Steinberg CI-1 USB Studio Audio Interface

Steinberg CI-1 USB Studio Audio Interface

For hobby musicians, guitarists, singers or electronic music producers as well as for all audio affine tasks - the CI1 USB studio, together with Sequel LE and WaveLab LE, offers the ultimate entry-level recording, editing and producing system solution. CI1, Sequel LE and WaveLab LE provide a host of tools to meet the individual demand of each and every user - with outstanding audio quality, massive features, all at a mind-blowing price!

With its intuitive music creation tools and the included Sequel LE version you have all you need to create songs - even if you don't have any musical skills. CI1 along with the light editions of Sequel and WaveLab present the ideal tool kit for editors and podcasters looking to record speech, publish podcasts and produce audio books. On the hardware side, the CI1's two-channel inputs with +48V phantom power and high quality mic preamps provide all capabilities necessary to connect any dynamic or condenser microphone for recording professional audio material.

Guitarists benefit greatly from the CI1 interface and Sequel LE software. The HI-Z input on the CI1 lets the guitarist plug an electric guitar or bass directly into the CI1 without the need for an additional DI box. The great-sounding AmpSimulator in Sequel LE provides various ready-made sound templates of different styles. And the simplicity of creating a new project with loops and sounds gives the musician all the features to create tracks to jam along to.

CI1 is, simply put, the ideal low-cost audio interface for any DAW user who needs to record vocals, instruments, keyboards, percussion or any other audio source. With it's two fantastic-sounding microphone inputs comprising balanced XLR/jack combo connectors and high-quality microphone preamps and the onboard +48V phantom power, as well as the HI-Z on input 1 the CI1 provides all the functionality an audio interface should provide.

Combining intuitive tools to record, edit and mix music with great-sounding loops, instruments and effects, Sequel LE opens up the exciting world of music production

Utilizing professional technologies from Steinberg's WaveLab 7 application, WaveLab LE 7 provides an instantly accessible audio editing, mastering and podcast publishing toolbox.

• Two great sounding mic/line inputs with XLR-combo sockets
• +48V phantom power
• Hi-Z switch on input 1 for direct connection of electric guitar and bass
• Two balanced line outputs with TRS
• Outstanding engineering and component quality
• Phones output
• Up to 24-bit/48kHz, latency-free hardware monitoring
• USB-powered
• Sequel LE und WaveLab 7 software included

• AD/DA: 24bit
• Sample rate: 48 kHz (max)
• Gain: +60 dB (- 60 dB ~ -16 dB)
• Hi-Z switch (Input impedance): 500 Ohm
• Frequency response: 20 Hz - 20 kHz (-3 dB @ 1 kHz)
• THD+N: 0.05% (@ 1 kHz, output level: +4 dBu)
• Dynamic range: 96 dB (A-weighted)
• Power consumption USB (bus-powered): 5 V 500 mA 2.5 W
• Dimensions (H x D x W) Box: 270mm (W) x 180mm (D) x 86mm (H)
• Net weight: 960 g
• Operating free-air temperature range
• Included accessories: CI1 hardware unit, Tools for CI1 CD-ROM (Mac/PC hybrid), Steinberg Software package for CI1 DVD-ROM (Mac/PC hybrid), containing Sequel, WaveLab LE 7, printed "Getting Started" manual (in EN/DE/FR/JA), USB cable