Freqport FreqInOut USB Studio Outboard Hardware Interface

The Freqport FreqInOut is the first of its kind product and offers a simple, all-in-one solution removing the complexities of connecting outboard audio gear. The FreqInOut is a user-friendly hardware interface with 4 audio inputs and 4 audio outputs. It connects to a computer via USB-C. It allows users to seamlessly integrate outboard audio gear with all the setup directly in their audio software. Perfect for engineers and producers wanting to use outboard gear with least amount of hassle. "Traditionally, integrating outboard audio gear requires complex settings, cabling and latency setup and have inconsistent timing issues when recording. That requires a high level of technical skill and often lacking enough physical inputs and outputs in the sound-card". This takes time and is frustrating. It creates a major obstacle for anyone obtaining and using outboard audio gear.

The FreqInOut couldn't be easier to use. Just plug it in with a single USB cable, install the software, power up, open the interface, and connect your outboard equipment. All the complexity in setting up external effect and instruments inside your DAW has been removed. FreqInOut turning your outboard equipment into plug-ins in your DAW.

FreqInOut includes a multi-instance powerhouse VST, AU, and AAX plug-in. The ultra-low-jitter audio synchronization between host and hardware ensures bit-perfect audio, while the internal, professional-grade ESS 32-bit audio converters running up to 192 kHz provide transparent audio translation. The FreqInOut plug-in also contains a hardware MIX making it possible to create a parallel MIX of any hardware gear connected mixing Wet/Dry signal paths. Also you have the possibility to enable the M/S mode from the FreqInOut plug-in to work in your stereo or mono only and what about scanning the QR code in the plug-in opening your camera so you can take a photo of your connected equipment and the settings turning it into the skin in the plug-in.

With FreqInOut, you can bring all you real outboard processors, effects and instruments into your mix while effortless, saving time on complex setups and inconsistent timing while adding new features like MIX for parallel processing, M/S mode and Analog Matrix for your signal flow routing. The multiple analog processing circuits allow more than one audio signal to be processed at the same time within your digital workflow, something that is impossible with single-circuit analog processors.

FEATURES:

• Connect any kind of outboard equipment to the FreqInOut, open the plug-in in your DAW and use it without the hassle of advanced setup, routing, latency and timing issues when recording
• Integrate with your existing sound card to add 4 or 8 more I/O to enjoy seamless expansion with all the powerful features of FreqInOut
• Use the built-in hardware Matrix that allows you to effortlessly reconfigure the signal flow through your outboard equipment all without adding latency
• Enhance your audio workflow with the FreqInOut plug-in which enables M/S mode, utilize Hardware MIX for parallel processing, and fine-tune your Gain Staging
• Capture your hardware settings by scanning a QR code, allowing your camera to create a custom skin in the plug-in
• Multiple analog processing circuits allow more than one audio signal to be processed at the same time within your digital workflow
• Pro-grade ESS 32 bit converters up to 192 kHz

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:


MacOS

• Plugin formats: VST3, AU, AAX
• Mojave 10.14 to Ventura 13 on 64-bit Apple OS and 64-bit Hardware
• CPU Apple Silicon or Intel
• Core Audio based audio interface (Internal or External) for Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) main audio output 
• 2GB RAM available on top of DAW requirements
• 100MB disk space for the software installation
• USB port on the computer for direct connection
• 1280x800 (or higher) display resolution

Windows:

• Plugin formats: VST3
• Windows 10 (Build 1909 and later) and Windows 11 64-bit OS 
• CPU Intel Core i5 (or higher) processor or an AMD Ryzen 5 (or higher) multi-core processor with minimum 4-cores and minimum 2Ghz processor speed
• ASIO based audio interface for DAW main audio output
• 2GB RAM available on top of DAW requirements
• 100MB disk space for the software installation
• USB port on the computer for direct connection
• 1366x768 (or higher) display resolution

Digital Audio Workstations:

• Ableton Live 10 (or higher) 64-bit
• Bitwig Studio 4 (or higher) 64-bit (plug-in hosting mode set to: within Bitwig)
• Cubase 11 and Nuendo 11 (or higher) 64-bit
• Studio One 6 (or higher See Notes ) 64-bit
• Logic Pro X (or higher) 64-bit
• Protools on OSX (Apple Silicon and Rosetta)
• Reaper 6.8 (or higher)
• Reason 12.6 (or higher)
• FL Studio 21.1 (or higher)
• Other DAWs may work but have not been officially tested and therefore not officially supported (yet) - please contact support if you intend to purchase Freqport product to run on a different DAW than listed above
• Optimal main audio interface buffer-size setting should be 512 samples (or lower)