For bands wanting to record on their own or project studios looking to track a band's worth of instruments at once, PreSonus' early eight-mic-pre FirePod and FireStudio interfaces were great tools in the earlier years of the 2000s. Today, PreSonus announces a new, high-speed entrant to that lineage with the Quantum 2626.
It joins the rest of the existing Quantum line, which uses Thunderbolt 3 connections to achieve less-than-1ms round-trip latency. It also features 24-bit, 192 kHz converters with a dynamic range of 115dB and comes with the company's Studio One Artist DAW and Studio Magic plugin suite.
Features, according to PreSonus include:
- 26x26 Thunderbolt 3 ultra-low-latency audio interface
- Simultaneous I/O up to 26 inputs / 26 outputs (at 44.1 or 48 kHz)
- 24-bit resolution and up to 192 kHz sampling rate
- 8 pristine XMAX preamps
- 2 Instrument Inputs
- 8 balanced line inputs
- Dual headphone outputs with independent level control
- ADAT Optical/Dual SMUX inputs/outputs: 16x16 channels at 44.1 or 48 kHz; 8x8 channels at 88.2 or 96 kHz
Be on the lookout for availability soon. Expected retail price is $599.99 USD. In the meantime, explore all used and new PreSonus gear on Reverb.