Description

LYRA 2: REFERENCE GRADE COMPACT AUDIO INTERFACE

Prism Sound’s Lyra represents the pinnacle of compact audio interfaces, packing Prism Sound’s trusted and uncompromising AD/DA conversion into a compact and convenient form while retaining a wealth of professional features and flexibility. The Lyra 2 is ideal for those who don’t require a large I/O count but do demand the highest quality and most transparent AD/DA available.

RENOWNED AD/DA CONVERSION
Lyra’s design does not cut corners and boasts the same trusted Prism Sound converters used on countless hit records. The detail is extremely transparent and ensures that even the smallest details are clearly defined in your mix.

PRISTINE PRE-AMPLIFICATION
Featuring two class-A microphone preamps, Lyra 2 guarantees superbly clean, detailed recordings that capture a performance the way it was intended.

SOFT-CLIP LIMITING (OVERKILLER)
Lyra’s analog input channels include a switchable Prism Sound ‘Overkiller’ circuit. This soft-clip limiter gently absorbs transients and allows signal levels to be pushed to their limits without risk.

INTERFACE SOFTWARE
Lyra’s hardware front panel gives a continuous visual indication of the unit’s main settings and levels, but in-depth control is managed from the Lyra control panel. This runs on the host computer and can be brought into view whenever adjustments are needed.
The upper area of the control panel shows a panel of ‘Global’ settings for the entire group of connected interfaces and a panel of ‘Unit’ settings which is assignable to each connected unit in turn, using the enclosed drop-list. These settings are concerned with general parameters such as sync source and sample rate selection, metering, and buffering modes. An ‘Identify’ button causes all the LEDs on the selected box to light, to assist with identification in multi-unit systems. To the right, there are large buttons for loading and saving setups, and for online help.

VERIFILE
Verifile is a radical new proprietary technology exclusive to Prism Sound which allows computer audio streams and recorded files to be quickly checked for a wide range of clicks, errors, and dropouts, without any compromise in the audio content or any additional metadata. The Verifile process is entirely invisible and inaudible to the user, so using it is simplicity itself. Developed to meet the needs of our audio archiving clients where even the most minute, inaudible errors are completely unacceptable. Verifile can quickly identify and detect any such imperfection, making it the ideal choice for mastering & mixing engineers.

LYRA 2 FEATURES:
(2) Microphone Preamps
(2) Instrument Inputs
(2) A/D Analog Input Channels
(4) D/A Analog Line Output Channels
Latency-Free Monitoring Mixer
S/PDIF / ADAT Digital In/Out
AES3 Mode on RCA/Phono
Word-Clock Sync I/O
Monitor Control
Headphone Monitor

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