TC Electronics Konnekt 24D FireWire Audio InterfaceThe TC Electronic Konnekt 24D is a groundbreaking audio interface that integrates TC's world famous effects in a state-of-the-art design.
The Fabrik C channel strip and Fabrik R reverb known from TC's PowerCore platform are built into the Konnekt 24D and they work even when the unit is used in stand-alone mode.
Two combo inputs on the front panel combine outstanding mic preamp quality with true Hi-Z guitar optimized inputs. The light ring gives you easy access, instant control and visual feedback on important parameters directly from the front panel.
You can stack up to four Konnekts together using TC NEAR™ – Network Expandable Audio Recording – to obtain a massive amount of I/O and effects channels. If you are working with active monitors, you'll be delighted with the analog volume control that ensures a wide dynamic range. Dual headphone outputs are convenient when you’re two in studio and one of the headphone outputs comes with an auto speaker muting function.
Konnekt 24D is designed for recording and performing musicians who want the highest possible sound quality from input, through built-in real-time effects, to the recording application.
TC Electronic Konnekt 24D Features
- Built-in real-time DSP effects; Fabrik R reverb and Fabrik C channel strip
- Outstanding IMPACT mic preamps
- True Hi-Z guitar inputs – dedicated circuits for guitar and bass
- Ultimate signal path from input, through built-in real-time effects, to the recording application.
- Front panel control of internal mixer parameters
- Analog volume control for perfect integration with powered speakers
- Full feature stand alone mode
- Network up to 4 units via the TC NEAR™ 1394 FireWire based network to get more inputs, outputs and effects channels
- Full feature direct monitoring – With effects and also between networked units
- Intuitive control panel with automatic input detection
- 3 DSP programs for total recall of internal routing, mixer and effects settings
- FireWire bus powered
- DICEII digital interface chip with JETtm Jitter Elimination Technology
- Low latency drivers: WDM, ASIO and CoreAudio (including Intel Macs)
- Dual headphone outputs, one with auto speaker muting
- 24-bit/192kHz sampling rate
- Sample accurate MIDI
- 14/14 I/O: 2 mic/instrument/line, 2 line inputs and 4 line outputs, 8 ADAT and 2 S/PDIF (optical and coaxial) inputs and outputs
- Cubase LE included
Anybody familiar with TC, knows that their hardware products boast a superior and award winning sound quality. The effects you get with Konnekt 24D are no exception! Once again TC Electronics are happy to present you with “the sound of TC”. In fact, what you get is the capability and the sound quality of two full-blown 19” rack unit effect processors – built directly into the Konnekt 24D.
Internal and external integration
One of the great things about the Konnekt 24D is that it comes with effects that are ready to use. You can monitor the effects directly through the Konnekt 24D and you can even do real-time processing while you record.
From the control panel you can even choose to record the dry signal, the processed signal from the Fabrik C or the processed signal from Fabrik R – or even all of them at the same time! The really cool thing about this is not just that you can record everything at the same time, but also that the effects channels will automatically show in your host application, like e.g Cubase, as individual audio channels.
No pain, all the gain
On top of this, you’ve got to remember that normally when you use so-called internal effects, you’ll most likely put some strain on your computer’s CPU. When you use the effects that are built into the Konnekt 24D, it will have zero, yes zero!, impact on your computer’s DSP. That’s because the effects are processed inside the Konnekt 24D and in effect what you get is two full-blown hardware effects units.
Stand-alone access to the effects
As with any other rack unit effects processor, you want to have easy access to important parameters, directly from the front panel. No problem, the Konnekt 24D sports an ingenious light ring knob that gives you fast and easy access to a selected set of features. What that means is that you can access the effects and more importantly use them, when your computer is turned off. That way you don’t have to deal with the hassle of powering up your entire setup, if you just want a bit of reverb when you’re rehearsing. Turn on the Konnekt 24D, and you’re ready to go.
2 state-of-the-art combo inputs
The Konnekt 24D comes with two state-of-the-art combo inputs that gives you a choice between analog Hi-Z inputs for guitar and bass, and phantom powered microphone inputs. This powerful combo is based on top notch TC audio conversion technology that ensures that you have the very best audio conversion and input route available for your recordings.
Dual headphone output – when you're two in the studio
Dual headphone outputs are great for when you’re two in the studio. What that means is that if you’re doing a recording, and your friend wants to listen in on what you’re laying down, he can simply plug in to the extra headphone output.
Auto speaker muting
This feature automatically mutes your monitor speakers when you don't need them. It works like this: The outputs to the speakers are automatically muted when you plug your headphone jack in to the upper headphone output. You don’t need to go through a tedious setup procedure or worry about if you’ve switched the feature on or off, it simply works automatically.