Phonic Firefly 808 - Introduction; Features

4 FIREFLY 808
INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on your purchase of one of the
newest members of the FireWire products family
from Phonic, the Firey 808. We know how to make
the best audio gear for you and we know your need
to create great recordings and productions. The
Firey 808 features a eight mic/line inputs (with
+48V phantom power), digital AES/EBU I/O and
word sync, ADAT I/O, MIDI I/O, S/PDIF I/O, and
all of these with a FireWire interface for digitally
transferring your audio to your computer in high
resolution audio (up to 192kHz) that meets today
modern productions standards.
We know how eager you are to get started – wanting
to get the mixer out and hook it all up is probably
your number one priority right now – but before you
do, we strongly urge you to take a look through this
manual. Inside, you will nd important facts and
gures on the set up, use and applications of your
Firey 808. If you do happen to be one of the many
people who refuse to read user manuals, then we
just urge you to at least glance at the Instant Setup
section. After glancing at or reading through the
manual (we applaud you if you do read the entire
manual), please store it in a place that is easy for
you to nd, because chances are there’s something
you missed the rst time around.
FEATURES
FireWire (IEEE 1394) audio interface
24-bit resolution, up to 192k Hz sampling rate
18 simultaneous inputs and outputs FireWire
audio interface
8 microphone preamps w/ trim control and
individual phantom power switches
8 analog line Inputs including 2 Instrument
Inputs
8 channels of optical ADAT I/O (4 ch. via 96k
dual SMUX)
S/PDIF I/O, AES/EBU I/O, MIDI I/O and word
clock I/O
Headphone output and Main output with volume
control for monitoring purpose
Channel meters on channel 1 to 8 for input or
output
Synchronization, sampling rate, digit I/O and
MIDI in/out indicators
Dual FireWire ports for daisy chaining and
direct connection to Mac or PC
Stand-alone mixer functionality for eld and
studio use without computer
Instrument input, pad switch, balanced TRS
send jacks on Inputs 1 and 2
Compatible with Windows XP and Mac OSX
Steinberg Cubase LE DAW software included