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The majority of connections are on the rear panel, although the DI inputs and the headphone output are on the front panel for ease of access. The new case design has a sloping front panel but the panel layout and distinctive colour scheme are pure Focusrite. A 24-bit, 192kHz digital output card is also available (the same one that's used with the ISA430 Mk II, with a dynamic range of around 119dB), but again, to keep costs down, you don't have to pay for this if you don't need it. It isn't exactly cheap, but it is far more affordable than you might expect for a product of this pedigree - and its credentials are beyond dispute, as the design is faithful to the original circuit topology, using the same Lundahl L1538 transformer and Zobel phase-correction network on the input. It also provides enhanced DI facilities, but doesn't give you the EQ. The ISA One gives you a single channel of ISA 110 preamp built into a desktop unit. A more practical answer is to break the high-end products down into separate blocks, and that's the approach taken in the ISA One. The company already manufactures the Platinum series of processors for those who need something quite cost-effective, but it would be madness to try to build a Platinum version of an ISA unit - the component cost alone would render it impossible.

#WORD CLOCK GEARSLUTZ PRO#

Today, the pro studio market continues to shrink while the private studio market goes on expanding, leaving companies like Focusrite with the challenge of creating high-end products that are within the budget of a typical project studio owner. So successful was the ISA 110 circuit that it was to provide the basis for the Focusrite Forte Studio Console, and more recently it was re-engineered as a single-channel 1U rackmount device. The design was commissioned for the famous AIR studios and combined a transformer-coupled mic/line preamp with a classic Neve equaliser. The ISA preamp design, which has long been one of the jewels in the Focusrite crown, can be traced back to the original Rupert Neve circuit developed for the ISA 110 module.

#WORD CLOCK GEARSLUTZ PROFESSIONAL#

The ISA preamp range has graced professional recording facilities the world over - but this classy single-channel model is within reach of the home and project studio.

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