Steinberg UR824 USB Audio Interface

Delivering pristine sound quality, the UR824 audio interface perfectly combines high-speed USB 2.0 connectivity with balanced analog and digital inputs and outputs in various formats.

Inputs and outputs as far as the eye can see.

The UR824’s front panel hosts two Neutrik combo TRS/XLR connectors for balanced microphone/line input with switchable 48 volt phantom power and Hi-Z, pad push buttons for signal attenuation, gain controls with peak indicators. On the opposite side there’s a single output level rotary knob that allows you to easily adjust the levels of the eight line output signals alongside two headphone connectors, each with a dedicated level control. The output signal to be controlled by the front panel rotary is selected through the software.

The rear panel provides six Neutrik combo TRS/XLR inputs and eight analog balanced TRS outputs as well as two pairs of optical ADAT inputs and outputs. Also on board are two BNC connectors for –switchable word clock input and output. Developed by using advanced technologies to offer seamless scalability, this mixing and recording interface offers options to expand the number of analog inputs and outputs across the system via ADAT to provide up to 24 input and output channels.

For signal synchronization, the UR824 interface also features JetPLL, a patent-applied solution for audio network jitter. JetPLL provides the same performance as traditional, expensive clocking solutions found in the world’s best professional clocking products.

Steinberg UR824 Features:

• 24-bit/96 kHz USB 2.0 audio interface
• Analog 8 in and 8 out with 8 D-Pre Class-A micpreamps supporting +48 V
• 2 pairs of ADAT optical I/O (doubles as S/PDIF)provide 16 in and 16 out (S/MUX compatible, 8 in and 8 out @ 96 kHz)
• Latency-free DSP-powered monitoring with one REV-Xreverb and 8 Channel Strips with any DAW by using the latest dspMixFxtechnology
• Native VST 3 plug-ins of REV-X and Sweet SpotMorphing Channel Strip additionally included
• 2 separate headphone buses with individual outputs
• Word clock I/O with 2 BNC connectors plus JetPLLultra-low jitter support
• Cubase AI 6 music production software included
• Cross-platform compatibility for Mac OS X and Windows

Steinberg UR824 Specifications:

• Minimum System Requirements:
  • Mac
    • Mac OS X 10.5.8, 10.6.3, 10.7 (32-bit/64-bit kernel)
    • Intel processor (Intel Core Duo or faster recommended)
    • 1 GB RAM
    • CD-ROM drive
    • Internet connection for license activations for included plug-in software
    • Compatible with any software application supporting CoreAudio
  • Windows
  • Windows XP SP3, Vista SP2 (32-bit/64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit/64-bit)
  • Pentium / Athlon 2 GHz or faster (dual core processor recommended)
  • 1 GB RAM (2 GB for Windows 7 64-bit)
  • CD-ROM drive
  • Internet connection for license activations for included plug-in software
  • Compatible with any software application supporting ASIO or WDM
• Cubase AI 6
  • Mac
    • Mac OS X 10.6, Native 32-bit and 64-bit version
    • Intel dual core CPU
    • 2 GB RAM
    • Display resolution of 1280 x 800 recommended
    • CoreAudio compatible audio hardware
    • 4 GB of free HD space
    • DVD-ROM drive
    • Internet connection for license activation
  • Windows
  • Windows 7, native 32-bit and 64-bit versions
  • Intel or AMD dual core CPU
  • Windows compatible audio hardware (ASIO, WDM)
  • 2 GB RAM
  • Display resolution of 1280 x 800 recommended
  • 4 GB of free HD space
  • DVD-ROM drive
  • Internet connection for license activation
• MIC/LINE INPUT (Balanced)
  • Frequency Response +0.1/-0.1 dB, 20 Hz to 22 kHz
  • Dynamic Range 105 dB, A-Weighted
  • THD+N 0.0014%, 1 kHz, -1 dBFS, 22 Hz/22 kHz BPF
  • Crosstalk >125 dB, 1 kHz
  • Maximum Input Level +24 dBu
  • Input Impedance 4k Ohm
  • Maximum Gain 60 dB
  • Adjustable Gain 44 dB
  • Pad -26 dB
• HI-Z INPUT (Unbalanced)
  • Maximum Input Level +10 dBV
  • Input Impedance 1M Ohm
• LINE OUTPUT (Balanced)
  • Frequency Response +0.1/-0.1 dB, 20 Hz to 22 kHz
  • Dynamic Range 117 dB, A-Weighted
• THD+N 0.0009%, 1 kHz, -1 dBFS, 22Hz/22 kHz BPF
  • Crosstalk >130 dB, 1 kHz
  • Maximum Output Level +18 dBu
  • Output Impedance 75 Ohm
• PHONES 1/2
  • Maximum Output Level 75 mW+75 mW, @40 Ohm
• USB
  • Specification USB 2.0, 24 bit, 44.1 kHz/48 kHz/88.2 kHz/96 kHz
• XLR INPUT
  • Polarity
  • Pin 1: Ground
  • Pin 2: Hot (+)
  • Pin 3: Cold (-)
• General Specifications
  • Power Requirements 38.4 W (PA-300C or equivalent)
  • Power Requirements 480 x 44 x 275 mm
  • Net Weight 3.1 kg
  • Operating Free-air - Temperature Range 0 to +40 °C