{"id":12388,"date":"2026-10-15T11:02:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T10:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/distribution.audio-technica.eu\/ce\/?p=12388"},"modified":"2026-11-02T11:13:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T11:13:04","slug":"the-flagship-youve-been-waiting-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/distribution.audio-technica.eu\/ce\/news\/the-flagship-youve-been-waiting-for\/","title":{"rendered":"The Flagship You’ve Been Waiting For"},"content":{"rendered":"

With rising demands in both the home and professional studio scene, Audient had a choice to make. Slot in the middle of the competition, or take a big breath, and make the jump\u2026<\/p>\n

So here we have it, a new line-up of MacOS Thunderbolt interfaces, with a completely redesigned software environment, and a feature list long enough to dip off this page:<\/p>\n

Comprising three interfaces \u2013 the Horizon 8P, Horizon 16 and Horizon 32 \u2013 the range delivers 32-bit mastering-grade conversion, sub-millisecond round-trip latency and a scalable architecture that grows from a single unit to a 200 \u00d7 200 I\/O facility, all on a single macOS driver.<\/p>\n

\u201cHorizon has been five years in the making; the most significant R&D investment we\u2019ve ever put into a product range,\u201d says Andrew Allen, Chief Product Officer at Audient. \u201cWe spared no compromise at component level, and the result is best-on-the-market audio and latency performance. This is a modern system built for modern workflows.\u201d<\/p>\n

Built for the way engineers work today<\/h3>\n
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Horizon is built around a high-bandwidth Thunderbolt 3 architecture that delivers 0.99ms round-trip latency at 192kHz \u2013 fast enough to track through native plugins with no perceptible delay, no proprietary DSP chips and no locked ecosystem.<\/p>\n

Every Horizon shares the same core platform, engineered around a specific studio workflow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Horizon 8P \u2013 for the tracking studio.<\/h5>\n

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A 24-in \/ 32-out interface built around eight Audient Console Mic Preamps with ORBIT Control variable impedance. The same discrete Class-A preamp design from Audient\u2019s flagship ASP8024-HE console, now in a single rack unit \u2013 for studios recording bands, drum kits, vocal sessions or orchestral ensembles with real analogue character on the way in.<\/p>\n

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Horizon 16 \u2013 for the hybrid studio.<\/h5>\n

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A 34-in \/ 34-out interface built around 32 channels of mastering-grade conversion via four industry-standard DB25 connectors, plus a dedicated stereo mix-bus path. For engineers whose analogue character lives in the outboard rack: boutique preamps, stereo processors, summing workflows.<\/p>\n

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Horizon 32 \u2013 for large-format hybrid facilities.<\/h5>\n

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A 50-in \/ 50-out interface with 64 channels of analogue I\/O across eight DB25 connectors. For commercial studios and large project studios connecting multiple outboard racks, summing consoles or multi-room setups from a single 1U unit.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn a session, the interface should get out of the way,\u201d says Allen. \u201cWe designed Horizon so engineers can focus on the performance, not the routing \u2013 and we redesigned the software from the ground up, paying close attention to the user experience. Whether that\u2019s using ORBIT Control on the 8P to shape a ribbon mic at the analogue stage, or streaming an entire console through the Horizon 32, the hardware stays invisible and the workflow stays fast.\u201d
\nSo don\u2019t hesitate to contact us, if you want a piece of the top, it\u2019s ready and in stock from this month at our Budapest warehouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Slot in the middle of the competition, or take a big breath, and make the jump\u2026 So here we have it, a new line-up of MacOS Thunderbolt interfaces, with a completely redesigned software environment, and a feature list […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":12397,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-audient","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Flagship You've Been Waiting For - CE Audio-Technica Distribution<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/distribution.audio-technica.eu\/ce\/news\/the-flagship-youve-been-waiting-for\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Flagship You've Been Waiting For - CE Audio-Technica Distribution\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With rising demands in both the home and professional studio scene, Audient had a choice to make. 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