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Heritage Audio introduces i73 Pro family as first-ever USB-C audio interfaces with built-in Class A 73-style preamps

Heritage Audio introduces its i73 Pro family offering varying I/O and features as the first-ever USB-C audio interfaces with built-in Class A 73-style preamps - presenting i73 Pro One as a 2-in/4-out USB-C-based desktop design with an integrated 73-style preamp, i73 Pro 2 as a 2-in/4-out USB-C-based desktop design with dual integrated 73-style preamps, and i73 Pro Edge as a 12-in/16-out USB-C-based desktop design (digitally expandable by up to eight channels over ADAT) with dual integrated 73-style preamps.

i73 Pro One aims to provide musicians, producers, and audio engineers with a pathway to the cherished analogue experience that has inspired music creation since the early Seventies. Since i73 Pro One offers the same Class A transformer-balanced circuitry found in the European pro audio manufacturer’s classic 73-style preamps, users will be able to capture signals for the first time straight from the audio interface into their computer.

A three-way input is implemented (as is the case with any of Heritage Audio’s 73-style preamps) so routing whatever connection the signal may be on - whether users want to track vocals through the mic preamp with up to 70 dB of gain, an electric guitar or bass through the Jeft DI or the clean line inputs - to the DAW (Digital Audio Interface) with studio quality is possible.

A low-latency monitoring mixing console has been developed from the ground up so users will hear what they need to, either through the analogue stereo monitor output over TRS or stereo headphone output, each independently controlled by Heritage Audio’s mixer running inside the i73 Pro One itself. It is also possible to process tracks in realtime within that mixer with a set of tools modelled after Heritage Audio’s own outboard and private gear collection running internally over i73 Pro One’s DSP (Digital Signal Processor).

It is possible to simultaneously record both dry and wet streams from Heritage Audio’s mixer to the DAW, and also insert thirdparty native plug-ins via said mixer’s AUX channels. AD/DA conversion comes naturally to i73 Pro One, with recording, mixing, and playback up to 24-bit/192 kHz. Further features include +48 V phantom power, Pad, and Phase, plus Mono, Mute, and Dim; USB-C computer connection (cable included), and MIDI (Mini-DIN in/out) connector, all housed in a classic European console-inspired desktop design.

All of the included plug-ins - namely BritStrip (channel strip), HA 15 Pro (bass amp), Small Recording Amp Serial # C 17744, HA 1200 TapeSat, HA 240 Gold Foil Verb, and Heritage Tapeoplex - will also be made available to owners of any i73 Pro audio interface in native AAX/AU/VST3 formats, so once both streams are recorded into the DAW they can then use the dry track and recall the effect used with any of Heritage Audio’s plug-ins directly in the DAW during mixing.

i73 Pro 2 joins its smaller sibling as another 2-in/4-out USB-C audio interface, but benefits from the inclusion of two Class A 73-style preamps with up to 70 dB gain for studio-quality recordings. Each of those preamps include independent +48 V phantom power, Pad, and Phase controls together with independent microphone/line inputs on combo XLR jacks, whereas i73 Pro One offers an extra line input on 1/4’’ jack only. This differentiates the two USB-C audio interfaces in question as all other functionality is identical.

i73 Pro Edge offers a 12-in/16-out USB-C audio interface with dual integrated 73-style preamps, two extra line inputs, two analogue stereo monitor outputs over TRS independently controlled by Heritage Audio’s mixer running inside the i73 Pro Edge itself (with one mix per stereo out), two independent stereo headphone outputs (with dedicated cue mixes controlled by Heritage Audio’s mixer), and up to eight channels of expandability over ADAT.

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