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Compact 6x6 FireWire Recording Interface

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Made for Music. The INFRASONIC Windy6 Audio/MIDI Interface is all-around gear for creation, providing high quality audio and MIDI in and out of your computer at reasonable price. It features high-speed IEEE-1394, FireWire Bus; the Windy6 gives your computer high quality 6 inputs, 6 outputs including 2 digital input and 2 digital output audio interface.

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Features

•6-in/ 6-out FireWire High-Performance Audio/MIDI interface
• 4-in/4-out analog I/O, 2-in/2-out S/PDIF I/O
• 4 balanced inputs
- 2 x NEUTRIK® XLR/TRS combo jack, 2 x 1/4inch TRS phone jack
- Flexible Line/Hi-Z input
- A/D converter: Dynamic Range 113dBA
• 2 x MIC pre-amp features on front panel
- +48V Phantom power
- Channel Insert 1/2 for connecting serial out board effects
• 4 Servo-balanced outputs (1/4inch TRS phone jack)
- D/A converter: Dynamic Range 115dBA
• Coaxial type S/PDIF I/O
• Supports up to 24-bit/192kHz
• 16ch MIDI I/O
• Affordable 2 FireWire ports – available multi-devices link  
• Heavy-Duty Aluminum body
• Hi-gain and Hi-powered class AB headphone amps
• Controllable the mixed level between output 1/2 and output 3/4
• ASIO2, WDM, DirectSound supports
• Core audio/ Core MIDI supports

Images

Silver Windy6

WIndy6 Silver Edition (above). Click a thumbnail to enlarge.

Black Windy6

WIndy6 Black Edition (above). Click a thumbnail to enlarge.

WIndy6 Box

Windy6 Retail Box (above)

Front Panel


Front panel (click to enlarge)

1, Power Indicator LED –Indicates the status of power supply and digital input
2, Input Gain Control – Control input level of each microphone or line input (for both XLS and TRS)
3, SIGNAL and CLIP LED – Indicates the signal level of input 1/2 and clipping
4, INPUT 1/2 Connector – Analog Balanced XLR/TRS (NEUTRIK® Combo) Input Connector/ MIC must be connected by XLR.
5, Phantom Power (+48V) Switch – Supply 48V DC phantom power to input channels 1/2
6, Mix Level Knob – Mix the monitoring level between output 1/2 and output 3/4   *Mix Level Knob
7, Headphone Output – The high powered stereo Headphone output
8, Headphone Level knob – Control the level of Headphone output

 

Rear Pannel

Rear Panel (click to enlarge)

1) Power On/Off switch
2) External power supply connector – Connect to the included DC adapter
– Note: If you have 4-pin FireWire connector that features on a lap-top computer usually, the bus power can’t be used. It should be required the external power supply 
3) IEEE 1394a(FireWire) Port
– Connects the Windy6 to your computer using the included six-pin IEEE1394a(FireWire) cable.
– 2 more Windy6s can be linked and used as multi-Device.
4) MIDI In/Out Port – Windy6 provides 16 MIDI channels I/O
5) S/PDIF 5/6 In/Out Connector – Windy6 has S/PDIF input and output(Coaxial) for digital connection
6) INSERT 1/2 Connector
– Channel Insert 1/2 for connecting serial out board effects such as compressors (Tip : send /Ring : Return)
7) INPUT 3/4 Connector – Analog Balanced TRS Input Connector
8) OUTPUT 1/2/3/4 Servo-Balanced TRS Connector
– The 4 output jack is built in a servo-balanced design, handling output level of unbalanced and balanced correctly.

Specifications

Analog Audio

ANALOG LINE INPUTS 1~4
Type Servo-Balanced 1/4 TRS Input
Level +-4Bu Nominal (@-11dBFS) , +15dBu max (@0dBFS)
Frequency Response +/- 0.05 dB, 20Hz to 20kHz +/- 0.2 dB 20Hz to 80kHz (@ 192kHz sampling rate)
Dynamic Range 113dB (1kHz @ -60dBFS, A-weighted)
Signal to Noise Ratio 113dB (A-weighted)
THD + N 0.001% (1kHz @ -3dBFS)
Stereo Crosstalk < -120dB(1kHz @ 0dBFS)
Input Impedance 10k ohms, balanced
Adjustable Gain > 40dB (Line 1 and 2 inputs only)
A/D Converter(AK4620B) 24bit/192kHz 2channel 24bit/192kHz 2channel

ANALOG LINE OUTPUTS 1~4
Type Servo-Balanced 1/4 TRS Output
Level +4dBu nominal (@-10dBFS) , +14dBu max (@0dBFS)
Frequency Response +/- 0.05 dB, 20Hz to 20kHz +/- 0.2 dB 20Hz to 80kHz (@ 192kHz sampling rate)
Dynamic Range 115dB (1kHz @ -60dBFS, A-weighted)
Signal to Noise Ratio 115dB (A-weighted)
THD + N 0.0014% (1kHz @ -3dBFS)
Stereo Crosstalk < -110dB(1kHz @ 0dBFS)
D/A Converter(AK4620B) 24bit/192kHz 2channel

MICROPHONE PRE 1. 2
Type XLR female, IS-PRE combination preamp for Microphone and Line
Frequency Response +/- 0.1 dB , 20Hz to 20kHz
Dynamic Range 100dB (1kHz @ -60dBFS, A-weighted, min gain)
Signal to Noise Ratio 100dB (A-weighted, min gain)
THD+N 0.002% (1kHz @ -3dBFS, min gain)
Stereo Crosstalk <-120dB(1kHz @ 0dBFS)
Input Impedance 1.5k ohms, balanced
Adjustable Gain > 40dB
Max Level -1dBu (min gain) @ 0dBFS
Phantom Power +48V

Hi-Z INPUT 1, 2
Type Unbalanced 1/4 TS Input (switched by mechanic relay)
Frequency Response +/- 0.2dB, 20Hz to 20kHz
Dynamic Range 100dB (1kHz @ -60dBFS, A-weighted, min gain)
Signal to Noise Ratio 100dB (A-weighted, min gain)
THD+N 0.002% (1kHz @ -3dBFS, min gain)
Stereo Crosstalk <-120dB(1kHz @ 0dBFS)
Input Impedance > 500k ohms unbalanced
Adjustable Gain > 40dB

Headphone Output  
Type Unbalanced 1/4 TRS Stereo Output Hi-gain and Hi-powered Class AB type Headphone amps.
Frequency Response +/- 0.05dB, 20Hz to 20kHz
Dynamic Range 110dB (1kHz @ -60dBFS, A-weighted, min gain)
Signal to Noise Ratio 110dB (A-weighted
THD+N 0.002% (1kHz @ -3dBFS, min gain)
Max Output Level +7.6dBV (@33 ohms)
Power into Ohms 175mW / channel (@33 ohms)
Output Impedance < 5 ohms
Load Impedance 16 to 600 ohms

Digital Audio

MIDI I/O  
Type 1input, 1output, 5P-DIN Standard MIDI Connector
   
DIGITAL I/O 56  
Type RCA (Coaxial), Transformer coupled
Impedance 75ohm
Format IEC-60958 Consumer
Sample rate 44.1kHz, 48.0kHz, 88.2kHz, 96.0kHz, 192kHz

BUS  
Type Two IEEE1394a (FireWire) port

Power Supply

POWER SUPPLY  
External Power +12VDC 500mA, inner=minus, outer=plus
Power Consumption Max. 6W

Case

PHYSICAL  
Dimensions App. 206W x 195D x 55H(mm)
Shipping Weight App. 2kg


Minimum System Requirements

PC
Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent and Compatible CPU
512MB of RAM
One available FireWire (IEEE 1394a) port
Microsoft Windows® XP/VISTA or later

Mac
Macintosh with G4 or better processor
512MB of RAM
One available FireWire (IEEE 1394a) port
Mac OS 10.3 or later

Connections

WIndy6 Connections (click to enlarge)

1) Find the FireWire port on the rear of the Windy 6
2) Connect the included FireWire cable to the FireWire port of the Windy6
3) Find FireWire port on your computer
4) Plug the included the FireWire cable to the FireWire port of your computer. 
5) Connect your equipments to the Windy6 (mixer, monitoring system, recorder, etc.) 6) Have a Fun with the Windy 6! 

 

Software Installation

Start by plugging the Windy 6 to your computer before the installation. Then, Please insert the provided User CD-Rom into your Disk Drive and wait for the installation menu to pop up. Click “Install Driver” to install the driver properly.


Windy6 Software Installation (click to enlarge)

NOTE: Before Prepare your original OS software, as you many need it during installation. Please check http:www.infra-sonic.com for the latest driver.

 

Control Panel - In/Out Section

The control panel provides you a useful multi channel software mixer with adjustable 6 virtual inputs and outputs. Each of output pair can be routed to any of the Windy6’s four analog or two digital outputs.


Control Panel In/Out (click to enlarge)

1) Input Control – Section Input volume level control and Hi-Z input select switch.
2) Output Control Section – Output volume level control.
3) Device Selector – Select the controllable device when using multi device.
4) Sample Rate Select – the Sample Rate up to 192kHz.
5) SYNC Source select – Select Sync Source for another digital device sycronization.
6) Sample Rate indicator – Indicates the current Sample Rate from master device.
7) Crossfader – Adjust mixing balance between input monitor mixer and internal PC sound.

 

Control Panel - CONFIG Section

Control Panel Config (click to enlarge)

1) Adjust Buffer Size / Adjust and apply the stream, ASIO/WDM buffer size
2) ETC / TOP WINDOWS   : This enables the Windy6 panel to be always displayed on the top.
        RESTORE DEFAULT : Restore the Windy6 to the default factory setting for all configurations.

This control panel provides you access to assign the Input/ Output level control, cross fader, sync source, configuration, and choose sample rate for your creation. In addition, you can assign instrument or mic for channel 1 and 2 depending on your equipments. You can hear “tick” sound when you change input mode from instrument to Mic or vice versa regarding to your device. Also, you can set up master clock, buffer size and other various features by simply clicking
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