Lyra, which will make its debut at the 2012 AES Convention in San Francisco, is based on the Orpheus interface.
Prism Sound, which plans to launch a number of different variants of Lyra, has started with Lyra 1 and Lyra 2. Both incorporate ARM Cortex-based ‘Xcore’ processor design offering class-compliant USB interfacing, plus DSP and a digital mixer for foldback monitoring. Both products also have optical SPDIF capability and Lyra 2 also supports ADAT.
Lyra 1, which retails at £1,349 plus VAT, is aimed at the musician and project studio market. This unit offers two analogue input channels – one for instrument/line and one for mic/line – plus two DA output channels and optical-only digital I/O. With Lyra 1, musicians can connect a guitar and a microphone through the input channels, plug into their software mixer via a USB connection.
Lyra 2, which retails at £1,849 plus VAT, takes the concept further by offering two AD input channels with switchable microphone, instrument or line input modes and four DA output channels. Both optical-only digital I/O and copper S/PDIF are available on this version of Lyra, which also offers wordclock In/Out enabling synchronization with other digital devices.
Both products have a front panel with a master volume control assignable to selected output channels.
Lyra will start shipping in November 2012.
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