Features

•6-in/ 6-out FireWire High-Performance Audio/MIDI interface
• 4-in/4-out analog I/O, 2-in/2-out S/PDIF I/O
• 4 balanced inputs
- 2 x NEUTRIK® XLR/TRS combo jack, 2 x 1/4inch TRS phone jack
- Flexible Line/Hi-Z input
- A/D converter: Dynamic Range 113dBA
• 2 x MIC pre-amp features on front panel
- +48V Phantom power
- Channel Insert 1/2 for connecting serial out board effects
• 4 Servo-balanced outputs (1/4inch TRS phone jack)
- D/A converter: Dynamic Range 115dBA
• Coaxial type S/PDIF I/O
• Supports up to 24-bit/192kHz
• 16ch MIDI I/O
• Affordable 2 FireWire ports – available multi-devices link  
• Heavy-Duty Aluminum body
• Hi-gain and Hi-powered class AB headphone amps
• Controllable the mixed level between output 1/2 and output 3/4
• ASIO2, WDM, DirectSound supports
• Core audio/ Core MIDI supports

Minimum system requirements

PC Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent and Compatible CPU 512MB of RAM One available FireWire (IEEE 1394a) port Microsoft Windows® XP/VISTA or later

Mac Macintosh with G4 or better processor 512MB of RAM One available FireWire (IEEE 1394a) port Mac OS 10.3 or later

Front Panel

1, Power Indicator LED –Indicates the status of power supply and digital input 2, Input Gain Control – Control input level of each microphone or line input (for both XLS and TRS) 3, SIGNAL and CLIP LED – Indicates the signal level of input 1/2 and clipping 4, INPUT 1/2 Connector – Analog Balanced XLR/TRS (NEUTRIK® Combo) Input Connector/ MIC must be connected by XLR. 5, Phantom Power (+48V) Switch – Supply 48V DC phantom power to input channels 1/2 6, Mix Level Knob – Mix the monitoring level between output 1/2 and output 3/4   *Mix Level Knob 7, Headphone Output – The high powered stereo Headphone output 8, Headphone Level knob – Control the level of Headphone output

 

Rear Pannel

1) Power On/Off switch 2) External power supply connector – Connect to the included DC adapter – Note: If you have 4-pin Firewire connector that features on a lap-top computer usually, the bus power can’t be used. It should be required the external power supply  3) IEEE 1394a(FireWire) Port – Connects the Windy6 to your computer using the included six-pin IEEE1394a(FireWire) cable. – 2 more Windy6s can be linked and used as multi-Device. 4) MIDI In/Out Port – Windy6 provides 16 MIDI channels I/O 5) S/PDIF 5/6 In/Out Connector – Windy6 has S/PDIF input and output(Coaxial) for digital connection 6) INSERT 1/2 Connector – Channel Insert 1/2 for connecting serial out board effects such as compressors (Tip : send /Ring : Return) 7) INPUT 3/4 Connector – Analog Balanced TRS Input Connector 8) OUTPUT 1/2/3/4 Servo-Balanced TRS Connector – The 4 output jack is built in a servo-balanced design, handling output level of unbalanced and balanced correctly.

Connections

1) Find the Firewire port on the rear of the Windy 6 2) Connect the included Firewire cable to the Firewire port of the Windy6 3) Find Firewire port on your computer 4) Plug the included the Firewire cable to the Firewire port of your computer.  5) Connect your equipments to the Windy6 (mixer, monitoring system, recorder, etc.) 6) Have a Fun with the Windy 6!

 

Software Installation

Start by plugging the Windy 6 to your computer before the installation. Then, Please insert the provided User CD-Rom into your Disk Drive and wait for the installation menu to pop up. Click “Install Driver” to install the driver properly.

NOTE: Before Prepare your original OS software, as you many need it during installation. Please check http:www.infra-sonic.com for the latest driver.

 

Control Panel - In/Out Section

The control panel provides you a useful multi channel software mixer with adjustable 6 virtual inputs and outputs. Each of output pair can be routed to any of the Windy6’s four analog or two digital outputs. 1) Input Control – Section Input volume level control and Hi-Z input select switch. 2) Output Control Section – Output volume level control. 3) Device Selector – Select the controllable device when using multi device. 4) Sample Rate Select – the Sample Rate up to 192kHz. 5) SYNC Source select – Select Sync Source for another digital device sycronization. 6) Sample Rate indicator – Indicates the current Sample Rate from master device. 7) Crossfader – Adjust mixing balance between input monitor mixer and internal PC sound.

 

Control Panel - CONFIG Section

1) Adjust Buffer Size / Adjust and apply the stream, ASIO/WDM buffer size 2) ETC / TOP WINDOWS   : This enables the Windy6 panel to be always displayed on the top.         RESTORE DEFAULT : Restore the Windy6 to the default factory setting for all configurations. This control panel provides you access to assign the Input/ Output level control, cross fader, sync source, configuration, and choose sample rate for your creation. In addition, you can assign instrument or mic for channel 1 and 2 depending on your equipments. You can hear “tick” sound when you change input mode from instrument to Mic or vice versa regarding to your device. Also, you can set up master clock, buffer size and other various features by simply clicking

Bundled Studio Software

Comes bundled with the following Windows-compatible audio software to empower your audio studio.

• Samplitude SE No 9 : All-in-One Digital Audio Workstation
• Traktor 3 LE: DJ Mix Software

Resources

• Manuals
• Downloads
• Frequently Asked Questions

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