1 PRESONUS FireStudio Project Recording Interface + Presonus HP4 Headphone Amp + 2 x Samson CH700 H

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• This package includes (1) Presonus FireStudio and all items packaged with it by the PreSonus, PLUS:
• (2) Samson CH700 headphones to monitor recording and playback
• (1) Presonus HP4 headphone amp and all items packaged with it by the manufacturer.
• Sonic Sense One-Year Extended Warranty Adds One Year to Manufacturer's Warranty.

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I was doing a lot of digging online as to which audio interface to purchase for my home rig, and after much deliberation decided to go with the PreSonus Fire Studio Project. When I visited amazon to place the order for the audio interface alone, I saw this little combo-package recommended to me by amazon, and it's perfect. The audio interface is excellent, zero-latency monitoring, 8 balanced input and outputs(XLR & 1/4 combo), along with two 1/4 TRS inputs for line level instruments. The Fire Studio Project also comes with Cubase 4LE, and instructional DVD on Cubase, a sample CD(tons of loops and samples) and some lite versions of some pretty nifty pro VST plugins! In addition to this, you get a lite version of PreSonus' DAW, Studio One, which is an up-and-coming DAW and has received much praise for its functionality and capabilities. Before installing the drivers for the PreSonus Fire Studio Project, I recommend that you go to the Presonus website and download the PreSonus Universal Control FIRST and install it, then install the drivers as directed. I installed the drivers 1st, THEN the Universal Control and had some problems with the audio interface and FL Studio for quite some time before I figured out the order in which I installed the drivers and Universal Control is wrong; install the Universal Control first! It works great now.

The Samson CH700 cans aren't the best headphones ever invented, but it does the job reasonably well and gives you another tool to reference your music. Also, it gives you the ability to monitor your mix while recording, in conjunction with the HP4 by PreSonus. The CH700 usually connects to a 1/8 port, but, included in the packaging are two clip-on 1/4 TRS adapters for use with the HP4 and other professional gear :)

Now, moving on the the HP4; it's a well designed piece of equipment. There are 4 headphone jacks(1/4 connection) a mono switch and monitor mute switch. There is no on/off switch, instead you must unplug the AC adapter from the back to power-off the unit. The warning is in the manual for the HP4(it can get very, very loud, with little distortion too), so be careful when monitoring through headphones; start at 1 and adjust the volume using small increments. It's also built like a tank and I've never read any problems online about it concerning technical difficulties. However, I must be the first person to experience technical problems, because after a few months of use I found that the HP4 presents some problems routing my right channel through my right reference monitor. Sometimes no sound comes out or is very low in my right monitor, or gets distorted a bit, and this can be quite irritating while mixing and, or monitoring. But, I still give these things 5 out of 5, because other than that problem, they perform exceptionally well and I have never read of any problems from this unit, so I'm guessing this is very rare and they typically perform well for most users.

Don't forget to register your software(PreSonus Studio One) and hardware units(HP4 and Fire Studio Project) on the PreSonus website!

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I bought this to replace my old setup of a Xenyx 2442fx with 8 outs into a delta 1010LT. I needed something more portable and this was an excellent solution. The preamps seem to be of the same quality, but I favor the Firestudio Project because it has a more clear mid range. I couldn't believe that I could get the Firestudio and the bonus headphones and headphone amp for the same price others were selling just the FS Project.

I'm surprised with the quality of the headphone amp. I was expecting it to degrade the quality of the sound, but if there is any coloration, I haven't noticed.

I've got better headphones so I have hardly used them, but they are definitely good enough that they will be included when I'm working with a larger number of musicians.

The firestudio is just as advertised. Zero-latency, high quality and has a ton of routing solutions. I combined it with my FireStudio Mobile for a total of 10 mic preamps and 6 line inputs. Easy to set up and use. If you need to mic drums on a budget, this will get it done.