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| | Features | Record up to 2 tracks at once44.1kHz to 48kHz sample rates, 16-bit or 24-bit resolutionOne XLR mic, two TRS line, and one Hi-Z instrument inputsTwo TRS and RCA line outputsSoftware suite includes Cubase LE4 and Lexicon Pantheon VST reverb plug-in
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| | Description | The Lexicon Alpha Desktop Recording Studio continues the tradition of excellence established by its popular siblings, the Lambda and Omega desktop recording studios. Alpha Studio is a bus-powered 2x2x2 USB I/O Mixer packaged as a complete recording solution with Cubase LE and the Lexicon Pantheon VST Reverb plug-in. The Alpha Studio features one XLR microphone input, two TRS line inputs, and two TRS & RCA line outs. Alpha's front panel features an ultra high-z 1/4-inch instrument input for direct to computer recording and a 1/8-inch high powered headphone output for use with professional or consumer headphones. Record anywhere you can carry your laptop! Studio quality hardware and powerful software that turns your PC or Mac into a 24-bit recording studio. FOUR INPUTS: RECORD UP TO TWO TRACKS AT ONCE! Stereo line inputs for keyboards, drum machines or analog output of a CD/MP3 player. RF-filtered TRS active-balanced inputs accept either balanced or unbalanced signals. Low-noise mic preamp with balanced XLR inputs. High-impedance front panel input for electric guitar or bass. PROFESSIONAL MIXER FEATURES Separate mic and line level input controls with individual peak indicators. Monitor mix control for balancing an audio source between live input and playback mix level while recording. Can be switched to stereo or mono. High-powered headphone amp offers ultra-clear fidelity while delivering ample power for any type of headphones. RF-filtered and TRS balanced Line outputs for speaker monitoring. USB POWERED Connect to your computer with the included USB cable and record with the included Cubase LE software. No need for a power supply... so you can record anywhere you can take your laptop. | |
| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 6.75 inches | | Product Width: | 6.5 inches | | Product Height: | 1.6 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.1 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.1 inches | | Package Width: | 8.8 inches | | Package Height: | 3.9 inches | | Package Weight: | 2.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 44 reviews |
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36 of 37 found the following review helpful:
 Amazing, especially for its price. Oct 26, 2007
By B. Richie
"Session Guitarist"
I'm not sure why the previous review was so low, perhaps that reviewer was expecting a 24 bus mixer with Pro Tools! Obviously you are not going to get anything near that for <$100! This interface is awesome. In less than a half hour, I had the software loaded (laptop running XP), and was recording tracks, without even reading any manuals. The zero latency really blows away anything that a standard soundcard can do. With the Monitor mix pot, you can control the volume of what you are currently recording vs. what you are playing back, with absolutely no delay that I can hear. Coming from an old cassette 4-track, this is a breeze. I don't know how I've recorded the old way for so long. If you are looking to mic a drumkit, go direct with bass, guitar, vox, and do it all live, this might not be what you are looking for. But if you are a musician that wants to lay down some tracks, perhaps 1 or 2 at a time, this is perfect. I'm just one person--why do I need to have 13 tracks simultaneously recorded? Take a stereo out from the drum machine, lay it down. Stereo out from POD, lay it down, etc. This is perfect for my needs.
The only drawback (if I had to find one) is that the Cubase software has alot of bells and whistle to it, some of which you have to dig into. So there is definitely a learning curve. This is a good thing actually, there are alot of pro options in the software that can create a pristine recording, if you know what you are doing. If you don't take the time to learn it and experiment, it could be a little daunting. I guess it is like playing an instrument :-)
Overall, awesome product.
19 of 20 found the following review helpful:
 Great bang for your buck! Dec 13, 2007
By K. Click
As a newbie solo musician looking to record everything myself, this is exactly what I was hoping for. The hardware is very easy to use, I plugged my computer speakers into the headphone out jack so I could choose between headphone monitoring and speaker monitoring. The unit provides ghost power for a mic, instrument in and monitor out. Exactly as advertised.
The version of Cubase provided is a limited version but it was more than enough for me to accomplish my goals. With a decent VST drum instrument you can write as complex a drum line as you want, without a super-steep learning curve. I was surprised that the software was so straightforward and the manual is well written, well organized and helpful.
For $100 or so this is a great way to start recording. Keep in mind that the limited version of Cubase allows for a limited number of MP3 format exports, so you'll want to mixdown and then convert with a free program like Audacity. The overall quality was well worth the money though.
10 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Worth the money! Dec 04, 2007
By Anthony De Lucia Jr.
I needed a simple way to digitally record vocals and my guitar - this device delivers. Easy enough to set-up and gives me exactly what I needed for a hundred bucks.
While Cubase LE packs a lot of functionality, I followed the simple tutorial on getting a basic recording done and I was off and running in a few minutes - I am probably only using 2% of what it is capable of doing but I am getting 110% of what I needed out of it.
No complaints here.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
One of the best entry-level audio interfaces out there Dec 28, 2010
By Joshua E. Hunsaker
No piece of hardware is perfect, but this little device is really a bomb-proof solution to those who need stereo recording capability with both instrument, microphone and line level inputs (2 input & 2 output). The converters are fantastic (sound at this price level is nearly unbeatable), the mic preamp is quiet and ultra-usable and the feature set is nearly unheard of at the end of the spectrum of products. For $60 (or $70 depending on where you purchase), you get (stereo) balanced TRS inputs and outputs with paralleled rca outpus (unbalanced), an XLR mic input (non-phantom power), 1/4" instrument (guitar) input, direct monitoring (controlled by a mix knob on the front of the interface), switchable stereo/mono input monitoring switch and a 1/8" headphone jack (3.5mm) with very ample power for most any phones really. The included software (Cubase LE) and the Lexicon Pantheon is pretty much a throw-away. Cubase LE is limited to 48 audio tracks and a measely 8 instrument tracks and the included vst Lexicon reverb is tied to the included Cubase LE (namely - it won't work in any other DAW) rendering the entire software package (minus driver) virtually useless. This is especially obnoixous because I'll never know if the Pantheon reverb was any good, which then seems rather silly as you would think a company known for it's reverbs would want as many people as possible to know how they sound. Anyway, small caveat really - you're not buying this for any software so get that out of your head, you're buying this because it's a brilliant little piece of hardware that runs off the usb bus (no external power supply needed) making it effectively very handy as a portable recording mechanism if you do say field recording.
The footprint is rather small, and would fit comfortably in a laptop bag. The knobs/controls on the front feel excellent (nothing like the flismy stuff you can "wiggle" and feel as though you're about to break like on some interfaces) and the box could probably easily take a trip down my stairs and still work. This is by far one of the most solid feeling entry level interfaces I've used to date. Clipping the input stage (by overloading a mic for example) suggests that this interface has headroom to spare as it take a lot of clipping before you can actually hear any distortion artifacts coming through. This is in stark contrast to other (supposedly) "good" interfaces I've used where you run out of headroom almost a full decibel below reference 0db (or clip). Likewise, D/A conversion is similarly clean and noise-free, with tons of gain. I really can't say enough good things about this little thing. It's been ultra stable over the past year I've owned it and I've used it on about 3 computers with literally zero hiccups. Great drivers and you can achieve extremely respectable latency through ASIO. It's been used on literally dozen of mix projects I've completed and I couldn't be happier with it's performance across the board.
All in all this is an absolutely fantastic product - easily a no-brainer choice at this price range ($60 - $80) for audio interfaces considering the competition.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Affordable, Works, But Quirky Audio Can Make Harsh Jan 17, 2011
By guitarman008
"guitarman008"
I had to buy this box to do audio for a video project while my GNX3000 guitar multi-effects processor is in the shop.
At $59 the price is right. When I plugged it in to the USB port it showed up in the sound preference pane on the Mac (Leopard OSX) and I selected the alpha for both input and output device. But when I first plugged it in via USB using the same USB cable the D/A quality is not very good at all. It is very hashy or grainy digital edge compared to the GNX's digital to analog conversion. And that's comparing it to a guitar effects processor! I was surprised. Music played over the GNX sounds relaxed, musical, spacious and pleasant. Over the Lexicon Alpha I was getting frantic, blatant, smeared, and tedious. I quickly found myself not wanting to listen and turning it off after a couple minutes. Sigh! I told myself "Let's just get this project done and put this box on the shelf as my backup." I mean the audio wasn't as good as my iPhone playback into the same amp and monitor speakers! It had a distinct digital hash I hadn't heard in many years.
I decided to load the Pantheon VST's into a second user account on my Mac where I do all my audio work and recording. For grins I decided to play back a garageband track I had recorded previously. I had to set the Lexicon as the i/o device in Garageband's prefs. Surprise! It sounded fine! What in the world?? I fired up iTunes in this user account and played a variety of store bought and my own recordings. They sounded normal, musical.
I quickly logged back into my main user account and played the same songs in iTunes: dreadful! Not distorted per se, just smeared, harsh, and unmusical. Like digital badness I had heard back in the early days of digital gear when things didn't go well. I switched back to my music user account: sounded fine. Then back again to my main account: still awful. OK, what could possibly cause that? Something in the interface has gone wrong, but only in one user account. Must be a software setting. So I went back to the sound control and toggled the input/output by selecting "built in" then the alpha again. Success! Suddenly that digital grain and goop was gone. It must have been confusion about bit rate or sample rate conversion. But resetting it cleared it up.
Apart from the quirkiness of the interface, the alpha does function as promised and I'll get my project done. It seems solid enough. Has the inputs and outputs you'd want.
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