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Rear Panel
• aC Mains Inlet. Standard IEC receptacle for connection of AC mains. Red 4Pre features a
‘Universal’ PSU, enabling it to operate on any supply voltage between 100 V and 240 V AC.
• Word Clock – Input allows synchronisation to word clock.
• Word Clock – output provides an output of the chosen system clock reference.
• loop sync I/o sockets allow Red 4Pre to integrate with a standard Pro Tools system I/O chain.
• Dual thunderbolt 2 Connection. Two ports allow either direct or chained connection to your
workstation.
• Pro tools Interface. Two Mini DigiLink Primary connectors; use Mini DigiLink cables to connect
to the Pro Tools | HD and HDX PCIe card.
• line Inputs on 25-way D-Sub female connector. The line inputs are wired according to the AES59
Standard (also known as the TASCAM Analogue standard).
Note that Line input circuits 1 – 4 can be re-assigned to the Microphone and/or Instrument connectors so may not
always be available in the D-sub. See page 11 for further information.
• line outputs on 25-way D-Sub female connector.
• Microphone Inputs on latching XLR3-F connectors.
• network. Two RJ45 Ethernet connectors for the Dante network. The connectors form an integral
2-port switch, allowing either to be used on the network
• aDat I/O 1 and 2. Two independent 8-channel ADAT optical inputs and outputs using standard
TOSLINK connectors.
• s/PDIF I/O. 2-channel digital interface on RCA (phono) connectors.
• Monitor outputs . Balanced 1/4” TRS jacks for connection of Left and Right monitor loudspeakers.
Outputs are at line level so unpowered speakers will require external amplification.
See Appendix 1, page 22 for the connector pinouts.
THIS EQUIPMENT MUST BE
EARTHED BY THE POWER CORD
WARNING
Focusrite
WORD
CLOCK
LOOP
SYNC
OPTICAL 9-16
OPTICAL 1-8
IN OUT
IN OUT
IN OUT
SPDIF
MONITOR OUTPUTS
PRIMARY PORT
LINE INPUTS 1-8
LINE OUTPUTS 3-10
MIC INPUTS
1
2
3
4
1
2
R
L
1
2
IN
OUT
Thunderbolt 2
Interface
Pro Tools
Interface
Line Inputs
Loop
Sync
Word
Clock
AC Inlet
ADAT
I/O x2
Dante
Network
S/PDIF
I/O
L/R Monitor
Outputs
Line Outputs
Microphone Inputs