Saffire from Focusrite is a FireWire interface with onboard DSP and 24-bit/192kHz analog to digital and digital to analog converters. Four inputs (two digital) and 10 outputs (two digital) with fold-back and monitoring options ensure the engineer has all he/she needs to navigate through a modern recording session.
The software accompanying the Saffire hardware was developed by the team that produced LiquidControl and the Forte Suite. This application floats comfortably over any recording software and allows extensive control over the sound of the recorded signals and the multiple (monitor and headphone) output paths.
Compression, reverb, amp modeling and EQ Saffire-powered plug-ins are included. All four are also available as a suite of plug-ins from within the recording platform in use. Up to five separate user-defined stereo mixes can be created of all incoming signals and recorded tracks from the recording platform.