Now you can record anywhere that you carry your laptop. The Lexicon Lambda USB Audio Interface is a complete hardware and software solution that turns your computer into a portable, professional 24-bit/48 kHz digital recording studio. It offers a 4x2x2 USB I/O mixer which is powered directly from the USB bus and includes Steinberg Cubase LE4 recording software, plus world-renowned Lexicon reverbs via the Pantheon VST plug-in. Front panel controls let you adjust Direct/Playback mix and input levels, toggle monitoring between stereo and mono, plug in an instrument directly, and monitor with headphones. The Lexicon Lambda draws power from the USB port and provides high-end D/A converters plus 2 low-noise mic preamps supplying +48V phantom power. Rounding out the full compliment of connectivity, Lambda includes 2 TRS balanced 1/4" line inputs, 2 TRS balanced line outputs, a 1/8" front-panel mounted high-power headphone output jack, a front-panel hi-Z instrument input, and MIDI input/output. Conveniently powered directly from the USB bus, the Lambda Studio can stream four channels of 44.1 or 48 kHz audio at either 16- or 24-bit resolution to Mac or PC computers. Users can record two tracks at once from up to four input sources. The unique mini-tower design offers individual level controls and peak meters for each microphone and line input. As with all recording solutions from Lexicon, the Lambda mixer hardware can be used with almost any recording software the user prefers. Cubase LE4 integrates seamlessly with the Lambda I/O Mixer to achieve an easy-to-use, 48-track complete recording solution that includes all of the modules that you need to track, edit and mix your masterpiece. Then, to complete your mix with that legendary "Lexicon Sound”, Lambda includes the Lexicon Pantheon VST Reverb plug-in which offers 35 factory presets and 6 reverb types. The Lexicon Lambda USB desktop recording studio makes it easy to record, arrange, edit and mix your music.