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MOTU 16A Thunderbolt & USB Audio Interface

Elevate your studio to the pinnacle of professional audio production with the MOTU 16A, a masterfully engineered audio interface designed for those who refuse to compromise on quality or connectivity. The 16A serves as the ultimate hub for your recording and mixing environment, blending exceptional analog sound with the powerful flexibility of digital control and networking. Whether you´re tracking a full band, integrating a vast collection of outboard gear, or building a networked audio system for post-production, the 16A delivers the performance and fidelity your projects demand.

At its core, the 16A is built upon renowned ESS Sabre32 Ultra™ DAC technology, delivering a stunning 123 dB of dynamic range on its balanced TRS analog outputs. This ensures that every nuance of your mix is reproduced with breathtaking clarity, depth, and precision. Your recordings will sound transparent and true to the source, while your mixes will translate perfectly to any listening system. The interface provides a generous 32 channels of simultaneous analog input and output, featuring 16 balanced line-level inputs and 16 balanced line-level outputs on dedicated TRS connections, making it the ideal solution for connecting synthesizers, effects processors, mixing consoles, and other external hardware.

Experience virtually imperceptible latency with flexible, high-performance driver technology. Connect to your Mac or PC via lightning-fast Thunderbolt for ultra-low round-trip latency, or utilize the class-compliant, high-speed USB 2.0 port for universal compatibility and direct connection to your iPad or other iOS devices. This dual connectivity ensures that the 16A can adapt to any computer-based setup, providing a stable and responsive foundation for your creative workflow.

Unleash the power of a large-format mixing console right inside your interface. The 16A is equipped with a powerful internal DSP engine that drives a 48-channel digital mixer, complete with 12 stereo busses and extensive effects processing. This includes a classic reverb, a 4-band parametric EQ modeled after iconic British analog consoles, vintage-style compression, and a precision gate. Because all processing occurs within the interface itself, it operates with zero latency and places no strain on your host computer’s CPU, freeing up valuable resources for more plugins and virtual instruments.

Take complete control of your audio world from anywhere in your studio. The 16A’s innovative software is accessed through a web app that runs in your favorite browser on a laptop, tablet, or smartphone connected to your local network. This means you can manage all hardware settings, control the 48-channel mixer, and adjust DSP effects wirelessly and intuitively. The detailed, full-color front-panel LCD display provides comprehensive, at-a-glance metering for all analog and digital signals, ensuring you always have a clear visual reference for your audio levels.

Built for the future, the 16A features industry-standard AVB/TSN networking technology, allowing you to build a truly scalable audio system. Easily connect a second MOTU AVB interface for more I/O, or create an expanded network with up to five MOTU interfaces using an AVB Switch. This allows for hundreds of audio channels to be streamed with ultra-low, fixed latency over a standard network, making the MOTU 16A not just an interface, but the expandable, high-fidelity centerpiece of your entire professional studio