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INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing the Focusrite Red 4Pre.
Red 4Pre is a dual Thunderbolt™ & Pro Tools | HD audio interface and preamplifier, suitable for a
wide range of audio integration applications.
Featuring Mic, Line and Instrument analogue inputs and fourteen analogue outputs – including
independent loudspeaker and headphone monitoring and LCD meter display. Red 4Pre provides an
interface for Pro Tools | HD equipped workstations and, with its built-in Dante™ card, is ready for
networked audio expansion via the dual Ethernet ports.
Key Features
• Two Thunderbolt 2 Interface ports for direct or chained connection.
• 8 line-level input and output signals via DB25 connectors on the rear panel.
• Four remote controlled microphone preamps providing up to 63dB of gain, each with phantom
power, high-pass filter, phase-reverse and ‘AIR’ mode. See Appendix3, page 27 for further information.
• Two instrument inputs accessed via front-mounted 1/4” jacks.
• Analogue monitoring via dedicated balanced 1/4” jack outputs on the rear panel, plus two
independent headphone outputs on the front panel.
• Digital devices can be accommodated via the dual ADAT I/O and S/PDIF connections.
• Two Primary Mini DigiLink connectors provide up to 60 input and 64 output channels of I/O to Pro
Tools | HD.
• Dual Ethernet ports provide up to 32 x 32 channels of networked audio expansion over Dante.
• BNC connectors allow the Red 4Pre to sync or slave to external devices via Word Clock.
• Permanent 8-channel LCD meter display – selectable to show all input types.
• Simple host and sync selection setup.
• Focusrite Control application allows full remote hardware operation, plus mixing and routing
control when in Thunderbolt host mode.
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