Avid Audio Audiophile 2496

Audiophile 2496 Features:

• High-Definition 4-In/4-Out Audio Card
• Up to 24-bit/96 kHz audio
• 2 balanced analog inputs (1/4" TRS)
• 2 balanced analog outputs (1/4" TRS)
• SCMS copy protection control
• S/PDIF digital I/O (coaxial RCA connectors) with 2-channel PCM
• Digital I/O supports surround-encoded AC-3 and DTS pass-through**
• Software routing of inputs and outputs
• Digital I/O can be routed to/from external effects
• 1 x 1 MIDI I/O
• ASIO, WDM, GSIF 2, and Core Audio driver support for compatibility with most applications
• Apple G5 compatible - Incompatible exceptions
• Includes Ableton Live Lite music production software, so you can make music right away
• Works with other Delta cards
• Also found as: Audiophile2496, 2496, 24-96, Audiophile 24/96, Audiophile-2496
• Authorized Internet Dealer
• 1-year Manufacturer's Warranty

Ableton Live Lite 7 Features:

• Intuitive audio recording and MIDI sequencing*
• More than twenty built-in audio effects, including a host of creative delays, filters, distortions, studio compressors and EQs*
• Includes two software instruments: Simpler for creative sample-based synthesis, and Impulse for dynamic, sampled drums*
• Supports VST and AU effects and instruments*
• Real-time time-stretching and warping of AIFF and WAV files for DJing and instant remixing
• Tweak Live's controls in real time with any MIDI controller - just MIDI map it
• All editing of your musical creations are non-destructive so you can experiment without worries
• Integrated single-screen user interface for simple, creativity-focused operation
• Dedicated Instant Mappings for many of M-Audio's controllers
• A wide selection of presets for Live Lite's instruments and effects
• Extensive built-in step-by-step tutorials
• Localized software menus, tutorials, and PDF reference manuals available in English, Spanish, French, German and Japanese

Specifications:

• Frequency Response: 22Hz-22kHz, -0.4, +/-0.4dB
• Dynamic Range: 104dB (A-weighted) (D/A); 100.4dB (A-weighted) (A/D)
• THD: < 0.002%

Minimum System Requirements for Audiophile 2496:

• Windows:
• OS: Windows 98SE / Me / 2000 (SP4) / XP (SP2)* / Vista SP2 (32Bit , 64 Bit) / Win7 (32Bit , 64 Bit)
• CPU: Intel Pentium 3 500 MHz (96 kHz operation); Intel Pentium 2 400 MHz (48 kHz operation)
• RAM: 128 MB (96 kHz operation); 64 MB (48 kHz operation)
• Connectivity: Available PCI slot
* Home and Professional Edition only. Windows Media Center Edition is not supported.
** Windows XP required for Dolby Digital and DTS "pass-through."
• Mac OS:
• OS: OS X 10.1.5, 10.2.8, 10.3.8, 10.4, 10.5.1
• CPU: G3* 500 MHz (w/ OS 9.2.2); G4* 500 MHz (w/ OS X 10.1.5, 10.2.6, 10.3.8, 10.4, 10.5.1)
• RAM: G3 = 128 MB; G4 = 256 MB
• Connectivity: Available PCI slot
* G3/G4 accelerator cards not supported.
OS 10.3 required for Dolby Digital and DTS "pass-through" with Apple DVD Player.
Currently there are two Apple G5 models that are incompatible with this product.
Please click this link for more information.
Intel-based Mac Pro and DualCore G5 with PCI-Express expansion slots not supported.
• Format Compatibility:
• ASIO 2
• MME
• Sound Manager
• OMS
• DirectX
• Mac OS X Core Audio / Core MIDI

Minimum System Requirements for Ableton Live Lite 7:

• Windows:
• OS: XP or Vista
• CPU: 1.5 GHz or faster
• RAM: 512 MB
• Sound Card: Windows compatible sound card (ASIO driver support recommended)
• Quicktime 6.5 or higher
• DVD-ROM drive
• Mac OS:
• OS: OS X 10.3.9 (10.4 or later recommended)
• CPU: Any G4 or faster (Intel Mac recommended)
• RAM: 512 MB (1 GB recommended)
• QuickTime 6.5 or higher
• DVD-ROM drive