Lexicon Recording Studio - Manual (Page 8)

INTROdUCTION
Congratulations on your purchase of the Lexicon ® Alpha Desktop Recording
Studio™. The Alpha Studio is a complete package of hardware and software that turns
your USB-equipped computer into a professional multitrack recording workstation.
Whether you use it for high-quality stereo location recording with a laptop computer,
or for multitrack overdubbing and mixing in a home studio desktop system, the Alpha
Studio hardware provides the professional-quality inputs and outputs, metering, and
level controls that computer sound cards or built-in audio connections lack.
So you can make full use of the Alpha Studio right away, we’ve included the popular
Steinberg
® Cubase ® LE production suite software for PC and Mac ® computers. Cubase
LE offers integrated multi-track recording, editing and mixing of up to 48 audio tracks,
64 MIDI tracks, VST
® Instruments support, VST plug-in effects support, and an array of
additional features. Lexicon’s Pantheon™ VST reverb plug-in is a major feature of the
Alpha Studio package, providing the lush Lexicon reverbs that have been used on pro-
fessional recordings for over thirty years. Alternatively, the Lexicon Alpha Studio may
be used as an interface with almost any other major audio recording software you may
have, such as Steinberg Nuendo
® , Cubase SX ® , MOTU ® Digital Performer ® , Garage
Band ® , Cakewalk ® Sonar™, and many others.
FEATURES
THE ALPHA DESKTOP RECORDING STUDIO ™
PROvIDES THE FOLLOWING:
• 4 analog audio inputs
• 1 - XLR mic input with extremely low noise preamp and 50 dB gain
• 2 - ¼" analog RF filtered TRS active-balanced line inputs
• 1 - ¼" high-impedance analog instrument input
• 2 - RCA outputs
• 2 - ¼" analog TRS active line outputs
• High powered headphone amplifier
• 24-bit A/D and D/A converters, supporting sample rates of 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz
• Zero-latency analog record monitoring with adjustable balance between
Direct and Playback Signals
• Stereo and Mono input source monitoring
• 100% USB Powered
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