Prism Sound Lyra 1 USB Audio Interface

The Prism Sound Lyra 1 USB Audio Interface is a high-quality audio interface designed for professional audio recording and playback. Here’s an overview of its key features:

Signal Path:

The Lyra 1 provides both analog and digital input channels that can be used as inputs for your audio workstation software through your computer’s audio driver. It also offers analog and digital outputs as well as stereo headphone outputs, all of which can be played independently.

No-Compromise Audio Quality:

Lyra is built with a focus on delivering exceptional audio quality. It features the same high-quality analog front and back ends as its sibling, the Orpheus, ensuring a no-compromise audio experience with fully balanced architecture and isolation barriers to protect against digital and computer interference.

Standards-Compliant USB Interface:

The Lyra 1 uses a USB2 interface, making it compatible with a wide range of computer hardware. It supports UAC2 (USB Audio Class 2), which is natively supported in Mac, Linux, and Android, and in Windows through a dedicated driver.

Flexible Inputs and Outputs:

Lyra 1 offers a range of flexible input and output options. It has stereo inputs that can serve as line, instrument, or microphone inputs, as well as line outputs for stereo monitoring, mastering, or foldback to performers. Additionally, it supports up to four monitoring outputs, digital inputs and outputs (stereo AES3 or S/PDIF), and up to 8 channels of digital I/O on the ADAT optical format. It also includes a stereo headphone output.’

Digital Mixer:

The Lyra 1 features a built-in digital mixer that can be configured from your host computer. This mixer can provide foldback feeds to performers, each with their own stereo mix of workstation playback and any of the inputs.

Sample Rate Conversion and Noise Shaping:

Lyra 1 supports sample rate conversion on the input side. It also includes Prism Sound SNS noise shaping on digital outputs, offering four selectable curves for shaping the audio.

Unsurpassed Jitter Rejection:

Prism Sound has a history of pioneering jitter rejection in digital audio products. Lyra 1 continues this tradition by delivering unsurpassed jitter rejection, ensuring stable clocking and high-quality audio.

Additional Features:

Lyra 1 comes with ASIO drivers for Windows (32 and 64-bit), Windows WDM drivers for Vista and later, native CORE AUDIO support on Mac OS X, and UAC2 operation on Linux (without a control panel). It features selectable outputs between the workstation bus and Lyra’s mixer, fader, pan, cut, and solo controls on each mixer channel, a front-panel master volume control assignable to selected channels, and a state-of-the-art clock generation with a proprietary hybrid 2-stage DPLL. It also uses a fully-floating (isolated) balanced architecture for optimal noise rejection.

In summary, the Prism Sound Lyra 1 USB Audio Interface is a professional-grade audio interface designed to deliver exceptional audio quality and flexibility for recording and playback applications. Its wide range of features and compatibility with various operating systems make it a versatile choice for audio professionals.

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