The USB Recording Kit from Alesis provides a complete recording package when paired with a Mac or Windows based computer. When used with a notebook computer, the resulting system becomes a portable recording studio solution. The only other additional items required, aside from the computer, are a pair of microphone cables.
The package consists of a pair of AM2, small diaphragm condenser microphones that also come with a stereo microphone mount. The microphones include high-pass filters and pads, and are powered via phantom power supplied by the iO2 USB interface. The interface features dual XLR/TRS combo inputs that are microphone/line switchable.
Recording with the USB Recording Kit is achieved using the included Steinberg LE 4 software that provides 48 audio tracks, advanced MIDI tools for composition, recording, editing and mixing and is Mac and Windows compatible. Monitoring of audio is via a pair of 2-way M1Active 320 USB powered speakers that each include a one-inch silk dome tweeter and a three-inch woofer in magnetically shielded housing.
- Pair of low profile, miniature cardioid condenser microphones
- Matched stereo pair
- Low frequency roll-off compensates for proximity effect in close-miking applications
- Attenuation (pad) switch enables usage in high-SPL settings
- 2 channels of 24-bit recording and playback via USB
- Pair of high quality microphone preamps with switchable phantom power
- Balanced line/instrument inputs with gain controls
- Inserts on both channels, post preamp and before
- Low latency ASIO/WDM/Core Audio drivers with Zero-Latency monitoring
- Comprehensive 4-segment input metering
- Headphone out with dedicated volume control
- Bus powered for operation without power supply
- USB powered speakers
- 1" silk dome tweeter
- 3" lightweight, magnetically-shielded woofer
- 10W per channel RMS
- 80Hz to 20kHz frequency response
- Pro-grade 1/4" plugs and standard RCA jacks
- 1/4" TRS headphone output
- Switchable power supply
- Magnetically shielded cabinets for placement near TV and computer monitors