Antelope Audio Zen Go Synergy Core 4×8 USB Audio Interface

Antelope Audio Zen Go Synergy Core 4×8 Bus-Powered USB-C Audio Interface Summary:

High-end solution for your recordings:

Our first-ever bus-powered desktop interface, Zen Go Synergy Core, gives you rapid access to professional sound quality even at home. It is packed with technology often found in high-end professional studios. You may precisely and characterfully shape your sound using its enormous library of Synergy Core analog-modeled effects, all while monitoring immediately with negligible latency.

High Resolution Sound
Professional studio quality audio in your pocket
The Zen Go Synergy Core reduces the sound-quality gap between music artists, sound engineers, and music producers with access to high-end studios.The fundamental technology that allowed our premium instruments to be used in some of the most prestigious recording studios are now available to you in a considerably smaller version.

Class-leading AD/DA conversion
The converters deliver prolonged low-end detail, sonic ecstasy that is only available in the most advanced studios, and up to 127dB of headroom.

Discrete console-grade preamps
Recordings with the finest fidelity and detail are possible because to the ultra-linear console-grade transistor architecture, which also produces warm, pleasant tones from all sources.

64-bit AFC technology
The 64-bit Acoustically Focused Clocking technology is directly derived from our master clocks, which have been used to power some of the most famous studios worldwide and score Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters.

CONSISTENCE AND SIMPLICITY
Everywhere is your studio.
Zen Go Synergy Core is a small yet mighty device that fits well on any home studio desk, whether it is being used for streaming, mixing, or recording. It can connect to many systems concurrently for playback while drawing power from a regular phone charging connection on your laptop. Additionally, the portable form allows you to conveniently transport it on tours and during on-location recording sessions while maintaining speed and effectiveness.

USB-C with bus power
The Zen Go Synergy Core is our first totally portable USB audio interface, and it only requires one USB-C connection hooked into your computer to function. Additionally, you may utilize the device’s essential features without a computer by connecting it to any phone charger or power bank.

Easy-to-use controls
The software Control Panel makes it simple and quick to get ready for a session. Customize your monitoring mixes using volume, pan, and reverb controls after choosing your routing from a straightforward drop-down menu.

Movable inputs
You have the option of selecting among our discrete console-grade mic preamps, line level, or Hi-Z instrument inputs via the two combo XLR jacks, which are simply switchable from the front panel.

Loopback streaming function
Sending your monitoring mixes back into your computer’s virtual inputs makes setting up online broadcasting simple. These mixes can incorporate any signal source from the audio interface’s inputs and OS/DAW playback.

Session Memory recall
You may make precise snapshots of all your settings for every single recording scenario and store session files for each one, allowing you to load them at a later time without losing your work in progress.

SYNERGY CORE COLLECTION
Record with the sound of legends

Every Zen Go Synergy Core comes with 37 of the most helpful and sought-after effects, which we carefully selected. With our renowned AuraVerb and this free collection of analog-modeled compressors, EQs, mic preamps, guitar amps & cabs, you have all the resources you need to make amazing, sonically rich productions.

In addition to the 37 free effects, the ever-expanding Synergy Core library provides more than 50 more effects as optional additions. These include replicas of vintage effects like Grove Hill’s Liverpool and Gyratec’s renowned EQs as well as third-party effects like Antares’ Auto-Tune and Inertia’s Instinct.

Are you interested in using Synergy Core processing while using your DAW? To understand how to load the real-time effects as hardware inserts, watch our dedicated tutorial video.

• With up to 127dB of headroom, class-leading AD/DA conversion
• Playback, mixing, and recording at up to 24-bit/192 kHz
• Increased width, separation, and detail in musical performances are provided by proprietary 64-bit Acoustically Focused Clocking (AFC) technology and Jitter Management algorithm.

CONNECTIVITY

• 2 Discrete ultra-linear preamps for studio-quality recordings with 65dB of gain. All of the combination XLR jacks’ inputs—mic, line, and Hi-Z—are functional.
• Custom macOS and Windows drivers for the USB-C connector support up to 8 input and 8 output channels in any widely used DAW.
• Additional USB-C port that supports reverse charging
• Analog monitor outputs with a 1x stereo output over RCA and a 1 stereo output over TRS (mirrored) stereo pair
• Digitally expanded through S/PDIF
• Two stereo headphone outputs with independent gain controls that work with a variety of headphones are available.

WORKFLOW IMPROVEMENT ELEMENTS

• Bus-powered interfaces run off of the USB connection rather than a separate power supply.
• Direct monitoring with Synergy Core effects, processed instantly and without lag
• Pre-configured options for simplified I/O routing that enable fast recording and playback
• One stereo output over RCA and one stereo output over TRS (mirrored) are available as analog monitor outputs.
• Two stereo headphone outputs with independent gain controls that work with a variety of headphones are available.

REAL-TIME EFFECTS PROCESSING

• Synergy Core is a patented onboard platform for real-time effects processing with undetectable latency, driven by DSP & FPGA chips.
• 37 Synergy Core effects designed after vintage and uncommon analog outboard equipment