It's Sound Devices so I expected it to be well designed and sounding unit. I wasn't disappointed. A good number of inputs and outputs, sound quality on par with more expensive high standard converted and fairly easy to operate. Very mobile and works in standalone mode with 5v USB power pack. Highly recommended companion for your laptop studio. Two-channel computer audio interface. Connects to Mac OS and Windows computers. USB for both connection and power. Sound Devices offers drivers for 32-bit Windows and Macintosh systems. A 3rd party driver for 64-bit Windows and Macintosh systems is available, however please note that Sound Devices cannot provide support for 3rd party.
What is Chainer?
Chainer is a multi-effect and multi-instrument rack for musicians and sound designers. It's a VST host that runs as a standalone application, VST effect and VST instrument.
Chainer allows you to stream the ASIO or VST input signal through up to 10 chains of VST effects so you can use your PC as a realtime multi-effect processor.
In addition Chainer enables you to play several VST instruments at the same time. You can layer several instruments to create complex sounds or you may play instruments on different MIDI channels: Chainer turns your PC into a multi-timbral sound generator.
To achieve very low latencies, the standalone version supports ASIO 2.0 compatible soundcards. A fast PC, a good ASIO driver and Chainer enable you to use your VST effects and instruments almost like real hardware devices.
It is possible to load up to 100 VST plugins per instance of Chainer, but since you can load Chainer in itself there is no actual limit.
The parameters of Chainer and also parameters of the loaded VST plugins can be controlled through MIDI control change messages and VST automation.
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A bonus feature of Chainer is the ability to create multi-samples from your VST instruments in WAV and SF2 format for instant use in samplers.