion over Dante.

  • BNC connectors allow syncing or slaving to external devices via Word Clock or Loop Sync.

  • Permanent 8-channel LCD meter display (Red 4Pre, Red 8Pre and Red 8Line), selectable to show all input or output types.

  • Two 8-channel LCD meter displays (Red 16Line only) show 16 Inputs, 16 Outputs or a combined I/O view.

  • Line Input & Output operating levels selectable to +18 dBu or +24 dBu, globally or independently for each channel (Red 8Line and Red 16Line).

  • Simple host and sync selection setup.

  • RedNet Control 2 application allows full remote hardware operation and setup, plus control of mixing and routing.

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