On July 9th, 2007 Oxford Semiconductor named CEntrance the exclusive provider of solutions based on its FireWire controllers.

 
   
 

We offer full hardware, firmware and driver support to integrate FireWire Audio into your products.

 
     
   
     
 
 
 

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Multichannel 24-bit /192kHz Audio/MIDI FireWire Interfaces

 
     
Reference Design  
     
 

Applications

 
 

The following products would benefit from incorporating this solution:

  • Analog to Digital conveter products
  • Digital to Analog converter products
  • Microphone preamplifiers
  • Recording Interfaces
  • Mixing Boards
  • Electronic Musical Instruments
  • Digital Effects Pedals
  • Control Surfaces
 
 

Who uses this solution

 
 

CEntrance licensed FireWire interface technology to a number of companies in the Pro Audio industry, most notably Behringer, Beyerdynamic, Mackie, TAPCO and TASCAM. All companies have successful products on the market featuring our solutions.

 
 

Technology

 
 

In addition to being the prefferred supplier of solutions based on the Oxford Semiconductor chipsets CEntrance has worked extensively with chipsets from BridgeCo, TC Applied Technologies (Dice), SONY and TI. All solutions feature robust, lowest-latency drivers and full firmware and hardware support.

 
 

Unique Advantages

 
 

FireWire still maintains its edge as a high quality audio and MIDI transfer protocol and many professional customers prefer it over USB for extra reliability and scalability. FireWire400 interfaces can move up to 90 channels of 24/96 audio + MIDI.

 
 

What you get

 
 

You would receive hardware development assistance (if needed), custom firmware for the FireWire controller chip and low-latency OS drivers compatible with ASIO2, GSIF2, WinMM, and CoreAudio. The solution supports all standard resolutions and bit depths, and features round-trip audio latency of less than 6 milliseconds - a CEntrance exclusive!

 
 

Compatibility

 
 
  • Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7 (32 and 64-bit)
  • Mac OS 10.4 and above